Bachelor of Science Degree
Landscape Architecture
Landscape architecture
is education in the design and technology of the human-made landscape.
The curriculum offered by the Department of Horticulture and Landscape
Architecture focuses on professional preparation for a career in
landscape architecture in private practice; public agencies; or
related land-use, design-oriented areas. The plan of study for landscape
architecture consists of one year of prelandscape architecture and
four years of professional landscape architecture that includes
one year of cooperative work experience.
Advisor Contact Information
Robert W. Sovinski
(765) 494-1341
sovinski@purdue.edu
Plan of Study
Credit Hours Required
for Graduation: 132*
| Freshman
Year |
| First Semester |
|
Second Semester
|
| (3)
A&D 105 (Design I)
(1) AGR 101 (Introduction to the College of Agriculture
and Purdue University)
(3) COM 114 (Fundamentals of Speech Communication)
(3) LA 101 (Survey of Landscape Architecture)
(3) LA 116 (Graphic Communication for Students of Landscape
Architecture and Design)
(4) Biological sciences
elective
Total Credits: 17 |
|
(4) ENGL 106 (First-Year Composition)
(3) LA 216 (Landscape
Architectural Design I)
(1) LA 250
(Architectural Design)
(3) Art and design elective
(4) Biological sciences elective
(3) Statistics or calculus elective
Total Credits: 18 |
| Sophmore
Year |
| Third Semester |
|
Fourth Semester
|
| (3)
AGEC 217 (Economics)
(4) HORT 217 (Woody Landscape Plants)
(3) LA 227 (Planting Design I)
(4) LA 246 (Site Systems I)
(3) Elective
Total Credits: 17 |
|
(3)
ASM 215 (Surveying)
(3) LA 117 (Computer Technology in Design)
(3) LA 166 (History and Theory of Landscape Architecture)
(4) LA 226 (Landscape Architectural Design II)
(3) Humanities elective
Total Credits: 16 |
| Junior
Year |
| Fifth Semester |
|
Sixth Semester
|
| (3)
HORT 317 (Landscape Contracting and Maintenance)
(5) LA 316 (Landscape Architectural Design III)
(3) LA 325 (Planting
Design II)
(3) LA 346 (Site Systems II)
(3) Elective
Total Credits: 17 |
|
(5)
LA 326 (Landscape Architectural Design IV)
(4) LA 356 (Site Systems III)
(3) Mathematics
or sciences elective
(3) Social science or humanities elective
Total Credits: 15 |
Internship Period (Cooperative
Employment)
(0) LA 390
(Professional Cooperative Programs in Landscape Architecture)**
| Senior
Year |
| Seventh Semester |
|
Eighth Semester
|
|
(5) LA 416 (Landscape Architectural Design V)
(2) LA 476 (Professional Practice of Landscape Architecture)
(3) Mathematics
or sciences elective
(3) Social science or humanities elective (300+ level)
(3) Written or oral
communication elective
Total Credits: 16 |
|
(5)
LA 426 (Capstone Course in Landscape Architectures)
(3) Mathematics
or sciences elective
(3) Social science elective
(5) Electives
Total Credits: 16 |
*Progression policy: Landscape
architecture design and construction courses are taken in a sequence
to foster the development of professional skills. A student may
repeat a course designated LA only once.
Students who are admitted
into the landscape architecture professional program will be required
to be equipped with a personal computer. Computer specifications
and required software will be published annually. The student will
be responsible for the security of the computer.
† Students who do
not take calculus must establish mathematical competency by passing
the MA 159 advanced credit examination or by enrolling in and satisfactorily
completing MA 153 and MA 154, or MA 159. These courses are not applicable
as credits towards graduation.
** Students must register for two semesters
of LA 390, or equivalent. A single uninterrupted period of 40 weeks
of employment as an intern in an approved professional design office,
either private or governmental, is required prior to graduation.
This period is intended to be completed between the sixth and seventh
semesters but may be taken between the fifth and sixth semesters
upon written consent of the program chair.
Purdue Agriculture Academic Programs
1140 Ag Admin Building, Room 7
West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-1140
Phone: (765) 494-8481
Fax: (765) 494-8469
E-mail: goecker@purdue.edu
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