 | | Course ID: | LAND 1500. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Design and the Environment | Course
Description: | The built environment and its effects on natural systems. Focus is on the design of the built environment as an ongoing activity integrating ecological, social, and cultural values. Topics include land use patterns and policies, development and resource management, community design issues, and strategies for improving environmental integrity and quality of life. | | Athena Title: | Design and the Environment | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LAND 1500E | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 1500E. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Design and the Environment | Course
Description: | The built environment and its effects on natural systems. Focus
is on the design of the built environment as an ongoing activity
integrating ecological, social, and cultural values. Topics
include land use patterns and policies, development and resource
management, community design issues, and strategies for
improving environmental integrity and quality of life. | | Athena Title: | Design and the Environment | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LAND 1500 | | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 1600. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Reading the Landscape | Course
Description: | Approaches to perceiving and interpreting the landscape. Topics include the landscape in art and literature, visual assessment techniques, use of maps, field sketching, and photography. | | Athena Title: | READ THE LANDSCAPE | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 2010. 4 hours. 8 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Landscape Architecture Design Studio I | Course
Description: | The elements, principles, and processes of visual design as a
foundation for landscape architecture. Emphasis is on the
development of creativity and design skills through the
application of theory and techniques in a series of two- and
three-dimensional design projects. | | Athena Title: | Landscape Architecture Des I | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LAND 2010S | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 2020. 4 hours. 8 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Landscape Architecture Design Studio II | Course
Description: | A continuation of Landscape Architecture Design Studio I, with
continued emphasis on the development of creativity and design
skills through the application of theory and techniques in a
series of two- and three-dimensional design projects. Further
exploration of the design process. | | Athena Title: | Landscape Arch Design II | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LAND 2020S | | Prerequisite: | LAND 2010 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 2210. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Design Communication I | Course
Description: | Manual drafting and design drawing skills with an emphasis on
the development of basic drafting convention and graphic
presentation literacy. | | Athena Title: | Design Communication I | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 2220. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Design Communication II | Course
Description: | A continuation of Design Communication I, with emphasis on
computerized drafting skills and basic understanding of computer-
aided graphic presentation literacy. | | Athena Title: | Design Communication II | | Prerequisite: | LAND 2210 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 2310. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Introduction to Sustainability | Course
Description: | Introduction to the issues and practices related to sustaining functioning economic, social, cultural, and political systems as well as a supportive and healthy physical and biological environment. | | Athena Title: | Introduction to Sustainability | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LAND 2310E | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 2310E. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Introduction to Sustainability | Course
Description: | Introduction to the issues and practices related to sustaining functioning economic, social, cultural, and political systems as well as a supportive and healthy physical and biological environment. | | Athena Title: | Introduction to Sustainability | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LAND 2310 | | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 2310L. 1 hour. 3 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Introduction to Sustainability | Course
Description: | Lab designed to apply the concepts presented in Introduction to Sustainability. Methods include site observation and measurement, digital modeling, and in-person simulations. Introduction to the tools available to support sustainability planning, and preparation for students to make informed decisions that help to sustain functioning environmental, economic, and cultural systems. | | Athena Title: | Intro to Sustainability Lab | | Pre or Corequisite: | LAND 2310 or LAND 2310E | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 2320. 2 hours. 1 hours lecture and 2 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Landscape Construction Processes and Materials | Course
Description: | The range of materials used in the built environment by landscape architects: metals, concrete masonry, glass, plastics, wood. Emphasis on understanding the properties of these materials and the implications for design. | | Athena Title: | Landscape Constr Process Mater | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 2330. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Place, Society, and Design | Course
Description: | An investigation of relationships between the physical
environment, social structures, and the design, planning, and
management of places. Topics include the influence of physical
environment on human behavior and well-being, cultural meanings
and place attachment, and how social forces (including design and
planning) shape places. | | Athena Title: | Place Society and Design | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 2510E. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | History of the Built Environment I: Landscape | Course
Description: | Landscape architecture from ancient times to the present.
Emphasizes the relationship between landscape architecture and
culture, aesthetics, and the environment. | | Athena Title: | History Built Environ I Landsc | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LAND 2510 | | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 2510. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | History of the Built Environment I: Landscape | Course
Description: | Landscape architecture from ancient times to the present.
