Landscape Architecture Major

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Program Coordinator/Contact Information
Brent Turnipseed, Undergraduate Teaching Coordinator
Department of Plant Science
Agricultural Hall 219
e-mail: brent.turnipseed@sdstate.edu
http://www.sdstate.edu/ps/

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Program Description
Landscape Architecture is the art of design, planning, and management of outdoor spaces for human use and habitation. Cultural and scientific knowledge are applied to the use and arrangement of natural and man-made elements with concern for resource conservation, stewardship, and the environment. Graduates work in a wide variety of areas in the landscape industry, as designers and planners in public and private practice, and as environmental designers and managers.

Accreditation, Certification, and Licensure
Students seeking Certification and Licensure should contact their advisor and refer to https://www.clarb.org/Pages/default.aspx

Course Delivery Format
The program provides coursework through hands-on and face-to-face learning in lecture, laboratory, and field-based settings.

Requirements for Landscape Architecture Major: 120 Credits

Bachelor of Science in Agriculture

System General Education Requirements*: 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
Credits: 6
Goal #4 Arts and Humanities/Diversity
Credits: 6
Goal #5 Mathematics:
MATH 102
Credits: 3
Goal #6 Natural Sciences

CHEM 106-106L
or
CHEM 112-112L

AND
BIOL 101-101L
or
BIOL 151-151L
Credits: 7-8

Technical Emphasis Focus: 12

Students select credits from one or both of the following focus areas¹.

Design/Build Focus: 12

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
HO 222-222L - Fundamentals of Turf Management and Lab Credits: 3
HO 312-312L - Plant Propagation and Lab Credits: 3 ²
HO 412-412L - Greenhouse Management and Lab Credits: 3 ²
HO 350 - Environmental Stewardship in Horticulture Credits: 3
LA 327-327L - Golf Course Design and Management and Lab Credits: 3

Professional Practice Focus: 12

ART 111 - Drawing I * ** (COM) Credits: 3
ART 121 - Design I 2D * ** (COM) Credits: 3
ART 123 - Three Dimensional Design * ** (COM) Credits: 3
BIOL 311-311L - Principles of Ecology and Lab (COM) Credits: 3, 1 ²
BOT 419-419L - Plant Ecology and Lab (COM) (G) Credits: 3 ²
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
LA 440-440L - Restoration Ecology and Lab Credits: 4 ²
PHIL 220 - Introduction to Ethics * (COM) Credits: 3
PHIL 320 - Professional Ethics Credits: 3
PLAN 471-571 - Principles of State, Regional and Community Planning 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
PSYC 244 - Environmental Psychology ** Credits: 3

Supporting Coursework: 13-14

Elective Credits: 0-1

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
ENGL 379 - Technical Communication (COM) (AW) Credits: 3
MATH 120 - Trigonometry * (COM) Credits: 3

Total Required Credits: 120

Curriculum Notes:

¹ Students wishing to complete a Horticulture Minor should take an additional 12 credits of HO courses.

² Course requires completion of one or more prerequisites.

* 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 a 5 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.