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Teaching and learning the experience of landscape through the practice of stewardship, is at the core of our Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning Programs. Faculty and students are engaged in teaching and learning by doing – usingdesign studios and theory, site visits and working with clients, construction plans and planting ideas to align with the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences Experiential Learning program and offer several ways in which students can fulfill the requirement.

Programs in Landscape Architecture offer many ways for you to fulfill experiential learning in our department. The three major categories are:

  1. Experiential learning-based classes
    See class descriptions below.
  2. Independent study
    Contact our undergraduate program director.
  3. Instructor-led project work
    Contact our undergraduate program director.

Experiential Learning Classes

  • Environmental Planning (11:550:331)
    Analysis and interpretation of the physical environment with emphasis on methodologies such as geographic information systems (GIS), suitability mapping, and visual resource management as applied to land planning, design, and management problems. Two 80-min. lecs. Studio 6 hrs. Prerequisites: 11:573:232, 11:573:233.
  • Junior Praxis (11:550:332) Studios
    A vertical landscape architecture studio with projects of varied thematic content. Two 80-min. lecs. Studio 6 hrs. Prerequisites: 11:550:231 and special permission number.