INTRODUCTION TO LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE DESIGN STUDIO
Introduction to the techniques and processes used in solving three-dimensional design problems in the urban and natural environment through studio exercises. Understand how design process and design principles create physical and sensory experiences in our everyday lives. Develop fundamental verbal and graphic communication skills used in the professional design world. Gives attention to the basics of design theory and philosophy.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: None Course Designation: Core GenEd - Social & Behavioral Science Level - Elementary L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify how humans perceive, utilize and value both interior and exterior spaces Audience: Undergraduate 2. Complete design processes used by landscape architects to create effective, sustainable, resilient, and human-scaled spaces and places. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Illustrate spatial manipulations, with an emphasis on the analysis of space, two and three-dimensional ordering principles, designing in context, and basic design theories. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Apply problem-solving skills and solution-generating activities on basic site design projects. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Apply verbal, written, and graphic communication skills commonly used by landscape architects. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify how humans perceive, utilize and value both interior and exterior spaces Audience: Undergraduate 2. Complete design processes used by landscape architects to create effective, sustainable, resilient, and human-scaled spaces and places. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Illustrate spatial manipulations, with an emphasis on the analysis of space, two and three-dimensional ordering principles, designing in context, and basic design theories. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Apply problem-solving skills and solution-generating activities on basic site design projects. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Apply verbal, written, and graphic communication skills commonly used by landscape architects. Audience: Undergraduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027