CAED: College of Architecture and Environmental Design.  Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, CA
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The landscape architecture curriculum prepares students for professional careers dedicated to planning, designing and managing landscapes essential to the well-being of a healthy society and natural environment. The curriculum is structured to help students develop the talents, knowledge and skills necessary to address human and societal needs within a broad range of project types and environmental scales.

Degree options are available for landscape architecture students interested in graduate study in the fields of business and city and regional planning.

The five-year Bachelor of Landscape Architecture degree program has a strong environmental analysis and design core based upon a foundation of courses in the arts, sciences and humanities. Often engaging in real projects, students have opportunities to experience sites and clients with relevant contemporary issues and problems. Areas of study and investigation include:

  :: graphics and visual communication;
::
landscape history and theory;
:: landscape construction;
:: professional practice;
:: human values and environmental sensitivity;
:: technology — use and integration;
:: applied sciences;
:: landscape analysis, assessment and planning;
:: site planning and design;
:: urban and community design; and
:: landscape ecology.

Students develop professional teamwork and interdisciplinary practice skills through team teaching, student teamwork and collaboration with other disciplines within the CAED and Cal Poly. Students develop a global perspective of the profession through opportunities for international study and travel as well as the ongoing integration of multicultural and diverse environmental issues in course work.

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For more information on the Landscape Architecture Department, visit their web site: http://www.calpoly.edu/~larc/

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Contact information

Go to Department Web Site

Department Office Location:
Dexter Bldg. (#34), Rm. 213

Address:
Landscape Architecture Dept.
Cal Poly State University
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407

email: LA Dept.
phone: 805.756.1319
fax: 805.756.2270

Dept. Head: Margarita Hill
email: mmhill@calpoly.edu

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