Topical studies in landscape architecture allowing for individual research or design experience coordinated with academic pursuits and faculty mentorship and oversight. May be repeated with additional credits applied as an elective. Prereq: Permission of faculty.

Topical studies in landscape architecture allowing for individual research or design experience coordinated with academic pursuits and faculty mentorship and oversight. May be repeated with additional credits applied as an elective. Prereq: Permission of faculty.

Topical studies in landscape architecture allowing for individual research or design experience coordinated with academic pursuits and faculty mentorship and oversight. May be repeated with additional credits applied as an elective. Prereq: Permission of faculty.

Topical studies in landscape architecture allowing for individual research or design experience coordinated with academic pursuits and faculty mentorship and oversight. May be repeated with additional credits applied as an elective. Prereq: Permission of faculty.

This course focuses on formally documenting and communicating competency relative to the knowledge, skills, and abilities developed in the landscape architecture major. The course will help students prepare for professional work experience opportunities as well as learn more about additional educational opportunities in graduate school. Private, government, and non-profit sectors are discussed. Field trip(s) may be required.

This is a self-directed course providing academic credit for a pre- approved internship relating to the practice of landscape architecture. An internship involves working for a minimum of 320 hours (e.g. eight weeks at 40 hrs./week) in a private or public landscape architecture office or in another professional experience associated with landscape architecture. Other experiences could include conservation work, research projects, or community engagement work.

Application of landscape architecture design process to address issues at a variety of scales with emphases on form generation, community engagement, and communication. Field trips may be required. Lecture, three hours; studio, nine hours per week.

This course is an introductory overview to water processes and water management in a watershed. An emphasis will be placed on hydrological landscape processes, best management practices and classification of streams, as well as storm water and water management in urban and suburban settings. Data collection, analysis, and fieldwork will be a required portion of the class during the lab section. Lecture, 2 hrs; laboratory, 2 hrs per week. Prereq: PLS 366 or consent of the instructor.

Topical seminars at an advanced level on current issues of significance to landscape architecture majors and graduate students. May be repeated to a maximum of six credits under different subtitles.

An interdisciplinary approach to the people, culture and development of the Latin American republics. Attention will be concentrated on significant aspects of the indigenous peoples, geography, economic processes, gender roles, social structures and politics of Latin America, with special attention paid to value structures and value conflicts. Musical, literary and artistic expression in Latin America will also be introduced. Team taught, with a course coordinator from the LAS faculty.