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. An elective in computer applications in design is also available. The six studios that run through the second, third, and fourth years are the core of the landscape architecture program.
Students learn the principles, methods, processes, and techniques of landscape architecture design.
Each studio provides progressively more complex problems with most studios divided into two seven-week segments. Each segment has a different instructor to insure a diverse range of project types, scales, and points of view. They are intended to acquaint students with the natural and cultural processes that have shaped the landscape from past to present. Two courses provide students with an understanding of the historic forces that have shaped the man-made environment and the role that landscape architects have played. The four courses in this sequence teach students the skills and knowledge required to implement landscape architectural projects.