Academic Programs / Ambler College
Landscape Architecture
Lolly Tai, Ph.D., R.L.A., F.A.S.L.A., 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 0045 (3 s.h.) and/or English 0040 (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 0001, 0011 (formerly 0103); Botany C101, 0102;
Horticulture 0107, 0108, C236 and 0310.
3. Landscape Architecture (LA) Major requirements (minimum of 66 s.h.)
Note: The former number of the course is in parentheses. New numbers for Year 4 will be used starting in 2006-07.
- Nine (9) Landscape Architecture courses are required (27 s.h.):
LA 0022 (0152), 0032 (0104), 0052, 0151 (0108), 0152 (0309), W241 (W318), 0251 (0310), 0271 (0305), 0362 (0323)
- Six (6) Landscape Architecture studios are required (36 s.h.):
LA 0131 (0207), 0132 (0208), 0231 (0311), 0232 (0312), 0331 (0392), W332 (W393)
- One (1) Landscape Architecture, Horticulture, or Botany (LA/Hort/Bot) elective is required (minimum of 3 s.h.)
4. Electives (approximately 9 s.h.)
Suggested Semester By Semester Plan
| Year 1 – Fall |
|
|
|
|
| Department |
Course # |
Course Name |
Hours |
RCI |
| LA |
0001 |
Natural and the Built Environment |
3 |
|
| LA |
0011
(0103) |
Graphics Communication |
3 |
|
| Botany |
C101 |
General Botany |
4 |
SA |
| English |
C050 |
College Composition |
3 |
CO |
| Core |
Elective |
Quantitative Reasoning, First-level |
3 |
QA |
| |
|
Library Orientation (TILT) |
0 |
|
| Semester Total |
|
|
16 |
|
| Year 1 – Spring |
|
|
|
|
| Department |
Course # |
Course Name |
Hours |
RCI |
| LA |
0022
(0152) |
Introduction to CAD |
3 |
|
| LA |
0032
(0104) |
Design Fundamentals |
3 |
|
| LA |
0052 |
Surveying |
3 |
|
| Botany |
0102 |
Plant Ecology |
3 |
|
| Core |
Elective |
Quantitative Reasoning, Second-level |
3 |
QB |
| Semester Total |
|
|
15 |
|
| Year 2 – Fall |
|
|
|
|
| Department |
Course # |
Course Name |
Hours |
RCI |
| LA |
0131
(0207) |
LA Design Studio I (formerly Site Planning) |
6 |
|
| LA |
0151
(0108) |
Landscape Engineering I |
3 |
|
| Hort |
0107 |
Woody Plants I |
3 |
|
| IH |
X051 |
Intellectual Heritage I |
3 |
IA |
| Core |
Elective |
Individual and Society |
3 |
IN |
| Semester Total |
|
|
18 |
|
| Year 2 – Spring |
|
|
|
|
| Department |
Course # |
Course Name |
Hours |
RCI |
| LA |
0132
(0208) |
LA Design Studio II (formerly Site Planning) |
6 |
|
| LA |
0152
(0309) |
Landscape Engineering II |
3 |
|
| Hort |
0108 |
Woody Plants II |
3 |
|
| Hort |
C236 |
Soils |
3 |
SB |
| Semester Total |
|
|
15 |
|
| Year 3 – Fall |
|
|
|
|
| Department |
Course # |
Course Name |
Hours |
RCI |
| LA |
0231
(0311) |
LA Design Studio III (formerly Park Design) |
6 |
|
| LA |
0251
(0310) |
Landscape Engineering III |
3 |
|
| LA |
0271
(0305) |
Planting Design |
3 |
|
| LA |
W241
(W318 ) |
Landscape Traditions |
3 |
WI |
| Core |
|
Studies in Race |
3 |
RS |
| Semester Total |
|
|
18 |
|
| Year 3 – Spring (Ambler Option or Edinburgh Exchange Option) |
|
|
| Ambler Option |
|
|
|
|
| Department |
Course # |
Course Name |
Hours |
RCI |
| LA |
0232
(0312) |
LA Design Studio IV: Design/Build |
6 |
|
| Core |
Elective |
American Culture |
3 |
AC |
| IH |
X052 |
Intellectual Heritage II |
3 |
IB |
| |
Elective |
Writing Intensive Course (W or X) |
3 |
WI |
| Semester Total |
|
|
15 |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
| Edinburgh Exchange Program Option |
|
|
| LA |
0375 |
Edinburgh Exchange Program
(Note: Consult with the faculty in the Department of Landscape Architecture and Horticulture for application details.) |
12-18 |
|
| Semester Total |
|
|
12-18 |
|
| Year 4 – Fall (Ambler or Rome Option) |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
| Ambler Option |
|
|
|
|
| Department |
Course # |
Course Name |
Hours |
RCI |
| LA |
0331
(0392) |
LA Design Studio V: Fall Senior Studio |
6 |
|
| LA/Hort/Bot |
Elective |
|
3 |
|
| Core |
Elective |
Arts |
3 |
AR |
| Core |
Elective |
International Studies/Language |
3 |
L/IS |
| |
Elective |
|
3 |
|
| Semester Total |
|
|
18 |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
| Rome Option |
|
|
|
|
| Department |
Course # |
Course Name |
Hours |
RCI |
| LA |
0331
(0392) |
LA Design Studio V: Fall Senior Studio |
6 |
|
| Core |
Elective |
Arts |
3 |
AR |
| |
Electives |
|
9 |
|
| Semester Total |
|
|
18 |
|
| Year 4 – Spring |
|
|
|
|
| Department |
Course # |
Course Name |
Hours |
RCI |
| LA |
W332* (W393*) |
LA Design Studio VI: Spring Senior Studio |
6 |
WI |
| LA |
0362 (0323) |
Professional Practice |
3 |
|
| Hort |
0310 |
Landscape Restoration |
3 |
|
| Core |
Elective |
International Studies/Language
(Note: Rome students take an LA, Hort, or Botany elective instead) |
3 |
L/IS |
| Semester Total |
|
|
15 |
|
| DEGREE TOTAL |
|
|
130 |
| * Indicates Writing Capstone for the major. |
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