Landscape Architecture Major

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Martin Maca, Coordinator
Department of Plant Science
Northern Plains Biostress Laboratory 201A
605-688-5136
e-mail: martin.maca@sdstate.edu

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Requirements for Landscape Architecture Major, Bachelor of Science in Agriculture:

System General Education Requirements* Credits: 30-31

Goal #1 Written Communication:
ENGL 101
and
ENGL 201
Credits: 6
Goal #2 Oral Communication:
SPCM 101*
Credits: 3
Goal #3 Social Sciences/Diversity
list and
ECON 202
Credits: 6
Goal #4 Arts and Humanities/Diversity
Credits: 6
Goal #5 Mathematics:
MATH 102
or
MATH 120
Credits: 3
Goal #6 Natural Sciences
list and
BOT 201-201L
or
CHEM 106-106L
Credits: 6

Institutional Graduation Requirements** Credits: 8-10

Goal #1 Land and Natural Resource Stewardship:
BIOL 101-101L
or
BIOL 151-151L
Credits: 3-4
Goal #2 Personal Wellness
Credits: 2-3
Goal #3 Social Responisibility/Cultural and Aesthetic Awareness
Credits: 3

College Requirements: 11

Choose at least 2 credits from the College of ABS Group I Courses in Agriculture.

PS 213-213L - Soils and Lab * ** Credits: 3
PS 305-305L - Insect Biology and Lab (COM) Credits: 3
(This course also appears in the list of LA Technical Electives.)

Advanced Writing Requirement: 3

ENGL 379 - Technical Communication (AW) Credits: 3

Major Requirement Credits: 47

Other Required Support Credits: 7

AST 434-434L - Landscape Irrigation and Lab Credits: 3
CM 210-210L - Construction Surveying and Lab Credits: 3
GE 123 - Computer Aided Drawing Credits: 1

Electives: 23

General Elective Credits: 1-3
Technical Elective Credits: 15
- must select one of the following emphasis areas: (see note one below)

Design/Build Emphasis Credits: 15

ACCT 210 - Principles of Accounting I (COM) Credits: 3
ACCT 211 - Principles of Accounting II (COM) Credits: 3
BADM 280 - Personal Finance (COM) Credits: 3
BADM 310 - Business Finance (COM) Credits: 3
BADM 334 - Small Business Management (COM) Credits: 3
BADM 350 - Legal Environment of Business (COM) Credits: 3
BADM 360 - Organization and Management (COM) Credits: 3
BADM 474 - Personal Selling (COM) Credits: 3
ECON 201 - Principles of Microeconomics * (COM) Credits: 3
PS 305-305L - Insect Biology and Lab (COM) Credits: 3

Professional Practice Emphasis Credits: 15

ART 111 - Drawing I * ** (COM) Credits: 3
ART 121 - Design I 2D * ** (COM) Credits: 3
ART 123 - Three Dimensional Design * ** (COM) Credits: 3
BIOL 311 - Principles of Ecology **(COM) Credits: 3 (See note two below.)
BOT 419-419L - Plant Ecology and Lab(COM) (G) Credits: 4 (See note two below.)
GEOG 472 - Introduction to GIS Credits: 3
GEOG 473-573 - GIS: Data Creation and Integration Credits: 3
GEOG 474-574 - GIS: Vector and Raster Modeling Credits: 3
PHIL 220 - Introduction to Ethics * ** (COM) Credits: 3
PHIL 320 - Professional Ethics Credits: 3
PS 243 - Principles of Geology* ** Credits: 3
RANG 210-210L - Range Plant Identification and Lab Credits: 2
SOC 240 - The Sociology of Rural America* ** (COM) (G) Credits: 3
SOC 440 - Urban Sociology ** (COM) (G) Credits: 3

Notes:

Note One: Students wishing to complete a Business Minor should take ECON 201 and additional 15 credits from ACCT and BADM below. Students wishing to complete a Horticulture Minor should take an additional 12 credits of HO courses.
Note Two: Course requires completion of one or more prerequisites.

Total Required Credits: 128

Curriculum Notes:

* The 30 credit Board of Regents System General Education Requirements (SGRs) must be completed as part of a student’s first 64 credits.

** South Dakota State University has an 8-9 credit Institutional Graduation Requirement (IGRs).

(G) Globalization Requirement.

(AW) Advanced Writing Requirement.

Students must take the proficiency examination after completing 48 credits. English 101, and a course in each of the General Education areas of social science, mathematics, natural science, and humanities and arts must be taken prior to taking this exam.