Local region includes coastal, mountain, desert, and urban environments. Program also features courses and residence at the Center for Regenerative Studies. Applicants accepted from all disciplines. Click here to view our video The Department of Landscape Architecture offers the opportunity for advanced, specialized study in natural and cultural resource planning and design. Department faculty have expertise in regional landscape analysis, vegetation resource planning, landscape planning for wildlife, landscape architectural history, cultural landscape analysis, landscape preservation, mining reclamation and mitigation, community design, and sustainable design practices.
Special emphasis is placed on regional sustainable planning and design issues and concerns.
All three professional programs are accredited by their respective professional accrediting agencies. We also have an active teaching program in horticulture and landscape design. The M.L.A. provides the flexibility to meet a variety of professional interests such as universal design, therapeutic landscape design, land use and regional planning, geographic information systems, and cultural landscape design. The Doctorate of Land-Use Planning, Management, and Design is administered by the Collge of Architecture with facuty and courses from other areas in the University. It is designed to provide training in facets of land use, with special emphasis on nonurban lands and those in arid and semi-arid environments.