The 6-year combination program, Bachelor of Science in Urban and Regional Planning and the Master of Landscape Architecture, allows high-performing undergraduate students in the Urban Design track to streamline their undergraduate and professional education.
The undergraduate core is designed to equip students with knowledge and skills to deal effectively with the opportunities and challenges inherent in the urban design, development, and policy, of cities and landscapes. Students acquire skills that enable them to apply planning theory and policy to design and plan communities, cities, and sites which are safe, healthy, and sustainable. While still completing undergraduate credits, students begin graduate coursework in the Master of landscape architecture program to refine and extend their skills in critical thinking, problem-solving, and communication, leading to an accredited professional degree.
Plan of Study Grid | First Year |
|---|
| Fall |
|---|
| LAND 101 | Introduction to Landscape Architectural Practice 1 | 1 |
| POLS 206 | American National Government | 3 |
| URPN 201 | The Evolving City 1 | 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 16 |
| Spring |
|---|
| POLS 207 | State and Local Government | 3 |
| URPN 202 | Building Better Cities 1 | 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 15 |
| Second Year |
|---|
| Fall |
|---|
| ARCH 212 | Social and Behavioral Factors in Design | 3 |
| LAND 240 | History of Landscape Architecture | 3 |
| URPN 220 | Digital Communication I 1 | 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 15 |
| Spring |
|---|
| URPN 320 | Digital Communication II 1 | 3 |
| URPN 325 | Introduction to GIS in Urban and Regional Planning 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 3 |
| Social Problems | |
| Classical Sociological Theory | |
| Social Change | |
| Population and Society | |
| Racial and Ethnic Relations | |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 15 |
| Third Year |
|---|
| Fall |
|---|
| RWFM 375 | Conservation of Natural Resources 1 | 3 |
| URPN 210 | Urban Analytical Methods I 1 | 3 |
| URPN 326 | Advanced GIS in Urban and Regional Planning 1 | 3 |
| URPN 420 | Principles of Urban Design 1 | 3 |
| URPN 483 | Studio in Urban and Regional Science 1 | 4 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 16 |
| Spring |
|---|
| CARC 481 | Seminar 1,2 | 1 |
| URPN 310 | Urban Analytical Methods II 1 | 3 |
| URPN 330 | Land Development I 1 | 3 |
| URPN 331 | Public and Private Infrastructure Funding 1 | 3 |
| URPN 401 | Policy Implementation 1 | 3 |
| 3 | 3 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 16 |
| Fourth Year |
|---|
| Fall |
|---|
| 1,4 | |
URPN 494
| Internship
or Field Studies in Design Innovation | 6 |
| 5 | 6 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 12 |
| Spring |
|---|
| URPN 493 | Urban and Regional Studies Capstone Course 1,2 | 5 |
| LAND 640 | Research Methods in Landscape Architecture 1,2 | 3 |
| LAND 645 | Practice Diversity in Landscape Architecture 1,2 | 3 |
| 2,6 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 15 |
| Fifth Year |
|---|
| Fall |
|---|
| HORT 608 | Plants for Landscape Design 1 | 4 |
| LAND 612 | Landscape Architectural Site Engineering and Development 1 | 4 |
| LAND 620 | Open Space and Land Use Planning I 1 | 5 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 13 |
| Spring |
|---|
| LAND 614 | Landscape Architectural Construction 1 | 4 |
| LAND 621 | Open Space and Land Use Planning II 1 | 5 |
| LAND 646 | Professional Practice 1 | 3 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 12 |
| Summer |
|---|
| LAND 684 | Professional Internship 1 | 1 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 1 |
| Sixth Year |
|---|
| Fall |
|---|
| LAND 693 | Professional Study 1 | 9 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 9 |
| Spring |
|---|
| LAND 693 | Professional Study 1 | 9 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 9 |
| | Total Semester Credit Hours | 164 |
The program includes a total of 179 hours, which up to 15 hours may be applied toward both the Bachelor of Science in Urban & Regional Planning and the Master of Landscape Architecture.
