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Landscape Architecture

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Graduate-level, 3-year program with 40+ year history.

Build an exciting career that combines design, environmental stewardship, and sustainability. Landscape architecture is a growing, dynamic field with plenty of career opportunities for qualified professionals.

Our certificate is a graduate-level, 3-year program designed for the working adult, with night and weekend classes.

With a 40+ year heritage, our hands-on program is highly regarded within the industry. Approved by the Landscape Architects Technical Committee (LATC) to meet the education requirements for licensure in California, we provide rigorous preparation to enter the field.

When you need the technical skills to enter the field, our curriculum provides the highest standards of professional practice, with access to inspirational instructors and supportive classmates. Our classes are taught by practicing landscape architects, as well as industry professionals. Students work on real-world projects that focus on real sites, solutions, and clients.

Students also benefit from networking and development opportunities. We have an active student community, including a student chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects, and our annual student show is juried by many high-profile landscape architects in the region.

 

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Design your future here.

Build an exciting career that combines design, environmental stewardship, and sustainability. Landscape architecture is a growing, dynamic field with plenty of career opportunities for qualified professionals.

Our certificate is a graduate-level, 3-year program designed for the working adult, with night and weekend classes.

With a 40+ year heritage, our hands-on program is highly regarded within the industry. Approved by the Landscape Architects Technical Committee (LATC) to meet the education requirements for licensure in California, we provide rigorous preparation to enter the field.

When you need the technical skills to enter the field, our curriculum provides the highest standards of professional practice, with access to inspirational instructors and supportive classmates. Our classes are taught by practicing landscape architects, as well as industry professionals. Students work on real-world projects that focus on real sites, solutions, and clients.

Students also benefit from networking and development opportunities. We have an active student community, including a student chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects, and our annual student show is juried by many high-profile landscape architects in the region.

 
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Our curriculum is approved by the California Architects Board Landscape Architects Technical Committee to meet the education requirements for licensure in California.

Landscape Architecture
A certificate offers an in-depth study of a professional field. A specialization is a short series of courses to quickly gain knowledge in a focused area of study.
certificate Whether you want to design a national park, or a modest, water-efficient backyard, landscape architecture can give you the skills and abilities to change the places you live, work, and play for the better. The profession of landscape architecture is a multidisciplinary field that weaves together design, environmental systems, sustainability, construction knowledge—as well as land and water conservation—to influence place making, and to create designed outdoor living spaces.

Whether you want to design a national park, or a modest, water-efficient backyard, landscape architecture can give you the skills and abilities to change the places you live, work, and play for the better. The profession of landscape architecture is a multidisciplinary field that weaves together design, environmental systems, sustainability, construction knowledge—as well as land and water conservation—to influence place making, and to create designed outdoor living spaces.

Landscape Architecture
ARCH X 493.992

AutoCAD 1

Gain an introduction to the essential basic commands of AutoCAD and their applications.
ARCH X 493.6

AutoCAD 2

This advanced course covers the basics of managing axial images' relationships, creating and editing 3-D drawings, file sharing, and external references, and file management for construction drawings.
ARCH X 472.15C

Capstone Project Seminar

This seminar takes a student into the research an analysis of their final project idea. Students explore sites, programs, and submit a final capstone proposal and presentation.