Landscape Architecture

Mary Myers, R.L.A., A.S.L.A., Ph.D., Acting Chair
Dixon Hall 201
267-468-8181
la.hort@temple.edu
www.ambler.temple.edu/la-hort

Bachelor of Science

The degree of Bachelor of Science in Landscape Architecture may be conferred upon a student by recommendation of the faculty and upon the satisfactory completion of a minimum of 130 semester hours of credit with a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 overall and in the major. No more than one grade below a C- is allowed in any course in either Landscape Architecture or Horticulture.

Summary of Requirements for the Degree

1.  University requirements

• Math 0701 (3 s.h.) and/or English 0701 (4 s.h.), if required by placement testing.
• University Core Curriculum requirements (30-40 s.h. plus required courses for the major) including completion of the Library Orientation, also known as Temple Information Literacy Tutorial or TILT. (Transfer students should see the Core Curriculum section of the Undergraduate Bulletin.)

2.  Department of Landscape Architecture and Horticulture requirements

     (25 s.h.)

• Eight (8) courses are required:
  Landscape Architecture 1013 and 1141; Botany 1111 and 1112; Horticulture 1211, 1212, 2114 and 3514.

3.  Landscape Architecture (LAN ARC) Major requirements (minimum of

     66 s.h.)

• Nine (9) Landscape Architecture courses are required (27 s.h.):
  Landscape Architecture 1142, 1244, 1544, 2241, 2242, 2496, 3243, 3345, and 3644.
• Six (6) Landscape Architecture studios are required (36 s.h.):
  Landscape Architecture 2143, 2144, 3145, 3146, 4147, and 4198.
• One (1) Landscape Architecture, Horticulture, or Botany (LAN ARC/HORT/Botany) elective is required (minimum of 3 s.h.).

4.  Electives (approximately 3 s.h.)

Suggested Semester By Semester Plan