2024-2025 Academic Catalog

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Landscape Architecture (LAR) Minor

Required Minor Courses
Complete the following:
LAR 1254Environment and Natural Systems (Pathways Concept 4 - Reasoning in the Natural Sciences or Pathway 5f)3
LAR 1264Seeing, Understanding and Representing Landscape and the Built Environment (Pathway 6a or Pathway 6d)3
LAR 2254Social and Cultural Landscapes3
Subtotal9
Select a minimum of nine (9) credits of the following:9
Leadership for Global Sustainability (Pathways Concept 2 - Critical Thinking in the Humanities or Pathways Concept 3 - Reasoning in the Social Sciences)
Land Analysis and Site Planning (Pathway 5a)
People Community and Place (Pathways Concept 3 - Reasoning in the Social Sciences)
Evolution of the American Landscape (Pathway 1a or Pathways Concept 2 - Critical Thinking in the Humanities)
Landscape Design and Planning Studio (Pathway 6d)
Design Studies of the Built Environment (Pathway 6a Pathway 6d)
Theories of Landscape Architecture
Topics in Landscape Architecture 1
Creating the Ecological City
Subtotal9
Total Credits18

All courses taken for the LAR minor must be taken for an A-F grade and be completed with a minimum in-minor GPA of 2.0. Any courses taken for the LAR minor will count toward the in-minor GPA.

1

May take different sections for credit

  • Of the courses listed in Section 2, at least six (6) credits must be taken at the 3000 or 4000 level.
  • All courses taken for the LAR minor must be taken for an A-F letter grade and be completed with a minimum in-minor GPA of 2.0. Any courses taken for the LAR minor will count towards the in-minor GPA.