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101 Temple Hoyne Buell Hall
611 East Lorado Taft Drive
Champaign, IL 61820
(217) 333-0176
Fax: (217) 244-4568
The Department of Landscape Architecture offers a four-year undergraduate
curriculum, leading to the professional degree of Bachelor of Landscape
Architecture. The degree is accredited by the American Society of
Landscape Architects.
The curriculum is a balanced program of technical, design, and general
education courses that equips prepares the student with the necessary
skills for entry-level professional practice in private offices or
public agencies. Program requirements include design studio courses
and classes in plants and planting design, engineering, site construction,
communication techniques, computer-aided design, history, and theory.
The curriculum includes a minimum of 15 hours of credit in supporting
electives that are taken in related art and science courses. A total
of 128 semester hours of credit are required for graduation.
A student must have and maintain a minimum 2.5 cumulative University
of Illinois grade point average to continue beyond the sophomore-level
year. Transfer applicants must have completed 30 or more semester
hours of undergraduate course work with an earned GPA of at least
2.75 (A = 4.0) including prerequisite credits in Composition I, physical
geography, plant biology, and trigonometry.
The department's administrative office, upper-level studios, faculty
offices, and classrooms are located in Temple Hoyne Buell Hall. The
sophomore studio and departmental library are located in Mumford Hall.
Curriculum in Landscape Architecture
For the Degree of Bachelor of Landscape Architecture
First year
| Hours |
First Semester |
| 2 |
LA 101–Landscape Architecture
Intro |
| 6 |
General education electivesl |
| 4 |
GEOG 103–Earth’s Physical
Systems2 |
| 4 |
RHET 105–College Composition
or RHET 108–Principles of Composition (Composition I) |
| 16 |
Total |
| Hours |
Second Semester |
| 3 |
LA 270, LA 215, or LA 218 |
| 3 |
IB 102–Plants, Environment
& People2 |
| 2-5 |
MATH 14–Trigonometry or MATH
16–Algebra and Trigonometry |
| 6 |
General education electives |
| 14-17 |
Total |
Second year
| Hours |
First Semester |
| 5 |
LA 233–Foundation Design Studio |
| 3 |
LA 250–Environmental Site Analysis |
| 3 |
LA 280–Design Communications
ILA 280–Design Communications I |
| 3 |
UP 101–Planning of Cities and
Regions |
| 3 |
Supporting elective3 |
| 17 |
Total |
| Hours |
Second Semester |
| 5 |
LA 234–Site Design Studio |
| 3 |
LA 241–Landform Design &
Construction |
| 3 |
LA 281–Design Communications
2 (Advanced Composition) |
| 3 |
Quantitative reasoning (see approved
list) |
| 3 |
Supporting elective3 |
| 17 |
Total |
Third year
| Hours |
First Semester |
| 5 |
LA 335–Community & Open
Space Studio |
| 4 |
LA 342–Site Engineering |
| 3 |
HORT 301–Woody Landscape Plants
I |
| 3 |
LA 314–History of World
Landscapes |
| 15 |
Total |
| Hours |
Second Semester |
| 5 |
LA 336–Design Workshop Studio
1 |
| 4 |
LA 343–Landscape Construction |
| 3 |
HORT 302–Woody Landscape Plants
II |
| 3 |
Supporting elective3 |
| 15 |
Total |
Fourth year
| Hours |
First Semester |
| 5 |
LA 437–Regional Design Studio |
| 3 |
LA 452–Natural Precedent in
Planting |
| 2 |
LA 346–Professonal Practice |
| 3 |
Supporting elective3 |
| 4 |
Elective |
| 17 |
Total |
| Hours |
Second Semester |
| 3 |
LA 453–Cultural Precedent in
Planting |
| 5 |
LA 438–Design Workshop Studio
2 |
| 3 |
Supporting elective3 |
| 3-6 |
Elective |
| 14-17 |
Total |
1.General Education: Seee current
University of Illinois General
Education requirements. Foreign Language Requirement 0 - 12
hours: Students entering the University of Illinois as freshmen
in fall 2000 or later need to complete the foreign language requirement
in order to graduate. To satisfy this requirement, students must
complete a third semester level college foreign language course.
This requirement may also be satisfied by three years of the same
foreign language in high school. Students entering the University
of Illinois without three years of the same foreign language in
high school must take a foreign language placement test to determine
the courses in which to enroll.
2. IB 102 and GEOG 103 fulfill the natural sciences and technology
general education requirement for this curriculum.
3. A minimum of 15 credit hours of professionally related courses
selected from the department's recommended list of supporting electives
is required, with a minimum of three credit hours in each of the
categories of history, communications, techniques, and environment.
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