Emphasizes the relationship between landscape architecture and
culture, aesthetics, and the environment. | | Athena Title: | History Built Environ I Landsc | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LAND 2510E | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 2520. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | History of the Built Environment II: Architecture | Course
Description: | Architecture from ancient times to the present. Emphasizes the
relationship between architecture and culture, aesthetics, and
the environment. | | Athena Title: | History Built Environ II Arch | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LAND 2520E | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 2520E. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | History of the Built Environment II: Architecture | Course
Description: | Architecture from ancient times to the present. Emphasizes the
relationship between architecture and culture, aesthetics, and
the environment. | | Athena Title: | History Built Environ II Archi | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LAND 2520 | | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 3030. 4 hours. 8 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Landscape Architecture Design Studio III | Course
Description: | Analysis of plant elements and form. Emphasis on plant function
in the landscape composition. Basic problems in planting design
of small scale areas with emphasis on orientation, arrangement,
and human needs. Course will include one project that involves
inventory and analysis. | | Athena Title: | Land Arch Design Studio III | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LAND 3030S | | Prerequisite: | LAND 2020 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 3030S. 4 hours. 8 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Landscape Architecture Design Studio III | Course
Description: | Analysis of plant elements and form. Emphasis on plant function
in the landscape composition. Basic problems in planting design
of small scale areas with emphasis on orientation, arrangement,
and human needs. Course will include one project that involves
inventory and analysis. | | Athena Title: | Land Arch Design Studio III | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LAND 3030 | | Nontraditional Format: | Course includes a service-learning project during the semester
that either employs skills or knowledge learned in the course
or teaches new skills or knowledge related to course
objectives. Student engagement in the service-learning
component will be up to 25% of overall instruction time. | | Prerequisite: | LAND 2020 | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 3040S. 4 hours. 8 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Landscape Architecture Design Studio IV | Course
Description: | The design of housing and mixed-use projects which focus on the
issues of community and privacy at a variety of scales from
single family dwellings to new towns. | | Athena Title: | Land Arch Design Studio IV | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LAND 3040 | | Nontraditional Format: | Course includes a service-learning project during the semester
that either employs skills or knowledge learned in the course
or teaches new skills or knowledge related to course
objectives. Student engagement in the service-learning
component will be up to 25% of overall instruction time. | | Prerequisite: | LAND 3030 or LAND 3030S | | Corequisite: | LAND 3340 | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 3040. 4 hours. 8 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Landscape Architecture Design Studio IV | Course
Description: | The design of housing and mixed-use projects which focus on the issues of community and privacy at a variety of scales from single family dwellings to new towns. | | Athena Title: | Land Arch Design Studio IV | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LAND 3040S | | Prerequisite: | LAND 3030 or LAND 3030S | | Corequisite: | LAND 3340 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 3330. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Landscape Engineering Processes and Materials | Course
Description: | The forming and building of landscapes with emphasis on the values of "sustainability." Includes introduction to landscape engineering: grading, drainage, and roadway alignment. | | Athena Title: | Landscape Engineering Process | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 3340. 2 hours. 1 hours lecture and 2 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Applied Landscape Engineering | Course
Description: | Applied grading, drainage, and road alignment. | | Athena Title: | Applied Landscape Engineering | | Prerequisite: | LAND 3330 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 3410. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Plants of the South | Course
Description: | Plant materials of the southern United States with an emphasis upon the ornamental attributes, cultural requirements and tolerances, historical origins, and ecological characteristics of plants used in landscape architecture. The course will cover both native and introduced species. | | Athena Title: | Plants of the South | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LAND 3410S | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 3410S. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Plants of the South | Course
Description: | Plant materials of the southern United States with an emphasis upon the ornamental attributes, cultural requirements and tolerances, historical origins, and ecological characteristics of plants used in landscape architecture. The course will cover both native and introduced species. | | Athena Title: | Plants of the South | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LAND 3410 | | Nontraditional Format: | Integrated into this course are community-based, service-learning activities combined with critical reflection to assist in the development of knowledge of plants, their climate requirements, growth habits, and maintenance needs in an experiential manner, while honing observation skills of living and non-living components of landscapes for the purpose of designing outdoor spaces that are appealing to the senses, functional, and safe. | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 3430S. 3 hours. 1 hours lecture and 4 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Edible Landscape Design | Course
Description: | The design and implementation of edible and educational
landscapes where food production, soil health, water use, and
human needs support each other. Students will work on a
community project that emphasizes selecting plants for multiple
functions: food production, soil health, comfort and beauty, and
pest management. | | Athena Title: | Edible Landscape Design | | Nontraditional Format: | Course includes a service-learning project during the semester
that either employs skills or knowledge learned in the course
or teaches new skills or knowledge related to course objectives.
The course uses service-learning as the primary pedagogical tool
for teaching course objectives. Students will work on a
comprehensive project(s) and may be required to spend
considerable time outside the classroom. Students will be
engaged in the service-learning component for approximately 75-
100% of overall instructional time. | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | HORT(LAND) 3450. 3 hours. 2 hours lecture and 2 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Residential Design | Course
Description: | Use and selection of plants for environmental design. | | Athena Title: | Residential Design | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in HORT 3450S | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 3530. 3 hours. 2 hours lecture and 2 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Planning, Design, and Analysis | Course
Description: | Approaches to planning, design, and analysis techniques in
landscape architecture. The relationship between applied
theories and methods and the environmental, social, and
cultural context of projects. | | Athena Title: | PLAN DESN & ANALYSI | | Prerequisite: | LAND 2020 | | Pre or Corequisite: | LAND 3030 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 4050/6050. 4 hours. 8 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Landscape Architecture Design Studio V | Course
Description: | Master planning and site design at a variety of scales, with
emphasis on the role of regional culture and ecosystems. Though
the context for sites may be urban or rural, emphasis will be
on inventory, analysis, and appropriate sustainable design
practices. | | Athena Title: | Land Arch Design Studio V | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LAND 4050S, LAND 6050S | | Undergraduate Prerequisite: | LAND 3040 or LAND 3040S | | Graduate Prerequisite: | LAND 6040 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 4050S/6050S. 4 hours. 8 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Landscape Architecture Design Studio V | Course
Description: | Master planning and site design at a variety of scales, with
emphasis on the role of regional culture and ecosystems. Though
the context for sites may be urban or rural, emphasis will be
