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Landscape Architecture, BLA

2023-2024 Edition

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        • Environmental and Sustainability Sciences and Landscape Architecture, BS
        • Environmental Engineering and Landscape Architecture, BSEnvE
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Northeastern University offers a Bachelor of Landscape Architecture. This new major reflects a growing public interest in making our cities more sustainable and in bringing the insights of landscape architects to join those of urban designers and architects. This hybrid field has deep roots in design, ecology, planning, and aesthetics. In the past 15 years, it has come to play an evermore important role in the design of new places, as well as the retrofitting of our older, postindustrial landscapes. An inherently interdisciplinary program, urban landscape will involve collaborations with other academic units on campus.

Complete all courses listed below unless otherwise indicated. Also complete any corequisite labs, recitations, clinicals, or tools courses where specified and complete any additional courses needed beyond specific college and major requirements to satisfy graduation credit requirements.

Universitywide Requirements

All undergraduate students are required to complete the Universitywide Requirements.

NUpath Requirements

All undergraduate students are required to complete the NUpath Requirements.

NUpath requirements Natural and Designed World (ND), Creative Expression/Innovation (EI), Interpreting Culture (IC), Formal and Quantitative Reasoning (FQ), Societies and Institutions (SI), Analyzing and Using Data (AD), and Difference and Diversity (DD) are met through the major course requirements.

NUpath requirement Ethical Reasoning (ER) must be met through general electives.

Landscape Architecture Major Requirements

Course List
Code Title Hours
Introduction to College
ARCH 1000Architecture at Northeastern1
Calculus
MATH 1241Calculus 14
Environmental Geology
ENVR 2200Earth's Changing Cycles4
Foundation Courses
ARCH 1110Fundamental Architectural Representation4
ARCH 1120Fundamental Architectural Design6
History/Theory Courses
ARCH 1310
and ARCH 1311
Buildings and Cities, A Global History
and Recitation for ARCH 1310
4
LARC 2330Cities, Landscape, and Modern Culture4
LARC 2340Cities, Landscape, and Contemporary Culture4
LARC 5310Urban Landscape Seminar4
Technology/Science Courses
ENVR 3300
and ENVR 3301
Geographic Information Systems
and Lab for ENVR 3300
5
LARC 2230Introduction to Sustainable Site Planning and Design4
LARC 2430Plants, People, and Landscape Change4
LARC 2240Sustainable Site Construction and Detailing4
LARC 5210Landscape Ecology4
LARC 5220Sustainable Landscape Practices4
LARC 5420Professional Practice in Landscape Architecture4
Design
LARC 2130Sustainable Urban Site Design6
LARC 2140Designed Urban Ecologies6
LARC 2440Planting Design4
LARC 3170Landscape Planning and Urbanism Studio6
LARC 5110Advanced Design for Urban Environments Studio6
LARC 5120Comprehensive Design Studio6
Professional Development
EEAM 2000Professional Development for Co-op1
Cooperative Education
Urban landscape majors are required to complete one six-month co-op.0
COOP 3945
Co-op Work Experience

Major GPA Requirement

Minimum 2.500 GPA required

Major Credit Requirement

Complete 98 semester hours for the major.

Program Requirement

142 total semester hours required

Four Years, One Co-op in Spring/Summer 1

Year 1
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
ARCH 10001ARCH 11104Elective4Vacation0
ARCH 1310
and ARCH 1311
4ARCH 11206Elective4 
MATH 12414ENGW 11114  
ENVR 22004EEAM 20001  
Elective4Elective4  
 17 19 8 0
Year 2
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
LARC 21306LARC 21406Optional Summer Co-opOptional Summer Co-op
LARC 24304LARC 22404  
LARC 23304LARC 24404  
LARC 22304LARC 23404  
 18 18 0 0
Year 3
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
LARC 31706Co-op Co-op 1Elective4
ENGW 33144  Elective4
LARC 52104   
ENVR 3300
and ENVR 3301
5   
 19 0 0 8
Year 4
FallHoursSpringHours  
LARC 51106LARC 51206  
LARC 52204LARC 54204  
LARC 53104Elective4  
Elective4Elective4  
 18 18  
Total Hours: 143
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