Landscape Architecture (LA)Agriculture and Life Sciences

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Course descriptions provided by the 2026-2027 Catalog.

LA 1410

Introduction to the representation and design of landscapes and to working in a studio setting. Uses freehand drawing, measured drawing, digital tools and model making to understand design principles of ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  3517 LA 1410   STU 501

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Birkeland, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

LA 2010

Studio course emphasizing the design process and principles involved in organizing and giving form to outdoor space to create site-specific design. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 5 Credits Graded

  •  3518 LA 2010   STU 501

    • MWF
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Aymer, V

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Enrollment limited to: Landscape Architecture majors. Course fee (drafting equipment, supplies, and other fees): approximately $200; Field trip fee: approximately $250.

LA 2910

This is an introductory survey of the history and theory of landscape design, broadly defined to include diverse forms of planned human interventions in built and natural environments. We will consider ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LA 6910

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  •  3602 LA 2910   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Taylor, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

LA 3010

This studio engages students in a design process on complex sites and spaces that interact with both human and natural systems, and critically explores theories of landscape architecture and representation ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 5 Credits Graded

  •  3519 LA 3010   STU 501

    • MWF
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Chesebrough, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

LA 3160

This course exposes students to the fundamentals of site engineering and its relationship to best environmental practices. Lectures and short vignettes are provided to students and worked-through within ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one laboratory. Combined with: LA 6160

  • 5 Credits Graded

  •  3520 LA 3160   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Aymer, V

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  3521 LA 3160   LAB 401

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Aymer, V

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

LA 4010

This studio focuses on the integration of theory and practice in landscape architecture at the urban scale. Urban design methods, morphology, and strategies are introduced and design and planning concepts ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 5 Credits Graded

  •  3574 LA 4010   STU 501

    • MWF
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Darling, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Prerequisite: LA 3010 with grade of C or better.

LA 4030

Working with their advisor, students create a written and visual document that describes the concentration intent. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LA 6030

  • 1 Credit Sat/Unsat

  •  3522 LA 4030   DIS 201

    • R
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Aymer, V

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

LA 4440

With the advent of digital tools that construct hyper-real renderings, it is easy to mistake the photoreal for reality. As a tool for designers, representation is more than mimesis, but a means of analysis, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LA 6440

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3606 LA 4440   LEC 001

    • R
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Weber, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

LA 4830

Topical lecture series and seminars with a different subject and method each time it is offered. Enrolled students will submit written responses to the presentations given, evaluating the content delivered ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LA 5830

  • 1 Credit Sat/Unsat

  •  3584 LA 4830   SEM 101

    • T
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Weber, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

LA 4910

Focuses on the identification, uses, and establishment of woody plants in urban and garden settings. By understanding the environmental limitations to plant growth, students are able to critically assess ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one laboratory. Combined with: LA 5910

  • 5 Credits Graded

  •  3572 LA 4910   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Vanucchi, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Enrollment limited to: Plant Science and Landscape Architecture majors or permission of instructor. Pre-registration is required.

  •  3573 LA 4910   LAB 401

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Vanucchi, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

LA 4930

The course centers the historical intersection of industrialization, environmentalism, and urbanism in the so-called Second World. It explores the 20th-century history of urban ecological design, focused ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LA 6930

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3603 LA 4930   SEM 101

    • R
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Taylor, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

LA 4940

Topical subjects in landscape architectural design, theory, history, or technology. Group study of topics not considered in other courses. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LA 6940

  • 1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Design Criticism

  •  3523 LA 4940   LEC 002

    • W
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Goula, M

      Vanucchi, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Enrollment limited to: graduate students and seniors.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LA 6940

  • 1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Urban - Forest Relations

  •  3524 LA 4940   LEC 003

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Chesebrough, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LA 6940

  • 1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Landscape Futures: Living Matter, Sentient Ecolog

  •  3525 LA 4940   LEC 005

    • MW
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Santo, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

LA 4960

In this course, students participate in an experiential learning opportunity relevant to the student's focus of study or career goals in landscape architecture. A Landscape Architecture faculty member ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit S/U NoAud

  •  3600 LA 4960   INT 301

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Hogue, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