on inventory, analysis, and appropriate sustainable design
practices. | | Athena Title: | Land Arch Design Studio V | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LAND 4050 or LAND 6050 | | Nontraditional Format: | Course includes a service-learning project during the semester
that either employs skills or knowledge learned in the course
or teaches new skills or knowledge related to course
objectives. Student engagement in the service-learning
component will be up to 25% of overall instruction time. | | Undergraduate Prerequisite: | LAND 3040 or LAND 3040S | | Graduate Prerequisite: | LAND 6040 | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 4060S. 4 hours. 8 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Landscape Architecture Design Studio VI | Course
Description: | Urban design and architecture. Projects will be developed
through master plan and site specific scales focusing on the
relationship between landscape architecture, architecture, and
urban design. | | Athena Title: | Land Arch Design Studio VI | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LAND 4060 | | Nontraditional Format: | Course includes a service-learning project during the semester
that either employs skills or knowledge learned in the course
or teaches new skills or knowledge related to course
objectives. Student engagement in the service-learning
component will be up to 25% of overall instruction time. | | Prerequisite: | LAND 4050/6050 or LAND 4050S/6050S | | Corequisite: | LAND 4370 or LAND 4370S | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 4060. 4 hours. 8 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Landscape Architecture Design Studio VI | Course
Description: | Urban design and architecture. Projects will be developed
through master plan and site specific scales focusing on the
relationship between landscape architecture, architecture, and
urban design. | | Athena Title: | Land Arch Design Studio VI | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LAND 4060S | | Prerequisite: | LAND 4050/6050 or LAND 4050S/6050S | | Corequisite: | LAND 4370 or LAND 4370S | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 4070/6070. 4 hours. 8 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Garden Design in America | Course
Description: | Design traditions which have shaped American gardens over the past 200 years with emphasis on the twentieth century, and plants, uses, design forms, and environmental conditions through which these traditions have been expressed. Designing gardens informed by traditional models. | | Athena Title: | Garden Design in America | | Undergraduate Prerequisite: | LAND 4060 or LAND 4060S | | Graduate Prerequisite: | LAND 6020 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 4080S. 4 hours. 8 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Healthcare and Therapeutic Garden Design | Course
Description: | Physical, psychological, perceptual influences of garden design
on health, healing, and wellness with emphasis on design in
hospital, health care institutions, treatment centers, and
childcare facilities. | | Athena Title: | Healthcare Therapeutic Gar Des | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LAND 4080/6080 | | Prerequisite: | LAND 4060 or LAND 4060S | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 4080/6080. 4 hours. 8 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Healthcare and Therapeutic Garden Design | Course
Description: | Physical, psychological, perceptual influences of garden design
on health, healing, and wellness with emphasis on design in
hospital, health care institutions, treatment centers, and
childcare facilities. | | Athena Title: | Therapeutic Garden Design | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LAND 4080S | | Undergraduate Prerequisite: | LAND 4060 or LAND 4060S | | Graduate Prerequisite: | LAND 6020 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 4085. 4 hours. 8 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Urban Outreach Studio | Course
Description: | Engagement through landscape architecture using "design" as
both a lens and tool with which to assist communities address
critical social and environmental issues. To "engage" connotes
deep and active involvement, which we will do through several
means, including participation, analysis, ideation, and
representation.
stressed, as the ‘process’ of engaging challenges designers to
confront and see beyond their own tastes and biases in order
to develop meaningful proposals for the people and places we
serve. Only by first asking ‘why’ can we effectively develop
ideas about ‘what’ and ‘how.’ | | Athena Title: | Urban Outreach Studio | | Prerequisite: | LAND 4060 or LAND 4060S | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 4090S. 4 hours. 8 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Architecture Design | Course
Description: | Major design determinants in architecture. Inquiry into
structural, functional/programmatic, theoretical, and
environmental issues will be focused on developing an
understanding of the relationship between architecture and
landscape. | | Athena Title: | Architecture Design | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LAND 4090/6090 | | Nontraditional Format: | Course includes a service-learning project during the semester
that either employs skills or knowledge learned in the course
or teaches new skills or knowledge related to course
objectives. Student engagement in the service-learning
component will be up to 25% of overall instruction time. | | Prerequisite: | LAND 4060 or LAND 4060S | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 4090/6090. 4 hours. 8 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Architectural Design | Course
Description: | Major design determinants in architecture. Inquiry into structural, functional/programmatic, theoretical, and environmental issues will be focused on developing an understanding of the relationship between architecture and landscape. | | Athena Title: | Architectural Design | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LAND 4090S | | Undergraduate Prerequisite: | LAND 4060 or LAND 4060S | | Graduate Prerequisite: | LAND 6020 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 4095. 4 hours. 8 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Sustainability in Design | Course
Description: | Students will develop a critical understanding of
sustainability in design and will become familiar with various
sustainable design practices and issues. Concepts and skills
associated with resource self-sufficiency, to include
performance of designed sites, impacts on the existing
communities, and citizen participation. | | Athena Title: | Sustainability in Design | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LAND 4095S | | Prerequisite: | LAND 4060 or LAND 4060S | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 4095S. 4 hours. 8 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Sustainability in Design | Course
Description: | Students will develop a critical understanding of
sustainability in design and will become familiar with various
sustainable design practices and issues. Concepts and skills
associated with resource self-sufficiency, to include
performance of designed sites, impacts on the existing
communities and citizen participation. | | Athena Title: | Sustainability in Design | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LAND 4095 | | Nontraditional Format: | Course includes a service-learning project during the semester
that either employs skills or knowledge learned in the course
or teaches new skills or knowledge related to course
objectives. Student engagement in the service-learning
component will be up to 25% of overall instruction time. | | Prerequisite: | LAND 4060 or LAND 4060S | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 4120/6120. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Designing Healthy Places | Course
Description: | The relationship between health and the built environment at regional, neighborhood, and site scales. Through historic precedents, current research, and case studies, students explore topics such as environmental justice, neighborhood design, mobility, recreation, food access, and healing landscapes. Students learn health assessment tools as well as planning and design interventions that improve public health. | | Athena Title: | Designing Healthy Places | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 4250. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Portfolio Development | Course
Description: | Portfolio/resume preparation investigating graphic design
principles as well as the use of current computer applications
for design communication projects and professional stationery
as they apply to landscape architecture. | | Athena Title: | PORTFOLIO DEVELPMNT | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 4350. 3 hours. 2 hours lecture and 2 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Soil and Stormwater Management for Landscape Architects | Course
Description: | Site design and construction have direct impacts upon the
exposure of soils to erosion and the quantity and quality of
stormwater runoff. Proper site design, the sizing and
placement of stormwater components and systems, and the design
of soil erosion and sediment control practices are addressed.
