Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning
College of Environmental Design
Department Office: 202 Wurster Hall, (510) 642-4022
Chair: Louise Mozingo, M.L.A
Departmental Web Site: Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning
The Profession
The profession of landscape architecture plays an important role in solving environmental problems through design and planning. Professional practice includes design of public spaces for recreation areas, schools, housing, neighborhoods, streets, and cities, planning for conservation of open space and natural amenities, land management and development, and assessment of the impact of projects and proposals on environmental quality and design of such projects to be environmentally compatible.
Landscape design typically involves project programming, site planning of buildings and building complexes, and analysis, planning, and detailed design of public and private exterior spaces and landscapes. It requires an understanding of visual and social factors, plant materials, construction technology, cost, and ecology.
Environmental planning is concerned with the larger context of natural and urban environments including the study of ecology, conservation planning, environmental law, resource development, computer applications, recreation planning, and urban open space and transportation systems. The intent of all the emphases is the creation of delightful landscapes that are ecologically sound and socially informed.
Undergraduate Program
Berkeley's undergraduate curriculum in landscape architecture centers upon creative and ecologically tuned design, and introduces students to the breadth of knowledge common to the profession. This program leads to the Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in landscape architecture and provides the necessary education for students interested in entry-level professional practice. At the heart of the undergraduate curriculum are three core studios: LD ARCH 101, LD ARCH 102, and LD ARCH 103. The core studios ensure that undergraduate students benefit from the department's full range of interests and expertise.
Accreditation
The BA degree is certified by the State of California and counts as part of the education/experience requirement of the Uniform National Examination (U.N.E.) as well as for the Landscape Architects Registration Examination (L.A.R.E.) for licensure. Please visit the Landscape Architects Technical Committee and the Council of Landscape Architectural Registration Boards for more information about licensure in California.
For more complete information, see the department's website .
Graduate Programs
The Master of Landscape Architecture Degree
The Master of Landscape Architecture degree is a professional degree accredited by the American Society of Landscape Architects. The program offers advanced work in landscape architecture from the scale of detailed form to that of the regional landscape. A core of courses in the department is required of all students, emphasizing the relationship between the design and the environmental planning aspects of the field. This core group forms the foundation for extended coursework in landscape design, urban and community design, and environmental planning.
Current faculty research and professional involvement include growth impact and land use planning, human factors and design, environmental simulation, landscape visual and scenic assessment, ecological art, ecology and plant succession, hydrology and planning, cultural geography, the educative city, energy conservation in landscape and community design, urban forestry, and community participation in design and planning.
Concurrent Program in Urban Design or Environmental Planning
The Departments of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning and City and Regional Planning jointly offer a program of studies in urban design or in environmental planning, leading to both the Master of Landscape Architecture and Master of City Planning degrees. Applicants to the concurrent degree program typically have an undergraduate degree in landscape architecture or architecture. Applicants must be admitted separately by both the Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning and the Department of City and Regional Planning. More information may be obtained from the Graduate Office in 202 Wurster Hall, or from our website .
Concurrent Degree Program in Architecture and Landscape Architecture
The Departments of Architecture and Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning have developed a concurrent degree program. This program will lead to two professional degrees: Master of Architecture and Master of Landscape Architecture. This program brings together two closely connected branches of environmental design—the design of sites and the design of buildings. This program is for exceptionally qualified students who have an undergraduate degree in architecture or landscape architecture and who satisfy the admission requirements of the one- or two-year MArch program and/or the two-year MLA program. Applicants to either of the above concurrent degree programs should apply to the Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning by December 15. Acceptance into the concurrent degree program is limited to outstanding applicants. More information may be obtained from the Graduate Office in 202 Wurster Hall or from our website .
Master of Urban Design
The Master of Urban Design is for exceptionally well-qualified students who have a bachelor's degree in architecture or landscape architecture and a minimum of two years of professional experience after completion of the undergraduate degree. See the Urban Design section of this bulletin for further information.
The PhD Degree in Environmental Planning
The Doctor of Philosophy program in environmental planning is offered for students who wish to pursue advanced scholarly and research work. The program emphasizes the development of theories and methods that underlie the fields of environmental planning or urban design, and the processes of planning and design as they relate to the solution of problems in the natural and urban environment. The PhD degree in environmental planning is appropriate for those seeking careers in research and teaching in environmental planning or urban design or in specialized roles in government or professional consultation.
There are no courses specifically required for the PhD degree. In consultation with their faculty advisers, students formulate a coursework plan best suited to their individual specializations within the field of environmental planning.
PhD requirements are as follows:
- 32 units of upper division and graduate coursework
- Two-year academic residency
- Reading knowledge of a departmentally approved foreign language
- Successful completion of a qualifying examination
- A dissertation
Progress toward the degree is evaluated annually by the PhD Committee.
Admission is granted to a small number of individuals each year. Most applicants will have completed a master's degree before entering. Students with only a bachelor's degree should apply to the MLA program first or otherwise complete an appropriate master's degree before applying.
For information about these programs, please consult the Graduate Office, Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning, 202 Wurster Hall, or the department's website .
LD ARCH 1 Drawing a Green Future: Fundamentals of Visual Representation and Creativity 4 Units
Department: Landscape Architecture
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 6 hours of studio and 2 hours of lecture per week.
This introductory studio course is open to all undergraduate students in the University, who want to investigate the process of drawing as a method to learn how to perceive, observe and represent the environment. This studio will encourage visual thinking as a formative tool for problem solving that provides a means to envision a sustainable future. The focus will be on the critical coordination between hand, mind and idea.
