Program Learning Outcomes
Landscape Architecture
Communication and design representation
- Communicate about landscapes through written, oral, and graphic means
- Employ 2D and 3D landscape visualization both by hand and digitally
- Apply professional conventions in the production of construction documents
- Landscape Architecture history/theory
Identify major values and theories that drive landscape design
- Situate landscape architecture in the context of western and non-western traditions
- Apply theory and research methods to investigate new directions in landscape architecture
Application/manipulation of landscape media
- Model and manipulate terrain to produce grading and drainage plans
- Understand the role of ecology in the planning and design of built landscapes
- Apply appropriate materials and construction practices to particular sites
- Incorporate appropriate planting palettes into landscape plans
Design process
- Analyze all relevant characteristics of a site and its context and determine priorities
- Identify and involve diverse stakeholders, collaborating across disciplines as necessary
- Creatively plan and design sites at a range of scales so as to meet identified goals
- Work iteratively through the creative design process, responding to feedback and self-reflecting on progress
reviewed: 2017