LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE CAPSTONE I

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: LAND ARC 562 Course Designation: Level - Advanced L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: Yes, unlimited number of completions Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Acquire base materials and data, and prepare a GIS database Audience: Undergraduate 2. Manage project relationships with clients and other stakeholder groups Audience: Undergraduate 3. Conduct design and planning critiques of peer projects Audience: Undergraduate 4. Inventory and analyze relevant aspects of the region, community, and site (historic to present) Audience: Undergraduate 5. Analyze client goals and develop a list of preliminary program for a framework plan Audience: Undergraduate 6. Define the project goals, scope, and evaluation criteria Audience: Undergraduate 7. Produce a critical review of the literature relevant to your research topic Audience: Undergraduate 8. Produce a critical review of precedent projects relevant to your type of project and program Audience: Undergraduate 9. Produce an initial community framework plan with programmatic spatial recommendations Audience: Undergraduate 10. Produce final base materials for community and site scale design and planning Audience: Undergraduate 11. Present and defend capstone project proposal Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Acquire base materials and data, and prepare a GIS database Audience: Undergraduate 2. Manage project relationships with clients and other stakeholder groups Audience: Undergraduate 3. Conduct design and planning critiques of peer projects Audience: Undergraduate 4. Inventory and analyze relevant aspects of the region, community, and site (historic to present) Audience: Undergraduate 5. Analyze client goals and develop a list of preliminary program for a framework plan Audience: Undergraduate 6. Define the project goals, scope, and evaluation criteria Audience: Undergraduate 7. Produce a critical review of the literature relevant to your research topic Audience: Undergraduate 8. Produce a critical review of precedent projects relevant to your type of project and program Audience: Undergraduate 9. Produce an initial community framework plan with programmatic spatial recommendations Audience: Undergraduate 10. Produce final base materials for community and site scale design and planning Audience: Undergraduate 11. Present and defend capstone project proposal Audience: Undergraduate