LA 4970

Work on special topics by individuals or small groups. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-5 Credits Stdnt Opt

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-5 Credits Stdnt Opt

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-5 Credits Stdnt Opt

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-5 Credits Stdnt Opt

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-5 Credits Stdnt Opt

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-5 Credits Stdnt Opt

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-5 Credits Stdnt Opt

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-5 Credits Stdnt Opt

LA 4980

Designed to give qualified undergraduates experience through actual involvement in planning and teaching courses under the supervision of department faculty members. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

LA 4990

Permits outstanding undergraduates to carry out independent research in landscape architecture under academically appropriate faculty supervision. Research goals should include description, prediction, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-5 Credits Stdnt Opt

LA 5010

Introduction to landscape architectural design through a series of course modules that engage students in discovering, knowing and engaging the full potential of the landscape medium. In this process-oriented ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 5 Credits Graded

  •  3542 LA 5010   STU 501

    • MWF
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Hogue, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

LA 5050

This course introduces students to landscape architectural representation and teaches conventions such as basic drafting and orthographic drawing (plan, section, axonometric) alongside freehand drawing, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  3543 LA 5050   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Hogue, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

LA 5090

The MPS Research Design Studio provides MPS students in Landscape Architecture with foundational knowledge in design research theories, methods and tools through readings and discussion, research problem ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  3595 LA 5090   STU 501

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Vanucchi, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

LA 5830

Topical lecture series and seminars with a different subject and method each time it is offered. Enrolled students will submit written responses to the presentations given, evaluating the content delivered ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LA 4830

  • 1 Credit Sat/Unsat

  •  3597 LA 5830   SEM 101

    • T
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Weber, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

LA 5910

Focuses on the identification, uses, and establishment of woody plants in urban and garden settings. By understanding the environmental limitations to plant growth, students are able to critically assess ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one laboratory. Combined with: LA 4910

  • 5 Credits Graded

  •  3598 LA 5910   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Vanucchi, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Enrollment limited to: Plant Science and Landscape Architecture majors or permission of instructor.

  •  3599 LA 5910   LAB 401

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Vanucchi, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

LA 5960

In this course, students participate in an experiential learning opportunity relevant to the student's focus of study or career goals in landscape architecture. A Landscape Architecture faculty member ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit S/U NoAud

  •  3601 LA 5960   INT 301

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Birkeland, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

LA 5970

Work on special topics by individuals or small groups. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 0.5-5 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3585 LA 5970   IND 601

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Glass, M

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Enrollment limited to: graduate students.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 0.5-5 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3586 LA 5970   IND 602

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Goula, M

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Enrollment limited to: graduate students.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 0.5-5 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3587 LA 5970   IND 603

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Vanucchi, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Enrollment limited to: graduate students.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 0.5-5 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3588 LA 5970   IND 604

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Aymer, V

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Enrollment limited to: graduate students.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 0.5-5 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3589 LA 5970   IND 605

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Hogue, M

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Enrollment limited to: graduate students.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 0.5-5 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3590 LA 5970   IND 608

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Weber, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Enrollment limited to: graduate students.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 0.5-5 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3591 LA 5970   IND 609

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Cerra, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Enrollment limited to: graduate students.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 0.5-5 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3592 LA 5970   IND 610

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Birkeland, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Enrollment limited to: graduate students.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 0.5-5 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3593 LA 5970   IND 611

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Taylor, M

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Enrollment limited to: graduate students.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 0.5-5 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3594 LA 5970   IND 612

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Sexton, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

LA 5980

Designed to give qualified students experience through involvement in planning and teaching courses under the supervision of faculty members. The experience may include leading discussion sections, preparing, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3544 LA 5980   IND 602

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Weber, A

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3545 LA 5980   IND 603

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Goula, M

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3546 LA 5980   IND 604

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Hogue, M

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3547 LA 5980   IND 605

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Vanucchi, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3548 LA 5980   IND 606

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Aymer, V

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3549 LA 5980   IND 607

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Cerra, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3550 LA 5980   IND 608

