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Landscape Architecture

LAR 5500 Special Topics in Landscape Architecture
Fall 2026

Topical offerings in landscape architecture.

Rating
Difficulty
3.45
GPA
LAR 5993 Advanced Independent Research
Fall 2026

Advanced independent research on topics selected by individual students in consultation with a faculty advisor Prerequisite: permission of instructor.

Rating
Difficulty
3.60
GPA
LAR 6010 Foundation Studio I
Fall 2026

Series of short analytical and conceptual design projects with special emphasis on the landscape medium, on site readings, and site-specific design approaches. Some studios sections for this course may have …

Rating
Difficulty
3.39
GPA
LAR 6110 History of Landscape Design I
Fall 2026

This course surveys the pre-modern history of gardens and designed landscapes. The sessions follow a roughly chronological sequence, with a thematic focus appropriate to each landscape culture, e.g. water infrastructure …

Rating
Difficulty
3.29
GPA
LAR 6210 EcoTech I
Fall 2026

Applies concepts and principles of earthwork, land manipulation, water, and drainage and basic construction in short exercises. Basic concepts of ecology and plants will be incorporated. Introduces digital applications in …

Rating
Difficulty
3.57
GPA
LAR 6710 Media I
Fall 2026

This course introduces a range of conceptual frameworks & techniques that embrace the highly generative agency of representational media in the design process. Varying theoretical perspectives, grounded in landscape's history …

Rating
Difficulty
3.53
GPA
LAR 7010 Foundation Studio III
Fall 2026

Semester long design project, with a community engagement component at an urban or suburban site that explores the contemporary public realm at multiple scales, from the urban watershed to the …

Rating
Difficulty
3.50
GPA
LAR 7110 Theorizing Landscape Architecture
Fall 2026

Seminar exploring topics in landscape architecture theory through direct readings, discussions & research papers. Topics vary from year to year--e.g. public space, representing temporality & process, changing conceptions of nature …

Rating
Difficulty
3.48
GPA
LAR 7210 EcoTech III
Fall 2026

The course presents historical and contemporary approaches to landscape regeneration and the methods and technologies that are applied. The course may have an embedded travel. Prerequisite: Must be enrolled in …

Rating
Difficulty
3.44
GPA
LAR 7500 Special Topics in Landscape Architecture
Fall 2026

Topical offerings in landscape architecture.

Rating
Difficulty
3.62
GPA
LAR 7993 Independent Study
Fall 2026

Independent research on topics selected by individual students in consultation with a faculty advisor .

Rating
Difficulty
3.67
GPA
LAR 8111 Eros and Arcadia
Fall 2026

This seminar explores the history of landscapes as sites of pleasure, sensuality, and eroticism. Cases will range from the idealized topos of the enclosed garden to the marginal spaces of …

Rating
Difficulty
3.47
GPA