NPDES standards are identified and practices described in the
Georgia Stormwater Manual and the Manual for Soil Erosion and
Sediment Control in Georgia are applied. | | Athena Title: | Soil and Stormwater Management | | Nontraditional Format: | The four contact hours will be handled as both lecture and
studio hours. | | Prerequisite: | LAND 3330 and LAND 3340 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 4360. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Advanced Landscape Ecology | Course
Description: | Concepts of human and natural ecosystem performance and how such
information can be applied in evidence-based environmental
design. Review of ecosystem and social impacts that can result
from failure to apply sound design principles. Exercises will
include conceptual investigations guided by ecosystem
performance measures. | | Athena Title: | Advanced Landscape Ecology | | Prerequisite: | LAND 2310 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 4370. 2 hours. 1 hours lecture and 2 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Applied Landscape Construction | Course
Description: | Detailing of architectural and planting elements in the landscape with an emphasis on appropriate detailing for sustainability and longevity in urban contexts. | | Athena Title: | Applied Landscape Construction | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LAND 4370S | | Prerequisite: | LAND 2320 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 4370S. 2 hours. 1 hours lecture and 2 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Applied Landscape Construction | Course
Description: | Detailing of architectural and planting elements in the
landscape with an emphasis on appropriate detailing for
sustainability and longevity in urban contexts. | | Athena Title: | Applied Landscape Construction | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LAND 4370 | | Nontraditional Format: | Course includes a service-learning project during the semester
that either employs skills or knowledge learned in the course
or teaches new skills or knowledge related to course
objectives. Student engagement in the service-learning
component will be up to 25% of overall instruction time. | | Prerequisite: | LAND 2320 | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 4380. 3 hours. 2 hours lecture and 2 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Landscape Architecture Implementation Documents | Course
Description: | Construction, engineering, and planting documents for implementing landscape architecture projects. | | Athena Title: | LA Implementation Documents | | Prerequisite: | LAND 4370 or LAND 4370S | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 4400/6400. 3 hours. 1 hours lecture and 4 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Plant Communities of the Southeast | Course
Description: | The plant communities of the southeastern United States, with emphasis on botanical and aesthetic characteristics, factors affecting community composition, and community dynamics. | | Athena Title: | PLNT COMM SOUTHEAST | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 4410/6410. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Field Sketching and Watercolor | Course
Description: | Field instruction in the techniques of drawing and painting in
the outdoors. Topics covered will include correct perspective
drawing, value mapping, scale and proportion, interpreting
color as value, and processes for watercolor painting,
including color mixing and wash techniques for use as fine art
or design presentation. | | Athena Title: | Field Sketching and Watercolor | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 4420S/6420S. 3 hours. 1 hours lecture and 4 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Design Build | Course
Description: | Emerging sustainable design-build practices integrating
community involvement, design, development, fabrication, and
installation, with an emphasis on low-impact design and adaptive
reuse. Through "design-build," students will work with community
members to design and physically construct chosen designs. | | Athena Title: | Design Build | | Nontraditional Format: | Course includes a service-learning project during the semester
that either employs skills or knowledge learned in the course or
teaches new skills or knowledge related to course objectives.
The course uses service-learning as the primary pedagogical tool
for teaching course objectives. Students will work on a
comprehensive project(s) and may be required to spend
considerable time outside the classroom. Students will be
engaged in the service-learning component for approximately 75-
100% of overall instructional time. | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 4430/6430. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Landscape Photography | Course
Description: | This course investigates the relationship between photography
and landscape and centers on a simple question: how can studying
landscape photography make you a better landscape architect?
Students will investigate answers to this question from a
variety of technical, creative, and design points of view. | | Athena Title: | Landscape Photography | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 4440/6440. 3 hours. 1 hours lecture and 4 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Plant Communities of the Cherokee Landscape | Course
Description: | A field study of the native plants of the Cherokee landscape
and their historical and contemporary uses. The Cherokee
landscape describes the region consisting of the eastern
Cherokee Homeland, the route westward along the Trail of Tears,
and the Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma. | | Athena Title: | PLNT COMM CHEROKEE | | Nontraditional Format: | This a 3-week intensive field study travel course that would
meet at least 5 contact hours a day. | | Undergraduate Prerequisite: | LAND 4360 | | Graduate Prerequisite: | LAND 6320 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 4450/6450. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Plants for Temperate Landscapes | Course
Description: | A continuation of Plants of the South/Plant Communities. Native
and introduced species, including trees, shrubs, grasses,
herbaceous annual, and perennial plants. | | Athena Title: | Plants for Temperate Landscape | | Undergraduate Prerequisite: | LAND 3410 | | Graduate Prerequisite: | LAND 6320 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 4460/6460. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Landscape Lighting | Course
Description: | Investigation of the relationship between lighting and landscape,
centering upon the question: how does light, including its source,
location, and character, change the perception of and engagement
with the landscape? Students will investigate this question from a
variety of technical, creative, and design points of view. | | Athena Title: | Landscape Lighting | | Prerequisite: | LAND 3030 or LAND 3030S or permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 4570. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Contemporary Landscape Architecture Theory | Course
Description: | Contemporary issues and theories in landscape architecture. Emphasis is on the relationship between theoretical approaches and built form. | | Athena Title: | Contemp Landscape Arch Theory | | Prerequisite: | LAND 4370 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 4580/6580. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Landscapes in Literature, the Arts, and Popular Culture | Course
Description: | The appreciation of and evolving attitudes toward nature,
gardens, and landscapes from an examination of landscapes as
character, subject, or catalyst through their presence in or
influence on differing forms of literature (novels, poetry,
journalism), art (painting, film, theater, music, fashion) and
pop culture (cultural trends, social media, advertising,
activism). | | Athena Title: | LA in Lit Arts and Culture | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LAND 4580E or LAND 6580E | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 4580E/6580E. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Landscapes in Literature, the Arts, and Popular Culture | Course
Description: | The appreciation of and evolving attitudes toward nature, gardens, and landscapes from an examination of landscapes as character, subject, or catalyst through their presence in or influence on differing forms of literature (novels, poetry, journalism), art (painting, film, theater, music, fashion), and pop culture (cultural trends, social media, advertising, activism). | | Athena Title: | LA in Lit Arts and Culture | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LAND 4580 or LAND 6580 | | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 4600/6600. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Fundamentals of Land Design and Development | Course
Description: | Course teaches the skills and evaluation methods needed to develop a yield study for a parcel of real estate. Students will learn to evaluate the various environmental, legal, and physical opportunities and constraints for residential and commercial land development. | | Athena Title: | Fund of Land Design & Develop | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 4620/6620. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Evolution of American Architecture | Course
Description: | History of American architecture from colonial times to the
present. Emphasis is on the development of both built form and
the intellectual and social currents influencing that form. | | Athena Title: | Evolution of American Arch | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | CVLE(MCHE)(LAND) 4660/6660. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Sustainable Building Design | Course
Description: | Design features and technologies contained in sustainable
(green) building design and the process to create a green
building to include commercial and residential construction.
