Bachelor of Science in Landscape Architecture Undergraduate Program By Cornell University |Top Universities

Bachelor of Science in Landscape Architecture

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Agriculture and ForestryMain Subject Area

Program overview

Main Subject

Agriculture and Forestry

Degree

Other

Study Level

Undergraduate

Landscape architecture focuses on the art of landscape design as an expression of the cultural values and the natural processes of the ambient environment. The program’s unique place within the university promotes interaction among the areas of horticulture, environmental science, architecture, and city and regional planning. The course of study prepares students for the practice of landscape architecture. The curriculum focuses on graphic communication, basic and advanced design methods, landscape history and theory, plant materials, construction and engineering technology, and professional practice. Design studios integrate cultural and natural systems requirements as applied to specific sites at varying scales. Projects may include garden design, parks design, housing design, historic preservation, environmental rehabilitation, and urban design. Landscape architecture offers two professional degree alternatives: a four-year bachelor of science degree administered through the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and master of landscape architecture degree administered through the Graduate School for those who have a four-year undergraduate degree in another field. Both of these degrees are accredited by the Landscape Architecture Accreditation Board of the American Society of Landscape Architects. The major in each degree is composed of core courses related to professional education in landscape architecture, a concentration in a subject related to the core courses, and free electives. The advanced standing in the MLA curriculum is available for those with accredited degrees in landscape architecture or architecture. These students take core courses in the discipline with the development of a concentration in subject matter areas such as landscape history and theory, landscape ecology and urban horticulture, the cultural landscape, site/landscape and art, or urban design.

Program overview

Main Subject

Agriculture and Forestry

Degree

Other

Study Level

Undergraduate

Landscape architecture focuses on the art of landscape design as an expression of the cultural values and the natural processes of the ambient environment. The program’s unique place within the university promotes interaction among the areas of horticulture, environmental science, architecture, and city and regional planning. The course of study prepares students for the practice of landscape architecture. The curriculum focuses on graphic communication, basic and advanced design methods, landscape history and theory, plant materials, construction and engineering technology, and professional practice. Design studios integrate cultural and natural systems requirements as applied to specific sites at varying scales. Projects may include garden design, parks design, housing design, historic preservation, environmental rehabilitation, and urban design. Landscape architecture offers two professional degree alternatives: a four-year bachelor of science degree administered through the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and master of landscape architecture degree administered through the Graduate School for those who have a four-year undergraduate degree in another field. Both of these degrees are accredited by the Landscape Architecture Accreditation Board of the American Society of Landscape Architects. The major in each degree is composed of core courses related to professional education in landscape architecture, a concentration in a subject related to the core courses, and free electives. The advanced standing in the MLA curriculum is available for those with accredited degrees in landscape architecture or architecture. These students take core courses in the discipline with the development of a concentration in subject matter areas such as landscape history and theory, landscape ecology and urban horticulture, the cultural landscape, site/landscape and art, or urban design.

Admission requirements

7+
Other English Language Requirements: 600 (paper exam) on TOEFL.
Jan-2000

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