Our fundamental concern is the wise use of land and natural resources. As the public becomes increasingly aware of and sophisticated about environmental issues, opportunities for professional landscape architects can be expected to increase rapidly. Landscape architects serve as mediators between developers and a site to ensure that development does not unduly disrupt natural systems, fits within the cultural context, and is aesthetically pleasing. They design and plan parks, residential communities, university campuses, corporate headquarters, and open space networks. The landscape architect's planning and design decisions are of critical significance to both the immediate and long-term future.
Opportunities exist in the program for study abroad.
In the fall semester of the senior year, students may go to Copenhagen to study in Denmark's International Study Program. The program deals with both architecture and landscape architecture, and the city provides an exciting context for urban studies. Other opportunities for exchange exist in England and Germany. Students who enroll in the program as freshmen can earn a B.S. degree in Landscape Architecture in four years. Graphic Communications Sequence A graphics course introduces students to the tools and techniques necessary to communicate design ideas.