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 202 | Building Better Cities 1 | 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 16 |
| Spring |
|---|
| POLS 207 | State and Local Government | 3 |
| URPN 201 | The Evolving City 1 | 3 |
| URPN 220 | Digital Communication I 1 | 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 15 |
| Second Year |
|---|
| Fall |
|---|
| LAND 240 | History of Landscape Architecture | 3 |
| URPN 230 | Communication, Engagement and Ethics for Planners | 3 |
| 1 | 3 |
| Social Problems | |
| Classical Sociological Theory | |
| Social Change | |
| Population and Society | |
| Racial and Ethnic Relations | |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 15 |
| Spring |
|---|
| URPN 302 | Planning Law 1 | 3 |
| URPN 325 | Introduction to GIS in Urban and Regional Planning 1 | 3 |
| URPN 460 | Sustainable Communities 1 | 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 15 |
| Third Year |
|---|
| Fall |
|---|
| ARCH 212 | Social and Behavioral Factors in Design | 3 |
| URPN 210 | Urban Analytical Methods I 1 | 3 |
| URPN 483 | Studio in Urban and Regional Science 1 | 4 |
| 1,2 | 3 |
| 1,2 | 3 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 16 |
| Spring |
|---|
| CARC 481 | Seminar 1 | 1 |
| URPN 401 | Policy Implementation 1 | 3 |
| URPN 440 | Urban and Regional Economic Development | 3 |
| 3 |
| 1,2 | 3 |
| 3 | 3 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 16 |
| Fourth Year |
|---|
| Fall |
|---|
| 1,4 | |
URPN 494
| Internship
or Field Studies in Design Innovation | 6 |
| 2,5 | 6 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 12 |
| Spring |
|---|
| URPN 493 | Urban and Regional Studies Capstone Course 1,6 | 5 |
| LAND 640 | Research Methods in Landscape Architecture 1,6 | 3 |
| LAND 645 | Practice Diversity in Landscape Architecture 1,6 | 3 |
| 7 | 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 |
| LAND 681 | Seminar 1 | 1 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 13 |
| 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 | 165 |
The program includes a total of 179 hours, which up to 14 hours may be applied toward both the Bachelor of Science in Urban and Regional Planning and the Master of Landscape Architecture.