Instructor: Sullivan
LD ARCH 12 Environmental Science for Sustainable Development 4 Units
Department: Landscape Architecture
Course level: Undergraduate
Term course may be offered: Fall
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture and 2 hours of Laboratory per week for 15 weeks.
The scientific basis of sustainability, explored through study of energy, water, food, natural resources, and built environment. Physical/ecological processes and systems, and human impacts from the global scale to local energy/resource use. Energy and water audits, opportunities to increase sustainability of processes/practices. Discussion/lab section involves field data collection/analysis (e.g., habitat characteristics and benthic macro invertebrates in creek, measurement of atmospheric particulate matter concentrations) and integrative sustainability assessment project.
LD ARCH 24 Freshman Seminars 1 Unit
Department: Landscape Architecture
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: The grading option will be decided by the instructor when the class is offered.
Hours and format: 1 hour of Seminar per week for 15 weeks.
The Berkeley Seminar Program has been designed to provide new students with the opportunity to explore an intellectual topic with a faculty member in a small-seminar setting. Berkeley Seminars are offered in all campus departments, and topics vary from department to department and semester to semester.
Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
LD ARCH 39A Freshman/Sophomore Seminar 2 - 4 Units
Department: Landscape Architecture
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Offered for pass/not pass grade only.
Hours and format: Seminar format.
Prerequisites: Priority given to freshmen and sophomores.
Freshman and sophomore seminars offer lower division students the opportunity to explore an intellectual topic with a faculty member and a group of peers in a small-seminar setting. These seminars are offered in all campus departments; topics vary from department to department and from semester to semester.
Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
LD ARCH 84 Sophomore Seminar 1 or 2 Units
Department: Landscape Architecture
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: The grading option will be decided by the instructor when the class is offered.
Hours and format: 1 hour of seminar per week per unit for 15 weeks. 1 and 1 half hours of seminar per week per unit for 10 weeks. 2 hours of seminar per week per unit for 8 weeks. 3 hours of seminar per week per unit for 5 weeks.
Prerequisites: At discretion of instructor.
Sophomore seminars are small interactive courses offered by faculty members in departments all across the campus. Sophomore seminars offer opportunity for close, regular intellectual contact between faculty members and students in the crucial second year. The topics vary from department to department and semester to semester. Enrollment limited to 15 sophomores.
Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
LD ARCH 98 Directed Group Study for Freshmen and Sophomores 1 - 4 Units
Department: Landscape Architecture
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Offered for pass/not pass grade only.
Hours and format: 1 to 4 hour of Directed group study per week for 15 weeks. 1.5 to 6 hours of Directed group study per week for 10 weeks. 1.5 to 7.5 hours of Directed group study per week for 8 weeks. 2.5 to 10 hours of Directed group study per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: Department chair must approve written proposal.
Supervised group studies of various topics relevant to department that are not covered in depth by other courses. Topics may be initiated by students. Open to students in good standing who, in consultation with a faculty sponsor, present a proposal with clearly formulated objectives and means of implementation. Intended for exceptional students. Topics vary from semester to semester.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes. Enrollment is restricted; see the Introduction to Courses and Curricula section of this catalog.
LD ARCH 101 Fundamentals of Landscape Design 5 Units
Department: Landscape Architecture
Course level: Undergraduate
Term course may be offered: Fall
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 2 hours of Lecture and 6 hours of Studio per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: Environmental Design 11A-11B or consent of instructor.
This studio introduces students to the programmatic, artistic, and technical aspects of land form and topographic adjustments to accommodate human use. Topics include pedestrian and vehicular circulation, conservation and addition of plant materials, movement of water, recreation use, and creation of views. Sculptural land forms will be emphasized through the use of topographic plans, sections, and contour models.
LD ARCH 102 Case Studies in Landscape Design 5 Units
Department: Landscape Architecture
Course level: Undergraduate
Term course may be offered: Spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 2 hours of Lecture and 6 hours of Studio per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 101 or consent of instructor.
This studio stresses the shaping and coordination of ideas from initial concept to complete design product. A product(s) of intermediate scale and complexity (such as a garden, small park, plaza, or campus courtyard) will be developed in detail including the selection of planting, selection of construction materials, and topographic design. Lecture modules on selected professional topics are integrated into this course.
LD ARCH 103 Energy, Fantasy, and Form 5 Units
Department: Landscape Architecture
Course level: Undergraduate
Term course may be offered: Fall
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture and 6 hours of Studio per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 101, 102, Environmental Design 11A-11B, (Arch 100A or 100B for Architecture students) or by consent of instructor.
This is an undergraduate studio with a central focus on climate modification for energy conservation. We will research historical precedents in order to develop new garden forms for passive green designs. We will also explore how past cultures integrated metaphysics into their gardens as an adjunct to microclimate and habitat design. The contemporary landscape should be a balanced interweaving of proportion, function, comfort, energy conservation, and enlightenment. Additionally, we will study the choreography of space and investigate how to animate the landscape through the creative interpretation of text and film. Many new and exciting opportunities lie ahead for the creation of garden forms that not only conserve energy, but are also works of art and places of spiritual renewal.
Course may be repeated for a maximum of 8 units. Instructor: Sullivan
LD ARCH 110 Ecological Analysis 3 Units
Department: Landscape Architecture
Course level: Undergraduate
Term course may be offered: Fall
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of lecture and 4 hours of field laboratory per week.
Analysis of environmental factors, ecosystem functions, and ecosystem dynamics, as related to decision-making for landscape planning and design.
Instructor: McBride
LD ARCH 110L Ecological Analysis Laboratory 2 Units
Department: Landscape Architecture
Course level: Undergraduate
Term course may be offered: Fall
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 4 hours of Laboratory per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: Landscape Architecture 110 (may be taken concurrently).
