2023-2024 Course Catalog

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Landscape Architecture (LAR) Minor

Students from any department may pursue a minor in Landscape Architecture. The minor requires completion of a minimum of 18 semester hours as follows:

Required Minor Courses
1. 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
2. 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
Subtotal9
Total Credits18
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.