Topics include energy and water, construction materials, site
work, indoor environmental quality, and how design practices
fit into the overall picture of developing a more sustainable
society. | | Athena Title: | Sustainable Building Design | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in CVLE 4660E, MCHE 4660E, LAND 4660E or CVLE 6660E, MCHE 6660E, LAND 6660E | | Undergraduate Prerequisite: | Third-year student standing or higher for CVLE and MCHE and LAND majors | | Graduate Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | CVLE(MCHE)(LAND) 4660E/6660E. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Sustainable Building Design | Course
Description: | Design features and technologies contained in sustainable (green) building design and the process to create a green building, including commercial and residential construction. Topics include energy and water, construction materials, site work, indoor environmental quality, and how design practices fit into the overall picture of developing a more sustainable society. | | Athena Title: | Sustainable Building Design | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in CVLE 4660, MCHE 4660, LAND 4660 or CVLE 6660, MCHE 6660, LAND 6660 | | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | | Undergraduate Prerequisite: | Third-year student standing or higher for CVLE and MCHE and LAND majors | | Graduate Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 4670/6670. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | (Re)Structuring the American Landscape | Course
Description: | The course explores significant changes to the American Landscape, pre-European settlement to today, including transportation systems, cities, agricultural and resource extractive landscapes, and iconic dam and bridge projects. All of those interventions are informed by a sociological and environmental critique suggesting a more equitable and ecologically healthy way to build. | | Athena Title: | Structuring American Landscape | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 4700. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Landscape Architecture Internship | Course
Description: | Professional office experience under the supervision of licensed landscape architect or related practitioner. | | Athena Title: | Landscape Architecture Intern | | Nontraditional Format: | Internship conducted off-site in professional offices. A
minimum of twelve weeks full-time supervised employment for
three credits. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of school | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 4701. 6 hours. | | Course Title: | Landscape Architecture Internship | Course
Description: | Professional office experience under the supervision of licensed landscape architect or related practitioner. | | Athena Title: | LA INTERNSHIP | | Nontraditional Format: | Internship conducted off-site in professional offices. A minimum
of one-half of a semester full-time supervised employment for six
credits. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of school | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 4702. 8 hours. | | Course Title: | Landscape Architecture Internship | Course
Description: | Professional office experience under the supervision of licensed landscape architect or related practitioner. | | Athena Title: | LA INTERNSHIP | | Nontraditional Format: | Internship conducted off-site in professional offices. A minimum of one-half of a semester full-time supervised employment for eight credits. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of school | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 4710/6710. 2 hours. 1 hours lecture and 2 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Professional Practice | Course
Description: | The legal environment of business focusing on public and private law. Professional relations during project management, resolution of disputes, the court system, torts, real property/liens, contract law, specification writing, insurance bonds, business organizations, ethics, and professional registration. | | Athena Title: | Professional Practice | | Prerequisite: | Junior standing | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 4730/6730. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Issues and Practices in Sustainable Design | Course
Description: | The issues and practices used in contemporary green buildings,
including the United States Green Building Council's
LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) rating
system. Prepares students to take the LEED accreditation exam,
if they so choose, after the course is completed. | | Athena Title: | Issue Pract Sustainable Design | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 4740/6740. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Applied Land Design and Development | Course
Description: | Application of the skills, knowledge, and abilities gained in Fundamentals of Land Design and Development. Students will utilize skills in site planning, cost estimating, and analysis of legal and environmental issues to prepare a development proposal for a parcel of real estate. | | Athena Title: | Applied Land Design Develpment | | Prerequisite: | LAND 4600/6600 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 4750S/6750S. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Sustainability in the Built, Tropical Environment | Course
Description: | Embark on a journey through the tropical life zones of Costa
Rica and explore its biodiversity and built environments, with a
concentration on the mountainous areas, such as Monteverde.
Field trips and service-learning opportunities reveal the
landscape and examine pressing sustainability issues in the
cloud forests of Costa Rica. | | Athena Title: | Sustain in Built Trop Environ | | Nontraditional Format: | Course includes a service-learning project during the semester
that either employs skills or knowledge learned in the course
or teaches new skills or knowledge related to course objectives.
Students will be involved in the planning and implementation of
the project(s) and may spend time outside of the classroom.