Introduction to field techniques for assessment of landscape factors. Factors include topography, geology, climate, soil, hydrology, flora, vegetation, and wildlife.
Instructor: McBride
LD ARCH 111 Plants in Design 3 Units
Department: Landscape Architecture
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Through lecture, research, and studio assignments, this course introduces the use of plants as design elements in the landscape, from the urban scale to the site-specific scale, focusing on the public open space. By analyzing historic, contemporary, and Bay Area examples, the course examines the spatial, visual, and sensory qualities of vegetation, as well as the interplay with ecological functions and engineering uses of plants.
LD ARCH 112 Landscape Plants: Identification and Use 4 Units
Department: Landscape Architecture
Course level: Undergraduate
Term course may be offered: Spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 2 hours of Lecture and 6 hours of Fieldwork per week for 15 weeks.
This course is an introduction to the identification and recognition, as well as design applications and uses, of plants in the landscape. Through lectures, assignments, and fieldwork, the course provides class participants with an appreciation of the importance of vertical vegetation as a design element. Students will be introduced to a variety of built projects and plants commonly used in Bay Area landscapes.
Instructor: Stilgenbauer
LD ARCH 120 Topographic Form and Design Technology 3 Units
Department: Landscape Architecture
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 2 hours of Lecture and 2 hours of Studio per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 102 or consent of instructor.
Technical, graphic and computational exercises, and studio problems in topographic site design and the shaping of the site for surface drainage.
Instructor: Jewell
LD ARCH 121 Design in Detail: Introduction to Landscape Materials and Construction 4 Units
Department: Landscape Architecture
Course level: Undergraduate
Term course may be offered: Spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture and 1.5 hours of Laboratory per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 101, Architecture 100A, or consent of instructor.
This course introduces the visual and physical characteristics of landscape construction materials including, but not limited to, stone, brick, concrete, metal, asphalt, and wood. Additionally, lectures cover the production and availability of these materials, any existing evaluations on their sustainability, and their potential impact on the immediate environment. Students also learn to utilize standard sources of information on building materials and the terminology typically utilized when choosing and specifying construction materials. They become familiar with dimensional standards for landscape structures, including pavements, stairs, furnishings, retaining walls, freestanding walls, fences, decks, and small overhead structures.
Instructor: Jewell
LD ARCH 122 Environmental Science for Sustainable Development 4 Units
Department: Landscape Architecture
Course level: Undergraduate
Term course may be offered: Fall
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of lecture and 2 hours of discussion/laboratory per week.
Topics include the scientific basis of sustainablility, explored through study of energy, water, food, natural resources, and the built environment; physical/ecological processes and systems, and human impacts from the global scale to local energy/resource use; and energy and water audits of the Berkeley campus, opportunities to increase sustainability of processes/practices. Discussion/lab section involves data collection/analysis (e.g., Strawberry Creek, atmospheric particulates) and integrative sustainability assessment projects.
LD ARCH 130 Sustainable Landscapes and Cities 3 Units
Department: Landscape Architecture
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks. 6 hours of Lecture per week for 8 weeks.
This course introduces the foundations of sustainability most related to the restoration, design, and creation of landscapes and cities. The underlying principles of ecology, nature, and democracy are concretized in centered-ness, connectedness, fairness, sensible status seeking, sacredness, particular-ness, selective diversity, density and smallness, limited extent, adaptability, everyday future, naturalness, inhabiting science, reciprocal stewardship, and pacing.
LD ARCH 131 Implementation of Sustainable Landscape Design 1 Unit
Department: Landscape Architecture
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 4 hours of lecture/fieldwork per week for 8 weeks. 4 hours of lecture/fieldwork every other week.
Prerequisites: Minimum of one life science course advised.
Course will explore Bay Area built landscape projects intended to promote sustainable landscapes and urban environments. Site visits plus lectures/discussion. Instructor to present specific problems and how policy, planning, and design can address them. Site visits allow students to examine issues and solutions for sustainable environments. Class meetings include discussion with designers and policy makers as well as readings.
LD ARCH 132 Computer Applications in Environmental Design 4 Units
Department: Landscape Architecture
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture and 3.5 hours of Laboratory per week for 15 weeks.
This course introduces students to the use of computers in Landscape Architecture and Environmental Design. It develops applied computing skills in Web publishing, Computer Aides Design (CAD), image scanning, and Geographic Information Systems (GIS). CAD is emphasized in the first half of the semester and includes: 2D and 3D modeling, object rendering, integration of images, fly-through movies, and solar studies. The rest of the semester expands spatial design, graphics, and virtual modeling by integrating support information from geographic information systems (GIS), digital ortho-photos (DOP/DOQ), and global positioning systems (GPS). Lecture time is spent discussing problems and solutions of data: acquisition, accuracy, representation, modeling, and communication in landscape design. The lab/studio seeks innovative application of technology to medium- to large-scale landscape design problems. The focus of the lab/studio varies from semester to semester, but typical topics include garden design, park design, neighborhood design, open space design, and others.
Instructor: Radke
LD ARCH 132A Computer Applications for Environmental Design 2 Units
Department: Landscape Architecture
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 2 hours of Lecture and 2 hours of Laboratory per week for 15 weeks.
This course consists of both a lecture and a "hands-on" laboratory session each week. The lecture is structured as a seminar in which the instructor and students discuss problems and CAD solutions in landscape design. The laboratory provides a practical introduction to some tools for spatial data manipulation in CAD.
