Landscape Architecture & Horticulture
Landscape Architecture & Horticulture
For more than 40 years, our students have helped beautify Southern California.
Whether you're looking to create a career in landscape architecture and design, or a career in horticulture, we offer a robust series of course offerings.
Get skills for professional success with two certificates: the Landscape Architecture Certificate and the Horticulture Certificate. And if you're looking for a quicker, more focused study, take a look at our three specializations: Arboriculture, Gardening, and Plants for the Landscape.
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Landscape Architecture & Horticulture
Courses
ARCH X 471.1A
Landscape Design 1: Site Design Basics
Explore form and the importance of scale in landscape architectural design. These skills and insights are applied culminating in a study of a small, site-scale school garden.
ARCH X 471.1B
Landscape Design 2: Site Design
Learn how to analyze a site and create a program design that responds to the site and surroundings.
ARCH X 471.2
Landscape Design 3: Advanced Site Design
An introduction to the design process utilizing mid- to large- scale public projects with an emphasis on computer-aided (3D) visualization.
ARCH X 472
Introduction to the Landscape Design Professions
A quick dive into landscape theory, history, design principles, and understanding scale and drawing. Students apply these lessons in a final project resulting in scaled drawings and models.
ARCH X 472.12A
Grading and Drainage
Using graphic conventions and calculations, grading and drainage techniques used in every landscape architecture project are applied to grade a complex site while considering public health, safety, and welfare.
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