Students will be engaged in the service-learning component for
approximately 25-50% of overall instructional time. | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 4800/6800. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. 3 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Field Study in Contemporary Landscape Architecture | Course
Description: | Current and historic works and individuals in the fields of landscape architecture, architecture, historic preservation, and urban design in the United States. The class will visit significant projects, offices, national parks, and landmarks during a ten to fourteen-day trip to another region of the country. | | Athena Title: | Field Study in Contemporary LA | | Nontraditional Format: | Field study. | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 4900S. 4 hours. 8 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Senior Project | Course
Description: | A comprehensive design or research-based service-learning
project in which the student is able to demonstrate the
proficiency acquired in the professional program of study. | | Athena Title: | Senior Project | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LAND 4900 | | Nontraditional Format: | Course includes a service-learning project during the semester
that either employs skills or knowledge learned in the course
or teaches new skills or knowledge related to course
objectives. Students will be involved in the planning and
implementation of the projects(s) and may spend time outside of
the classroom. Students will be engaged in the service-learning
component for approximately 50-75% of overall instructional
time. | | Prerequisite: | LAND 4700 | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 4900. 4 hours. 8 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Senior Project | Course
Description: | A comprehensive design or research project in which the student is able to demonstrate the proficiency acquired in the professional program of study. | | Athena Title: | Senior Project | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LAND 4900S | | Prerequisite: | LAND 4700 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 4910/6910. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 12 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Independent Project | Course
Description: | Special study or project under the direction of faculty. | | Athena Title: | Independent Project | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LAND 4910S or LAND 6910S | | Prerequisite: | Permission of school | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 4910S/6910S. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Independent Project | Course
Description: | Special study or project under the direction of faculty. | | Athena Title: | Independent Project | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LAND 4910 or LAND 6910 | | Nontraditional Format: | Course includes a service-learning project during the semester
that either employs skills or knowledge learned in the course
or teaches new skills or knowledge related to course
objectives. Student engagement in the service-learning
component will be up to 25% of overall instruction time. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of school | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 4920/6920. 1-3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. 2-6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Directed Study in Computer Application | Course
Description: | Supervised research into computer-generated visualizations as they may be applied in environmental design and land planning. | | Athena Title: | STUDY IN CMPT APPS | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in EDES 4920/6920 | | Undergraduate Prerequisite: | EDES 3230 or LAND 6220 | | Graduate Prerequisite: | EDES 3230 or LAND 6220 | Semester Course
Offered: | Not offered on a regular basis. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 4960R. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 16 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Faculty-Mentored Undergraduate Research I | Course
Description: | Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into
fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that requires
students to gather, analyze, and synthesize and interpret data and
to present results in writing and other relevant communication
formats. | | Athena Title: | Undergraduate Research I | | Nontraditional Format: | This course belongs to a progressive research course sequence to
promote a student's increasing skill development and depth of
inquiry, as well as growing independent research capability.
This course requires the close supervision of a faculty member
as the student undertakes a systematic and in-depth inquiry into
unknown, fundamental, and applied problems. In some cases, the
student will work collaboratively as part of a research team.
The student will have to apply understanding of the discipline
to identify or shape research questions and apply skills and
techniques learned to the research project. Students will gather
data, synthesize relevant literature, analyze, and interpret
data. The student will present results in writing or through
participation in research-group or program meetings and meetings
with their faculty mentor. The student will receive feedback
from the faculty mentor on their research progress and written
or oral presentation of results. A minimum of 45 hours of work
per credit hour per semester is required. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 4970R. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 8 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Faculty-Mentored Undergraduate Research II | Course
Description: | Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into
fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that requires
students to gather, analyze, and synthesize and interpret data and
to present results in writing and other relevant communication
formats. | | Athena Title: | Undergraduate Research II | | Nontraditional Format: | These courses belong to a progressive research course sequence
to promote a student's increasing skill development and depth of
inquiry, as well as growing independent research capability. The
courses require the close supervision of a faculty member as the
student undertakes a systematic and in-depth inquiry into
unknown, fundamental, and applied problems. In some cases, the
student will work collaboratively as part of a research team.
The student will have to apply understanding of the discipline
to identify or shape research questions and apply skills and
techniques learned to the research project. Students will gather
data, synthesize relevant literature, analyze, and interpret
data. The student will present results in writing or through
participation in research-group or program meetings and meetings
with their faculty mentor. The student will receive feedback
from the faculty mentor on their research progress and written
or oral presentation of results. A minimum of 45 hours of work
per credit hour per semester is required. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 4980R. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 8 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Faculty-Mentored Undergraduate Research III | Course
Description: | Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into
fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that requires
students to gather, analyze, and synthesize and interpret data and
to present results in writing and other relevant communication
formats. | | Athena Title: | Undergraduate Research III | | Nontraditional Format: | These courses belong to a progressive research course sequence
to promote a student's increasing skill development and depth of
inquiry, as well as growing independent research capability. The
courses require the close supervision of a faculty member as the
student undertakes a systematic and in-depth inquiry into
unknown, fundamental, and applied problems. In some cases, the
student will work collaboratively as part of a research team.
The student will have to apply understanding of the discipline
to identify or shape research questions and apply skills and
techniques learned to the research project. Students will gather
data, synthesize relevant literature, analyze, and interpret
data. The student will present results in writing or through
participation in research-group or program meetings and meetings
with their faculty mentor. The student will receive feedback
from the faculty mentor on their research progress and written
or oral presentation of results. A minimum of 45 hours of work
per credit hour per semester is required. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 4990R. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 8 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Undergraduate Research Thesis (or Final Project) | Course
Description: | Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into
fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that requires
students to gather, analyze, and synthesize and interpret data.