Instructor: Radke
LD ARCH 134A Drawing Workshop 1 3 Units
Department: Landscape Architecture
Course level: Undergraduate
Term course may be offered: Fall
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 2 hours of Lecture and 3 hours of Studio per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: Environmental Design 11A-11B or consent of instructor.
This studio will elaborate on a number of studio themes while introducing the students to a variety of graphic mediums and drawing techniques. Measured drawing procedures (including orthographic projections) will be augmented by figure-ground principles and themes of contrast, color, chiaroscuro, and compositions. On-site and visits to galleries and museums will complement the studio sessions.
Instructor: Hood
LD ARCH 134B Drawing Workshop II 3 Units
Department: Landscape Architecture
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 2 hours of Lecture and 2 hours of Laboratory per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: Environmental Design 11A-11B or consent of instructor.
This course introduces students to digital tools relevant to the discipline of landscape architecture. The course encompasses a series of lectures, lab exercises, and projects designed to equip students with a solid and expandable computing skill base relevant to the learning and practice of landscape architecture. Beyond technical competency, particular emphasis is placed on empowering students to move freely and creatively between software programs as an effective way of representing landscape.
Instructor: Kullmann
LD ARCH 135 The Art of Landscape Drawing 3 Units
Department: Landscape Architecture
Course level: Undergraduate
Term course may be offered: Spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 2 hours of Lecture and 4 hours of Studio per week for 15 weeks.
This course develops freehand drawing as an integral part of the creative process and as an expressive design tool. A broad range of exercises is employed to help students progressively gain creativity, skill, and confidence in their drawing. Various media such as ink, colored pencils, and watercolor are explored as a method to design innovative landscapes. A variety of presentation techniques will be investigated for communicating landscape design. In addition to field sketching, there will be excursions to art galleries, artists' studios, and other creative environments. Through the integration of drawing with intuition and imagination, students will be able to bring their visions to reality.
Instructor: Sullivan
LD ARCH 136 Advanced Landscape Delineation 3 Units
Department: Landscape Architecture
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 2 hours of Lecture and 4 hours of Studio per week for 15 weeks.
Imagination is the foundation for creative expression in the landscape. This course encourages exploration and personal expression for the realization of new landscape forms. This laboratory intends to refine drawing compositional skills by fostering imagination, intuition, and creativity. The media explored will be pen and ink, watercolor, collage, and 3-dimensional construction. We will study the human figure through analytical drawings and live models. The realms of moving images, the landscape of the animated cartoon, and the sequential art of the comic will be investigated.
Instructor: Sullivan
LD ARCH 138 Analysis of Metropolitan Form 3 Units
Department: Landscape Architecture
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
The extraordinary cultural diversity of San Francisco Bay Area shapes the everyday experience of most of it residents. We discuss the process of urbanization in the context of history, culture, and natural resources to better understand how the region is expected to accommodarte its share of California's growing population, while addressing the human-induced consequences of climate change, and strategies for overcoming social and functional segreagation - visions for a sustainable region.
Instructor: Bosselmann
LD ARCH 138AC The Metropolitan Landscape 3 Units
Department: Landscape Architecture
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
The extraordinary cultural diversity of San Francisco Bay Area shapes the everyday experience of most of its residents. We discuss the process of urbanization in the context of history, culture, and natural resources to better understand how the region is expected to accommodate its share of California's growing population, while addressing the human-induced consequences of climate change, and strategies for overcoming social and functional segregation--visions for a sustainable region.
Satisfies the American Cultures requirement
Students will receive no credit for Landscape Architecture 138AC after taking Landscape Architecture 138. Instructor: Bosselmann
LD ARCH 140 Social and Psychological Factors in Open Space Design 3 Units
Department: Landscape Architecture
Course level: Undergraduate
Term course may be offered: Spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 1.5 hours of Lecture and 1.5 hours of Discussion per week for 15 weeks.
User-oriented approach to design. Post-occupancy evaluation as a tool for understanding use of designed open spaces. Design as a communication process. Environmental needs of vulnerable populations--children, elderly, disabled, low-income families. Personal and societal environmental values.
LD ARCH 141AC The American Landscape: Multicultural Difference and Diversity 3 Units
Department: Landscape Architecture
Course level: Undergraduate
Term course may be offered: Fall
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture and 1 hour of Discussion per week for 15 weeks.
This course will compare and contrast the nature of African American, American Indian, and European American relationships with the American Landscape. Traditional patterns of land use within each subculture will be explored, and juxtaposed against prevailing theory and ideology. Social patterns of use, perception, attached meaning and sense of place, and the transformation of the environment as the result of social change are some of the topics to be discussed.
Satisfies the American Cultures requirement
Instructor: Hood
LD ARCH 160 Professional Practice Seminar 3 Units
Department: Landscape Architecture
Course level: Undergraduate
Term course may be offered: Spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Seminar per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 161 or graduate standing.
Survey and analysis of professional practice in landscape architecture focusing on: the context of professional practice--office structure, public, private and non-profit practice, marketing, project management and delivery; the legal parameters of practice--contracts, codes, planning regulations, project approval processes, liability; and economics--budgeting, profits, project development costs, fiscal impacts, and financing.
LD ARCH 170 History and Literature of Landscape Architecture 3 Units
Department: Landscape Architecture
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
This course surveys the history of landscape architecture in four realms: 1) gardens; 2) urban open space, that is, plazas, parks, and recreation systems; 3) urban and suburban design; and 4) regional and environmental planning. The course will review the cultural and social contexts which have shaped and informed landscape architecture practice and aesthetics, as well as the environmental concerns, horticultural practices, and technological innovations of historic landscapes.
