The department has a Cooperative Agreement with the Regional Office of the National Park Service which provides partial funding for studios and individual faculty and student research projects on lands within the regional office's jurisdiction which include Olympic and North Cascades National Parks. The successful applicant will lead work under this agreement and is expected to develop similar teaching and research opportunities with other national, state and local government agencies. The department has a record of successful funded research and teaching agreements with many agencies. The Department of Landscape Architecture is one of four departments in the College of Architecture and Urban Planning. The majority of students in both programs are women.
Students come to the programs from all parts of the country and from Europe and Asia.
The department enjoys good relations with other departments in the College and with many units throughout the University. Opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration are strong and are encouraged in both teaching and research. Department faculty and students participate in the College's interdisciplinary Urban Design and Historic Preservation certificate programs and in foreign studies programs through the College's Rome Center and established exchange programs in Europe and Southeast Asia. The department is strongly committed to contributing to the development of landscape architecture at all scales from the University's beautiful 600-acre campus, through the region's unique landscapes and cultures, to global issues of sustainability. This should include a narrative description of your background, qualifications for the position, information on courses you have taught or co-taught and research grants you have received,a discussion of your philosophy of design education and the application of computer technology, and a discussion of your current and future research interests.