Students will write or produce a thesis or other professional
capstone product, such as a report or portfolio that describes
their systematic and in-depth inquiry. | | Athena Title: | Undergraduate Thesis | | Nontraditional Format: | This is a capstone course under the direct supervision of a
faculty member. This course may be the culmination of the 4960R-
4980R sequence. Students will write a thesis or other
professional capstone product, such as a report or portfolio,
that describes their systematic and in-depth inquiry into an
unknown, fundamental, or applied problem. The thesis or capstone
product is written in close collaboration with the faculty
member and must be approved by that faculty member and/or the
department. The student will apply understanding of the
discipline to identify or shape the research question and apply
skills and techniques learned to complete the research project.
The student will have gathered data, synthesized relevant
literature and materials, analyzed, and interpreted data. The
student will demonstrate in writing the contribution of their
work to the discovery and interpretation of knowledge
significant to their field of study. The student will have
presented results in the form of a properly formatted,
professionally rigorous thesis document or other appropriate
professional capstone product and through the formal
presentation of the thesis or product to faculty and peers
during an approved event. The student will receive feedback from
the faculty member on the overall execution of their thesis
project, the written thesis, and their presentation. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 6010. 5 hours. 2 hours lecture and 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Landscape Studio I - Foundations | Course
Description: | Introduction to the design process as well as to studio
materials methods. Studio projects encompassing a variety of
scales and levels of complexity will be assigned; but emphasis
will be on exercises concerning the making of place relative to
human scale and three-dimensional space. | | Athena Title: | Landscape Studio I Foundations | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 6020. 5 hours. 2 hours lecture and 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Site Applications | Course
Description: | The garden as the central image and metaphor in landscape architecture. Studio projects selected to explore the image and the metaphor in a variety of social and environmental contexts. | | Athena Title: | Site Applications | | Prerequisite: | LAND 6010 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 6020S. 5 hours. 2 hours lecture and 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Site Applications | Course
Description: | The garden as the central image and metaphor in landscape
architecture. Studio and real-world projects explore the image
and the metaphor in a variety of social and environmental
contexts. Emphasis on plants as design material. | | Athena Title: | Site Applications | | Nontraditional Format: | Course includes a service-learning project during the semester
that either employs skills or knowledge learned in the course
or teaches new skills or knowledge related to course
objectives.
Student engagement in the service-learning component will be up
to 25% of overall instruction time. | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 6030S. 5 hours. 2 hours lecture and 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Nature and Sustainability | Course
Description: | Concepts of sustainable site design and their implications for
landscape architecture, with particular emphasis on the issue
of environmental suitability, provision of ecosystems services
and geodesign. Projects selected to investigate alternative
design scenarios in a variety of environments, contexts, and
geographic scales. | | Athena Title: | Nature and Sustainability | | Nontraditional Format: | Course includes a service-learning project during the semester
that either employs skills or knowledge learned in the course
or teaches new skills or knowledge related to course objectives.
Student engagement in the service-learning component will be up
to 25% of overall instruction time. | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 6030. 5 hours. 2 hours lecture and 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Nature and Sustainability | Course
Description: | Concepts of sustainable site design and their implications for
landscape architecture, with particular emphasis on the issue
of environmental suitability, provision of ecosystems services
and geodesign. Projects selected to investigate alternative
design scenarios in a variety of environments contexts and
geographic scales. | | Athena Title: | NATURE SUSTAINABLTY | | Corequisite: | EDES 6530 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 6040. 5 hours. 2 hours lecture and 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Community and Place | Course
Description: | Integrating landscape architecture, architecture, and urban design
to reinforce and build community space. Concepts of public and
private space, perception and behavior in urban environment, and
spatial proportion and enclosure will be explored. Projects
developed to address contemporary societal concerns through a
variety of scales to a design development level. | | Athena Title: | Community and Place | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 6040S. 5 hours. 2 hours lecture and 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Community and Place | Course
Description: | Design studio integrating landscape architecture, urban design,
and architecture to reinforce and build community space.
Projects, readings, and discussions investigate strategies of
incorporating diverse human and cultural needs into the built
environment. Projects selected to address contemporary societal
concerns at a variety of scales and densities of habitation. | | Athena Title: | Community and Place | | Nontraditional Format: | Course includes a service-learning project during the semester
that either employs skills or knowledge learned in the course
or teaches new skills or knowledge related to course
objectives.