Instructor: Mozingo
LD ARCH C171/AMERSTD C171 The American Designed Landscape Since 1850 3 Units
Department: Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning; American Studies
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
This course surveys the history of American landscape architecture since 1850 in four realms: 1) urban open spaces--that is squares, plazas, parks, and recreation systems; 2) urban and suburban design; 3) regional and environmental planning; 4) gardens. The course will review the cultural and social contexts which have shaped and informed landscape architecture in the United States since the advent of the public parks movement, as well as, the aesthetic precepts, environmental concerns, horticultural practices, and technological innovations of American landscapes. Students will complete a midterm, final, and a research assignment.
Instructor: Mozingo
LD ARCH C188/GEOG C188 Geographic Information Systems 4 Units
Department: Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning; Geography
Course level: Undergraduate
Term course may be offered: Fall
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture and 2 hours of Laboratory per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: Some computer experience.
This course introduces the student to the rapidly expanding field of Geographic Information Systems (GIS). It addresses both theory and application and provides the student with a dynamic analytical framework within which temporal and spatial data and information is gathered, integrated, interpreted, and manipulated. It emphasizes a conceptual appreciation of GIS and offers an opportunity to apply some of those concepts to contemporary geographical and planning issues.
Formerly known as C188X. Instructor: Radke
LD ARCH 197 Field Study in Landscape Architecture 2 - 3 Units
Department: Landscape Architecture
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Offered for pass/not pass grade only.
Hours and format: Hours to be arranged. Hours to be arranged.
Prerequisites: Upper division standing and consent of instructor and sponsor.
See departmental information sheet for limitations. Supervised experience relative to specific aspects of landscape architecture. Regular individual meetings with faculty and outside sponsor. Reports required.
Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
LD ARCH 198 Directed Group Study 1 - 4 Units
Department: Landscape Architecture
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Offered for pass/not pass grade only.
Hours and format: Hours to be arranged. Hours to be arranged.
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
Enrollment restrictions apply.
No more than 4 units allowed each semester. Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
LD ARCH 199 Supervised Independent Study and Research 1 - 4 Units
Department: Landscape Architecture
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Offered for pass/not pass grade only.
Hours and format: 1 to 4 hour of Independent study per week for 15 weeks. 1.5 to 6 hours of Independent study per week for 10 weeks. 1.5 to 7.5 hours of Independent study per week for 8 weeks. 2.5 to 10 hours of Independent study per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
Enrollment restrictions apply.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
LD ARCH 200A Fundamentals of Landscape Design 5 Units
Department: Landscape Architecture
Course level: Graduate
Term course may be offered: Fall
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 2 hours of Lecture and 6 hours of Studio per week for 15 weeks.
This studio introduces students to the programmatic, artistic, and technical aspects of land form and topographic adjustments to accommodate human use. Topics include pedestrian and vehicular circulation, conservation and addition of plant materials, movement of water, recreation use, and creation of views. Sculptural land forms will be emphasized through the use of topographic plans, sections, and contour models.
Formerly known as Landscape Architecture 101.
LD ARCH 200B Case Studies in Landscape Design 5 Units
Department: Landscape Architecture
Course level: Graduate
Term course may be offered: Spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 2 hours of Lecture and 6 hours of Studio per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: Landscape Architecture 200A.
This studio stresses the shaping and coordination of ideas from initial concept to complete design product. A product(s) of intermediate scale and complexity (such as a garden, small park, plaza, or campus courtyard) will be developed in detail including the selection of planting, selection of construction materials, and topographic design. Lecture modules on selected professional topics are integrated into this course.
Formerly known as Landscape Architecture 102. Instructor: Hood
LD ARCH 201 Ecological Factors in Urban Landscape Design 5 Units
Department: Landscape Architecture
Course level: Graduate
Term course may be offered: Fall
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 2 hours of Lecture and 6 hours of Studio per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 110, 134A-134B, or consent of instructor.
Through lectures, studio problems, research projects, and discussion, this course will explore the challenge and potential incorporating ecological factors in urban contexts. The course focuses on the interaction of landscape science (hydrology, geology, etc.) with the necessities and mechanisms of the human environment (urban design, transportation, economics, etc.). Lectures and research projects will particularly emphasize innovative and forward thinking solutions to the ecological problems of the human environment. Throughout the semester, reading and discussion sessions will highlight the connections between the broader concerns of the global ecological crisis and landscape design and planning.
LD ARCH 202 Design of Landscape Sites 5 Units
Department: Landscape Architecture
Course level: Graduate
Term course may be offered: Spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 2 hours of Lecture and 6 hours of Studio per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 201 or consent of instructor.
A site design studio stressing the shaping and coordination of ideas from initial concept to complete design of open space in various contexts. Typical projects will be of an intermediate scale and might include a park, plaza, museum sculpture garden, playground, office park, or housing project. Modules on social factors and planting design are included.
Instructors: Hood, Kullman
LD ARCH 203 Landscape Project Design 5 Units
Department: Landscape Architecture
Course level: Graduate
Term course may be offered: Fall
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture and 6 hours of Studio per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 201, or consent of instructor.
A site design studio stressing the shaping and coordination of ideas from initial concept to the thoughtful execution of design ideas at the site scale. Typical projects will focus on the experiential rather than the pictorial. Projects might include a park, plaza, or rehabilitation of a brownfield site.
LD ARCH 204 Advanced Project Design 5 Units
Department: Landscape Architecture
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture and 6 hours of Studio per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 201 or consent of instructor.
Special topics in the design and planning of the landscape. The focus of the studio varies from semester to semester. Possible topics include community design, educative environments, landscape as art, park design, or energy-conserving design. For current offerings, see department announcement.