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Taylor, M

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3551 LA 5980   IND 609

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Glass, M

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3552 LA 5980   IND 610

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Birkeland, J

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

LA 6010

This studio focuses upon urban, site-scaled projects that consider significant cultural landscapes. The course explores theories of urban design strategies, sustainable design, and landscape representation. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 5 Credits Graded

  •  3553 LA 6010   STU 501

    • MWF
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Glass, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Enrollment limited to: graduate students or permission of instructor.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 5 Credits Graded

  •  3554 LA 6010   STU 502

    • MWF
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Santo, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

LA 6030

Working with their advisor, students create a written and visual paper that documents the concentration intent. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LA 4030

  • 1 Credit Sat/Unsat

  •  3555 LA 6030   DIS 201

    • R
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Aymer, V

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

LA 6160

This course exposes students to the fundamentals of site engineering and its relationship to best environmental practices. Lectures and short vignettes are provided to students and worked-through within ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one laboratory. Combined with: LA 3160

  • 5 Credits Graded

  •  3556 LA 6160   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Aymer, V

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  3557 LA 6160   LAB 401

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Aymer, V

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

LA 6440

With the advent of digital tools that construct hyper-real renderings, it is easy to mistake the photoreal for reality. As a tool for designers, representation is more than mimesis, but a means of analysis, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LA 4440

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3605 LA 6440   LEC 001

    • R
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Weber, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

LA 6900

This lecture provides a comprehensive and critical overview of influential contemporary research in Landscape Architecture. It explores both foundational and emerging approaches within the field, particularly ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3558 LA 6900   LEC 001

    • M
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Goula, M

    • T
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Goula, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

LA 6910

This is an introductory survey of the history and theory of landscape design, broadly defined to include diverse forms of planned human interventions in built and natural environments. We will consider ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LA 2910

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  •  3596 LA 6910   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Taylor, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

LA 6930

The course centers the historical intersection of industrialization, environmentalism, and urbanism in the so-called Second World. It explores the 20th-century history of urban ecological design, focused ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LA 4930

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3604 LA 6930   SEM 101

    • R
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Taylor, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

LA 6940

Topical subjects in landscape architectural design, theory, history, or technology. Includes group study of topics not considered in other courses. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LA 4940

  • 1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Design Criticism

  •  3559 LA 6940   LEC 002

    • W
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Goula, M

      Vanucchi, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LA 4940

  • 1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Urban - Forest Relations

  •  3560 LA 6940   LEC 003

    • TR
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Chesebrough, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LA 4940

  • 1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Landscape Futures: Living Matter, Sentient Ecolog

  •  3561 LA 6940   LEC 005

    • MW
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Santo, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

LA 7010

This studio explores the application of urban design and landscape urbanism techniques to the problems and opportunities of contemporary city making. The studio investigates the social, cultural, natural, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 5 Credits Graded

  •  3515 LA 7010   STU 501

    • MWF
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Weber, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Enrollment limited to: graduate students.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 5 Credits Graded

  •  3516 LA 7010   STU 502

    • MWF
    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Vanucchi, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Enrollment limited to: graduate students.

LA 8900

Independent research, under faculty guidance leading to the development of a comprehensive and defensible design or study related to the field of landscape architecture. Work is expected to be completed ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 4-9 Credits Graded

  •  3562 LA 8900   RSC 701

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Birkeland, J

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 4-9 Credits Graded

  •  3563 LA 8900   RSC 702

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Cerra, J

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 4-9 Credits Graded

  •  3564 LA 8900   RSC 703

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Vanucchi, J

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 4-9 Credits Graded

  •  3565 LA 8900   RSC 704

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Glass, M

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 4-9 Credits Graded

  •  3566 LA 8900   RSC 705

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Aymer, V

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 4-9 Credits Graded

  •  3567 LA 8900   RSC 706

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Taylor, M

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 4-9 Credits Graded

  •  3568 LA 8900   RSC 707

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Hogue, M

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 4-9 Credits Graded

  •  3569 LA 8900   RSC 708

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Weber, A

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 4-9 Credits Graded

  •  3570 LA 8900   RSC 709

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Goula, M

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 4-9 Credits Graded

  •  3571 LA 8900   RSC 710

    • Aug 24 - Dec 7, 2026
    • Santo, D

  • Instruction Mode: Directed Research