Student engagement in the service-learning component will be up
to 25% of overall instruction time. | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 6210. 3 hours. 1 hours lecture and 4 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Representation and Communication I | Course
Description: | Drawing, computer graphics, and other methods of representing and communicating design ideas. | | Athena Title: | REPRESENTATION I | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in EDES 6210 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 6220. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Representation and Communication II | Course
Description: | Exploration of a variety of methods of representing and communicating design ideas. | | Athena Title: | Representation II | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LAND 6220E | | Prerequisite: | LAND 6210 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 6220E. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Representation and Communication II | Course
Description: | Exploration of a variety of primarily digital methods of representing and communicating design ideas. | | Athena Title: | Representation II | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in LAND 6220 | | Nontraditional Format: | This course will be taught 95% or more online. | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 6240. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Portfolio Development | Course
Description: | We live in a world that is surrounded by graphic design. To be
noticed, or to enhance our professional qualities, we need to
have a printed, and now a digital presence. We have the tools;
landscape architects are designers. The background utilized in
designing landscapes will be used to guide us through creating a
graphic identity for our work. Each student will go on a search
for his or her own identity, and portray it in several graphic
pieces to be developed throughout the semester. | | Athena Title: | PORTFOLIO DEVELOP | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 6310. 3 hours. 1 hours lecture and 4 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Landscape Ecology: Materials and Processes | Course
Description: | Landforms, geology, hydrology, soils, and biotic communities, with an examination of ecological concepts and their application at the landscape scale. | | Athena Title: | ECO MATLS & PROCESS | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 6320. 3 hours. 1 hours lecture and 4 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Plant Communities | Course
Description: | The history and ecology of plants and related materials
associated with architectural landscape design. | | Athena Title: | PLANT COMMUNITIES | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 6330. 3 hours. 1 hours lecture and 4 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Landscape Construction | Course
Description: | Introduction to materials of landscape architectural
construction; their physical characteristics; their effects on
people, environment, and economy; their installation methods;
their purposeful use in design; sources of information about
them and their use; and their documentation in contract
documents. | | Athena Title: | Landscape Construction | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 6340. 3 hours. 1 hours lecture and 4 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Landscape Engineering | Course
Description: | Applications of landscape construction and engineering through inquiry into their ability to implement values of community and place. | | Athena Title: | Landscape Engineering | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 6390. 3 hours. 2 hours lecture and 2 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Ecological Landscape Restoration | Course
Description: | Principles and techniques associated with the enhancement and
restoration of degraded landscapes within an aesthetic
framework. Case studies focus on stream and wetland systems in
southeastern United States. Field trips allow participants to
observe and critically analyze projects at the site scale. | | Athena Title: | Ecol Landscape Restoration | | Nontraditional Format: | One credit for regular participation in weekly seminar. One
additional credit for development and presentation of a team
project. | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 6570. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Contemporary Landscape Design Theory | Course
Description: | Landscape design theory of the late 19th, 20th and 21st centuries. Beginning with Olmsted's theories on social democracy and urban park design, will trace how architectural, artistic, social, and scientific theory, along with cultural ideas and values, have influenced our discipline, design, and built environment to present. | | Athena Title: | CONTMPRY LAN DESIGN | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 6700. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Landscape Architecture Internship | Course
Description: | Professional office experience under the supervision of licensed landscape architects or related practitioners. | | Athena Title: | LA INTERNSHIP | | Nontraditional Format: | Professional office experience under the supervision of licensed landscape architects or related practitioners. A minimum of two months full-time supervised employment for eight credits. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of school | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 6901. 4 hours. Repeatable for maximum 8 hours credit. 8 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Graduate Capstone Studio | Course
Description: | A comprehensive design or research project in which the student
is able to demonstrate the proficiency acquired in the
professional program through a design or research project that
studies historical, cultural, ecological, or other contextual
issues for the project site. | | Athena Title: | Graduate Capstone Studio | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 6940. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Design Research | Course
Description: | Instructs in design concepts, theories, and precedents in the use of design as a primary research methodology. Iterative and problem-solving process of design including inventory, analysis, design development, and design synthesis is presented as a primary research methodology for discovering and communicating information to the discipline of landscape architecture. Design is presented as a research method and communication tool. | | Athena Title: | Design Research | | Prerequisite: | LAND 6950 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 6950. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Research Strategies | Course
Description: | Introduces research strategies for landscape architecture
students and thesis as vehicle for documenting research in
landscape planning, design, and management. Course will include
an overview of state of research in the field and introduce
tools of research used in landscape planning and management.
Introduces methods of inquiry appropriate to discipline. | | Athena Title: | Research Strategies | | Prerequisite: | Permission of school | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 7005. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 45 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Graduate Student Seminar | Course
Description: | Advanced supervised experience in an applied setting. This
course may not be used to satisfy a student's approved program of
study. | | Athena Title: | GRAD STUDENT SEM | | Nontraditional Format: | Seminar. | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 7050. 5 hours. 2 hours lecture and 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Landscape Studio - Engagement | Course
Description: | Concepts of environmental and community engagement with emphasis
on potential of landscape architecture to act as liaison and
operative framework. Projects selected to engage contemporary,
critical issues in marginal locations at several scales,
ranging from ecological urbanism to site and system-specific
details. | | Athena Title: | Landscape Studio Engagement | | Corequisite: | EDES 7550 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 7050S. 5 hours. 2 hours lecture and 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Landscape Studio Engagement | Course
Description: | Concepts of environmental and community engagement, with
emphasis on potential of landscape architecture to act as
liaison and operative framework. Projects selected to engage
contemporary, critical issues in marginal locations at several
scales, ranging from ecological urbanism to site and system-
specific details. | | Athena Title: | Landscape Studio Engagement | | Nontraditional Format: | Course includes a service-learning project during the semester
that either employs skills or knowledge learned in the course
or teaches new skills or knowledge related to course
objectives.
Student engagement in the service-learning component will be up
to 25% of overall instruction time. | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 7200. 1-12 hours. Repeatable for maximum 48 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Design Research, Non-Thesis | Course
Description: | Design Research focuses on final execution of an independent research process culminating in public presentation/defense/documentation, guided by a major professor. Design Research integrates written and graphic studies, with an emphasis on design and graphic communication as the vehicle to explore research and its application to contemporary trends. | | Athena Title: | Design Research Non-Thesis | | Nontraditional Format: | Independent preparation for non-thesis design research. | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 7300. 1-12 hours. Repeatable for maximum 30 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Master's Thesis | Course
Description: | Thesis writing under the direction of the major professor. | | Athena Title: | Master's Thesis | | Nontraditional Format: | Independent research and thesis preparation. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of school | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | LAND 8850. 1-4 hours. Repeatable for maximum 12 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Design and Planning Studio | Course
Description: | An applied planning and design studio which examines the
environmental, land use, economic, and political complexities
of the appropriate development of a large tract of land as a
significant addition to a comprehensive university campus. | | Athena Title: | Design and Planning Studio | | Nontraditional Format: | Experience in teaching undergraduate professional skills under the direction of a faculty mentor. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of school | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
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