LD ARCH 205 Environmental Planning Studio 5 Units
Department: Landscape Architecture
Course level: Graduate
Term course may be offered: Spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture and 6 hours of Studio per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 201 or consent of instructor.
Application of environmental planning principles to a complex problem involving a variety of environmental criteria and desired land uses in a complex institutional and political setting. Student teams will identify needed data, assess environmental developmental problems, weigh competing uses, and prepare an environmental management plan.
LD ARCH 206 Final Project Preparation Studio: Thesis and Reports 5 Units
Department: Landscape Architecture
Course level: Graduate
Term course may be offered: Spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture and 6 hours of Studio per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 252 and graduate standing.
This is a spring studio for students to work on final projects (theses and professional reports). The studio, including lectures by the instructor, is meant to train and assist students in thesis or professional project research and help them in finalizing their thesis or professional report topic. The course includes weekly exercises ranging from writing articles documenting, illustrating, and critiquing landscapes to finally producing a thesis or professional report.
Instructor: Mozingo
LD ARCH 221 Quantitative Methods in Environmental Planning 3 Units
Department: Landscape Architecture
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 1.5 hours of Lecture and 3 hours of Laboratory per week for 15 weeks.
Discussion and critique of the application of quantitative methods to environmental assessment, analysis, and evaluation in environmental planning. Topics to include geographical information systems and data bases, remote sensing, and multivariate analysis. This course emphasizes computer applications and data analysis.
Instructor: Radke
LD ARCH 222 Hydrology for Planners 4 Units
Department: Landscape Architecture
Course level: Graduate
Term course may be offered: Spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of lecture and 2 hours of laboratory per week, plus 3 days of weekend field trips.
This course presents an overview of relevant hydrologic, hydraulic, and geomorphic processes, to provide the planner and ecologist with insight sufficient to coordinate with technical specialists in the field of hydrology. In addition, relevant regulations and policies are reviewed.
Instructor: Kondolf
LD ARCH 223 Introduction to California Landscapes 1 Unit
Department: Landscape Architecture
Course level: Graduate
Term course may be offered: Spring
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Hours and format: 1 hour of lecture/discussion per week plus 2 field trips (total of 4 days).
Introduction to the ecology, visual characteristics, land use, and design history of the major landscape regions in California.
Instructor: McBride
LD ARCH 225 Urban Forest Planning and Management 3 Units
Department: Landscape Architecture
Course level: Graduate
Term course may be offered: Spring. Offered alternate years.
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of lecture per week plus 2 1-day field trips.
Introduction to the field of urban forestry, its history, and its role in contemporary towns and cities. Emphasis on planning and management of the urban forest, restoration of old parks, street trees, and community participation.
Instructor: McBride
LD ARCH 226 Landscape Design Construction 2 Units
Department: Landscape Architecture
Course level: Graduate
Term course may be offered: Spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Seminar per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 121 (may be taken concurrently).
The course investigates the process of developing schematic landscape design proposals into constructed landscapes. Emphasis will be placed on understanding the durability of materials and design details, the efficient use of materials, and the ability to evaluate how material selection and detailing can impact the environment. Field trips to construction sites, manufacturing facilities, and built landscapes will be included.
Instructor: Jewell
LD ARCH 227 Restoration of Rivers and Streams 3 Units
Department: Landscape Architecture
Course level: Graduate
Term course may be offered: Fall
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Seminar per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: Prior background in hydrology, geomorphology, ecology, restoration, or consent of instructor.
This course reviews the underlying goals and assumptions of river and stream restoration projects, reviews techniques employed in these efforts, and emphasizes strategies for evaluation of project success. The course focuses on geomorphic and hydrologic analyses relevant to restoration and enhancement of aquatic and riparian habitat in freshwater systems. Format: lectures by instructor, guest lectures, presentation of student independent projects, and field trips. Course requirement: independent term project involving original research.
Instructor: Kondolf
LD ARCH 228 Research in Environmental River Planning, Management, and Restoration 1 Unit
Department: Landscape Architecture
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Hours and format: 2 hours of seminar bi-weekly.
Prerequisites: Open to all graduate students interested in the field.
This course consists of (1) presentation by students of proposals, progress reports, and final results of their independent research projects, and (2) reviews of recently published research papers in the field. Students review recent issues of specific journals for all papers relevant to environmental river planning, management and restoration, and report on the papers to the seminar, broadly reviewing all the relevant papers and going into depth on one. Emphasis is on research methods and new findings. Oral presentation skills are also critiqued. Requirement: one or two oral presentations, accompanied by a 2-page handout.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes. Instructor: Kondolf
LD ARCH C229/IAS C229 Mediterranean-Climate Landscapes 1 - 3 Units
Department: Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning; International and Area Studies
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 1 to 3 hours of lecture/seminar/studio per week.
Comparative study of environmental conditions and human responses thereto in California and other Mediterranean-climate regions, with intensive treatment of a topic in environmental sciences, policy, planning, management, and/or landscape architecture, with application to California, Portugal, or other Mediterranean-climate regions. Students collect and analyze relevant data, synthesize, and complete technical reports, plans, and/or designs.
Instructor: Kondolf
LD ARCH C231/CY PLAN C251 Environmental Planning and Regulation 3 Units
Department: Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning; City and Regional Planning
Course level: Graduate
Term course may be offered: Fall
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
This course will examine emerging trends in environmental planning and policy and the basic regulatory framework for environmental planning encountered in the U.S. We will also relate the institutional and policy framework of California and the United States to other nations and emerging international institutions. The emphasis of the course will be on regulating "residuals" as they affect three media: air, water, and land.
Instructor: Corburn
LD ARCH 232 The Landscape As a Sacred Place 3 Units
Department: Landscape Architecture
Course level: Graduate
Term course may be offered: Spring. Offered every third year.
