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LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE

WHAT IS LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE?

While an architect designs buildings, a landscape architect designs almost everything else in the built environment: gardens, urban plazas, streetscapes, parks, resorts, trails, golf courses, subdivisions and more. As a landscape architecture student, you will develop detailed landscape plans that are aesthetically pleasing, functional and compatible with the built and natural environment. The design process involves creative expression that comes from an understanding of the landscape context, natural systems, cultural systems and social dynamics. You will learn to interpret, imagine, draw, conceptualize, synthesize and construct project ideas that transform the landscape.

WHY STUDY LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE?

As a landscape architect, you will play a critical role in the design of outdoor space for the health, safety and well-being of individuals and their communities. The positive benefits of a single design project are invaluable.

With issues of sustainability becoming more critical, as a landscape architect you will be ready and prepared to address them as you design the interface between humankind and the urban, suburban and natural environment. You will play an important role in environmental healing by designing and implementing projects that respect both the needs of people and our environment.

PROPOSED DEGREE PLAN

For each undergraduate degree program in CASNR, we have prepared example plans of how you may successfully complete your degree on schedule. The landscape architecture degree is a five-year program accredited by the Landscape Architecture Accreditation Board.

JACOB KRAFFT Tulsa, Oklahoma

“There’s a lot of hands-on experience

in the landscape architecture major,

and that’s really valuable because it

makes you an even better landscape

architect when you graduate and

become a professional.”

Corporate and commercial developerGreen roof designerInterior landscaper

Land reclamation and rehabilitation specialistLand use and city plannerUrban designer

Where Do You See Yourself?

EXPANDING MINDS. INSPIRING PURPOSE.

Within landscape architecture, you have the option to select a predefined emphasis area and work with your faculty advisor to customize your plan of study.

DESIGNPrepare landscape designs, drawings, technical specifications, cost estimates and perform construction administration in the field.

ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNINGConduct cultural resource inventory and analysis, analyze landscape features using geographic information systems and develop environmental enhancement design plans.

HORTICULTUREIntegrate plant knowledge and science into garden design. Learn more about the role of landscape management and receive a minor in horticulture.

OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY

College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources

Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture

Landscape Architecture Major

FAST FACT OSU has the only accredited undergraduate landscape architecture program in the state. Accreditation assures employers that graduates are prepared to meet industry professional standards.

HIGHLIGHT Students are guaranteed interaction with at least 100 industry professionals prior to graduation. This includes teamwork sessions allowing students to work beside professionals to develop concepts for a city park.

SCHOLARSHIP DOLLARSThe Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture annually awards more than $100,000 in scholarships to undergraduate students in the department.

REAL-WORLD EXPERIENCEHands-on laboratories are included in many courses, and students in the department have the unique advantage of utilizing The Botanic Garden at OSU and the Water Conservation and Irrigation Training Center. Additionally, all students in the department are required to complete an internship prior to graduation.

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