2014-2015 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
    Mar 28, 2024  
2014-2015 Undergraduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

Landscape Architecture Major


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

 

Program Information
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*: 31-32


Institutional Graduation Requirements**: 5


Technical Emphasis Focus: 12


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

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.

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