Landscape Studies

Description
The concentration in landscape studies is designed for students who have an interest in landscape aesthetics. This concentration provides an overview to the topic of landscape architecture and a foundational framework for understanding how shaping the exterior environment can impact life and the environment. The course selection provides greater understanding of landscape architecture concerns particularly relevant in related professional disciplines.

Requirements

• Students must complete a minimum of 18 credit hours including 12 of upper division hours for this concentration.
• All courses must be completed with a grade of “C” (2.00) or higher.
• Students must maintain an overall cumulative GPA of 2.50 or higher for Landscape Studies courses.
• A minimum 6 upper division hours must be taken in courses offered by the Tempe campus.
• * These courses require a petition to The Design School; see a Design School advisor for more information.
• ** Course offered only in fall sessions.
• *** Course offered only in spring sessions.

Lower Division Core - 6 credit hours

ALA 100  Introduction to Environmental Design HU & H & G (3) (Credit is allowed for only ALA 100 or PUP 100)

ALA 102 Landscapes and Sustainability, HU & G (3)

LAP 254 Plant Materials (3) (Prerequisite(s): Design Studies minor; ALA 102 OR Environmental Design BS major; EDS 223 OR Landscape Studies minor; ALA 102 OR Corequisite(s): Landscape Architecture BSLA major; LDE 262)

Upper Division Core - 6 credit hours

LPH 310 History of Landscape Architecture (3)** (Prerequisites: sophomore standing)

OR

LPH 311 Contemporary Landscape Architecture (3)*** (Prerequisites: junior standing)

LPH 311 Contemporary Landscape Architecture (3)*** (Prerequisites: junior standing)

OR

LAP 312 20th-Century Landscape Architecture, HU (3) (Prerequisite(s) with C or better: ALA 100; ALA 102; ALA 121; ALA 122; ALA 124; ENG 101, 105, or 107; MAT 170; minimum 3.00 GPA)

Landscape Architectural History & Theory 6 Hours Required

EDS 301 Sustainable Community Design and Practices (3) (Pre- or corequisite(s): EDS 200 )

LAP 332 GIS Applications in Environmental Design (3) (Prerequisite(s): Landscape Architecture BS major; minimum junior standing; ALA 235)

LAP 352 Ecosystems Sustainable Design (3)

LAP 485 International Field Studies in Landscape Architecture (1-6) (Prerequisite: Junior standing; Credit is allowed for only GCU 485 or GPH 485 or LAP 485 or POR 485 or PUP 485 or 585)

LAP 494 Special Topics (3)

LAP 499 Individualized Instruction* (3) (Notes: LAP 499 requires a petition to The Design School.)

LDE 494 Special Topics (3)

LPH 411 Landscape Architecture Theory and Criticism (3) (Prerequisites: Landscape Architecture; LDE 461 and LPH 311 with C or better; Co-requisites: LDE 462 and LTC 446)

LPH 494 Special Topics (3)