Sample Undergraduate Course Schedule for the Professional Program
*Four-year all course sequence for students enrolled in their First Year of the Professional Program.*
The professional degree program requires four years to complete. The curriculum includes a series of design classes, each of which is offered only once a year. Students must take the courses in order, as the content of each relies on information presented in previous courses.
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The schedule of landscape architecture classes is as follows:
First Year (PLA)
| Fall |
Spring |
| Course |
Credits |
Course |
Credits |
| LA 250 |
3 |
LA 262 |
4 |
| LA 201 |
2 |
LA 312 |
3 |
| ME 160 |
3 |
ETD 120/ART 102/ART 112 |
3 |
| MATH 112 |
3 |
MATH 113 |
2 |
| GEOG 127 |
5 |
BOT 130 or 100 |
3-5 |
total |
16 |
total |
15-17 |
Second Year (ALA)
| Fall |
Spring |
| Course |
Credits |
Course |
Credits |
| LA 261 |
4 |
LA 260 |
3 |
| BOT 260 |
3 |
LA 353 |
3 |
| LA/HORT 263 |
3 |
CEE 301 |
1 |
| BSE 201/202 |
2 |
ETD 221 |
3 |
| Lab or Field BOT, HORT or AGRON |
2 |
SOIL SCI 315 |
3 |
| MATH 211, 221 or STATS 201 |
3 |
LA/HORT 264 (optional) |
2-3 |
total |
17 |
total |
15-16 |
Third Year (ALA)
| Fall |
Spring |
| Course |
Credits |
Course |
Credits |
| LA 354 |
3 |
LA 351 |
4 |
| LA 365 |
3 |
LA 451 |
3 |
| GEOG 305 |
3 |
LA 655 |
3 |
| CHEM 108 |
5 |
ART HIST |
3 |
| COMM |
2-3 |
COMM |
2-3 |
total |
16-17 |
total |
15-16 |
Fourth Year (ALA)
| Fall |
Spring |
| Course |
Credits |
Course |
Credits |
| LA 550 |
3 |
LA 551 |
4 |
| LA 610 |
2 |
Professional Depth/Breadth |
3 |
| LA 462 Regional Design |
3 |
Professional Depth/Breadth |
3 |
| ECON 101 |
4 |
SOC SCI Elective |
3 |
| Professional Depth/Breadth |
3 |
Ethnic studies |
3 |
total |
15 |
total |
16 |
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