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of lecture per week and 2 field trips (total of 3 days).
Visual and cultural analysis of landscapes, inventory procedures for "place" values, and problems related to sustainable design development, with special emphasis on highly valued places.
LD ARCH C237/CY PLAN C257 The Process of Environmental Planning 3 Units
Department: Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning; City and Regional Planning
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: C231/Landscape Architecture C251.
A review of the techniques used in environmental planning, and evaluation of alternate means of implementation in varying environmental and political circumstances. The class will examine and critique a number of well-known environmental planning programs and plans. Lectures and discussion will address recurrent planning problems, such as the limitations of available data, legal and political constraints on plans, conflicts among specialists.
LD ARCH C241/CY PLAN C241 Research Methods in Environmental Design 4 Units
Department: Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning; City and Regional Planning
Course level: Graduate
Term course may be offered: Fall
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of lecture/seminar and 2 hours of laboratory per week.
The components, structure, and meaning of the urban environment. Environmental problems, attitudes, and criteria. Environmental survey, analysis, and interview techniques. Methods of addressing environmental quality. Environmental simulation.
Formerly known as Interdepartmental Studies 241. Instructor: Bosselmann
LD ARCH C242/CY PLAN C261 Citizen Involvement in the City Planning Process 3 Units
Department: Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning; City and Regional Planning
Course level: Graduate
Term course may be offered: Fall
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of lecture/seminar per week.
An examination of the roles of the citizens and citizen organizations in the city planning process. Models for citizen involvement ranging from advising to community control. Examination of the effectiveness of different organizational models in different situations.
Students will not receive credit for C242 after taking City and Regional Planning 208, Interdepartmental Studies 206 Fall 1990, and Interdepartmental Studies 206 Fall 1991. Formerly known as Interdepartmental Studies 223.
LD ARCH C250/CY PLAN C240 Theories of Urban Form and Design 3 Units
Department: Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning; City and Regional Planning
Course level: Graduate
Term course may be offered: Fall
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
Theories and patterns of urban form throughout history are studied with emphasis on the role of planning and design in shaping cities and the relationship between urban form and social, economic, and geographic factors. Using a case study approach, cities are evaluated in terms of various theories and performance dimensions.
Instructor: Southworth
LD ARCH 251 Theories of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning 2 Units
Department: Landscape Architecture
Course level: Graduate
Term course may be offered: Spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 2 hours of Seminar per week for 15 weeks.
The focus will be on debate and discussion of central ideas in landscape architecture and environmental planning, drawing on primary literature over many decades of thought. This is not a history course, but it will include some literature that goes back to the early years of the field. This course covers the breadth of thinking in the field, including both environmental planning and landscape design as well as other sub disciplines. Each week students will lead a debate on a different theoretical issue.
Instructor: Mozingo/Southworth
LD ARCH 252A Thesis and Professional Project Proposal Seminar 2 Units
Department: Landscape Architecture
Course level: Graduate
Term course may be offered: Spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 2 hours of Session per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: Proposal must be submitted prior semester and approved by LAEP Curriculum Committee.
Students learn research methods including social factors, historical/archival, design exploration, master planning, theoretical, and scientific field work. Students develop a conceptual framework, survey instrument, literature review, and detailed work plan. A full committee and funding proposal due on the last day of class.
LD ARCH 252B Thesis and Professional Project Proposal Seminar 3 Units
Department: Landscape Architecture
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 1.5 hours of Seminar and 1.5 hours of Discussion per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 252A.
Students learn research methods including social factors, historical/archival, design exploration, master planning, theoretical, and scientific field work. Students develop a conceptual framework, survey instrument, literature review, and detailed work plan. A full committee and funding proposal due on the last day of class.
LD ARCH 253 Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning Colloquium 1 Unit
Department: Landscape Architecture
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Hours and format: 1.5 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Invited lectures on current research, planning practice, and design projects. Out of approximately 14 presentations per term, typically two or three would be by department faculty, two or three by graduating students, the remainder by outside speakers.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
LD ARCH 254 Topics in Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning 1 - 5 Units
Department: Landscape Architecture
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 1 to 5 hour of Seminar per week for 15 weeks.
Designed to be a forum for presentation of student research, discussions with faculty researchers and practitioners, and examination of topical issues in landscape architecture and environmental planning. Topics will be announced at the beginning of each semester.
Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
LD ARCH 255 Doctoral Seminar in Environmental Planning 1 Unit
Department: Landscape Architecture
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Seminar per week for 8 weeks.
Prerequisites: Doctoral student or consent of instructor.
Designed to be a forum for presentation of doctoral student research, discussions with faculty researchers and environmental planning practitioners, and examination of topical issues in environmental planning. Topics will be announced at the beginning of each semester.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
LD ARCH 257 Special Topics in Design 1 - 3 Units
Department: Landscape Architecture
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: The grading option will be decided by the instructor when the class is offered.
Hours and format: 1 to 3 hour of Seminar per week for 15 weeks. 1 to 3 hour of Seminar per week for 8 weeks. 1 to 3 hour of Seminar per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: Graduate standing or consent of instructor.
Research seminar on selected topics in landscape design. Seminars will focus on the theoretical foundations and practical applications of design and planning methods as well as emerging issues in the discipline. Seminars will include lectures by the faculty member offering the course, guest lecturers, student presentations, and discussions. Readings and requirements vary from year to year based on the topic and instructor.
Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
LD ARCH 258 California Water: An Interdisciplinary Seminar 1 Unit
Department: Landscape Architecture
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Hours and format: 2 hours of Seminar per week for 8 weeks.
This seminar studies California water issues from an interdisciplinary perspective, building upon the established California Colloquium on Water, to increase understanding and appreciation of water resources and contribute to informed decision-making about water in California. Each semester four distinguished scholars in the fields of humanities, natural sciences, engineering, social sciences, law, and environmental design present lectures to students, faculty, and the general public. Students in the seminar attend the colloquium lectures, complete background readings, and meet for two hours on alternate weeks in the seminar session to discuss issues raised by the colloquium presentations and related readings. Course requirements: attendance at colloquia, attendance and participation in seminars, completion of course readings, brief written critiques of lectures, and a short presentation of literature relevant to colloquium topics.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes. Instructor: Kondolf
LD ARCH 295 Supervised Research in Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning 2 Units
Department: Landscape Architecture
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Hours and format: Hours to be arranged.
Prerequisites: Graduate standing and appointment as a research assistant.
Supervised experience on a research project in landscape architecture and/or environmental planning. Regular meetings with faculty sponsor required. See departmental sheet for other limitations.
Any combination of 295 or 297 may be taken for a total of six units maximum toward the M.L.A degree.
LD ARCH 296 Directed Dissertation Research 1 - 12 Units
Department: Landscape Architecture
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Hours and format: Hours to be arranged. 3 hours per unit.
Prerequisites: Advancement to Ph.D. candidacy.
Open to qualified students who have been advanced to candidacy for the Ph.D. degree and are directly engaged upon the doctoral dissertation.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
LD ARCH 297 Supervised Field Study 2 - 3 Units
Department: Landscape Architecture
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Hours and format: Hours to be arranged.
Prerequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor and sponsor.
Supervised experience relative to specific aspects of practice in landscape architecture and/or environmental planning. Regular meetings with faculty and outside sponsor as well as final report required. See departmental information sheet for other limitations.
Any combination of 295 or 297 may be taken for a total of six units maximum toward the M.L.A. degree.
LD ARCH 298 Group Study 1 - 4 Units
Department: Landscape Architecture
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: Hours to be arranged.
Special group studies. Topics to be announced at the beginning of each semester.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
LD ARCH 299 Individual Research 1 - 6 Units
Department: Landscape Architecture
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: Hours to be arranged.
Prerequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor.
Research work conducted preparatory to completion of the thesis or professional project as well as other approved research. A maximum of six units will be counted toward the M.L.A degree. The six units allows for four units maximum for thesis or professional project research, and two units maximum for other approved research. See departmental information sheet for other limitations.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
LD ARCH 300 Supervised Teaching in Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning 2 Units
Department: Landscape Architecture
Course level: Professional course for teachers or prospective teachers
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Hours and format: Hours to be arranged.
Prerequisites: Graduate standing and appointment as a Teaching Assistant.
Supervised teaching experience in undergraduate courses. Regular meetings with faculty sponsor. See departmental sheet for other limitations.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
LD ARCH 301 Methods of Teaching in Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning 2 Units
Department: Landscape Architecture
Course level: Professional course for teachers or prospective teachers
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Hours and format: 2 hours of seminar/discussion per week.
Prerequisites: Graduate student standing.
This course presents general pedagogical principles and methods adapted to teaching in the fields of landscape architecture, environmental planning, and environmental sciences. The format varies from week to week, but involves presentations by faculty and experienced graduate student instructors (GSIs), guided discussions, sharing of teaching experiences for current GSIs, discussion of readings on effective teaching, viewing of videos, and presentation by GSIs of sections for upcoming weeks. Required of all graduate students to be eligible for appointment as GSIs; may be taken concurrently with first GSI position for entering students. Topics include learning objectives, lesson plans, active learning, group learning, classroom diversity, assessing student learning, giving constructive feedback, teaching in the studio environment, engaging students through field exercises, grading, and composing effective tests.
LD ARCH 375 Methods of Teaching in Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning 2 Units
Department: Landscape Architecture
Course level: Professional course for teachers or prospective teachers
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Hours and format: 2 hours of seminar/discussion per week.
Prerequisites: Graduate student standing.
This course presents general pedagogical principles and methods adapted to teaching in the fields of landscape architecture, environmental planning, and environmental sciences. The format varies from week to week, but involves presentations by faculty and experienced graduate student instructors (GSIs), guided discussions, sharing of teaching experiences for current GSIs, discussion of readings on effective teaching, viewing of videos, and presentation by GSIs of sections for upcoming weeks. Required of all graduate students to be eligible for appointment as GSIs; may be taken concurrently with first GSI position for entering students. Topics include learning objectives, lesson plans, active learning, group learning, classroom diversity, assessing student learning, giving constructive feedback, teaching in the studio environment, engaging students through field exercises, grading, and composing effective tests.
Formerly known as Landscape Architecture 301.
LD ARCH 601 Individual Study for Master's Students 1 - 8 Units
Department: Landscape Architecture
Course level: Graduate examination preparation
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Hours and format: Hours to be arranged.
Prerequisites: Last semester of residence in M.L.A. program.
Individual study for final degree requirements in consultation with adviser.
Course does not satisfy unit or residence requirements for master's degree.
LD ARCH 602 Individual Study for Doctoral Students 1 - 8 Units
Department: Landscape Architecture
Course level: Graduate examination preparation
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Offered for satisfactory/unsatisfactory grade only.
Hours and format: Hours to be arranged.
Prerequisites: For candidates for doctor's degree.
Individual study in consultation with the major field adviser, intended to provide an opportunity for qualified students to prepare themselves for the various examinations required of candidates for the Ph.D.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes. Course does not satisfy unit or residence requirements for doctoral degree.
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