The half-major offers three tracks: Sustainable Design, Design & Visualization, and Social Activism/Urban Planning. The half-major provides a sequence of three design studios augmented by site materials and methods, modern and contemporary issues in urban landscape and electives. The half-major can be paired with any other half major and is particularly compatible for students interested in policy, earth and environmental sciences, civil and environmental engineering, and environmental art fields.
38-credit hour studio-based curriculum
(B.S. Arch majors are not eligible for this half major)
Six required courses (30 credits)
LARC 1110 Studio: Fundamental Representation (6)
LARC 1120 Studio: Fundamental Design (6)
LARC 2130 Studio: Sustainable Urban Site Design (6)
LARC 2230: Sustainable Site Materials and Methods (4)
LARC 2330 Cities, Landscape and Modern Culture (4)
LARC 2340 Cities, Landscape and Contemporary Culture (4)
Two or three electives from the following list
(minimum of 8 credits)
Students may take only one elective in their home discipline.
Sustainability Track
ENVR 1200: Dynamic Earth (4)
ENVR3200: Water Resources (4)
ENVR 4515: Sustainable Development (4)
ENVR 5190: Soil Science (4)
ENVR 5210: Environmental Planning (4)
ENVR 5250: Geology and Land-Use Planning (4)
MARS 3310: Water Resources Policy + Management (4)
MARS 3315 Wetlands: Ecology and Hydrology (4)
MARS 3325 Coastal Zone Management (4)
CIVE 4538 Urban Water Quality + Public Health (4)
CIVE 4566 Sustainable Transit (4)
CIVE 4575: Construction Management (3)
CIVE 5270 Environmental Protection & Management (4)
CIVE 5271: Solid and Hazardous Waste Management (4)
CIVE 5321: Geoenvironmental Engineering (4)
LW 7514: Natural Resources Law (2)
LPSC 7312: Cities, Sustainability and Climate Change (3)
Design and Visualization Track
ARCH 1450: Understanding Design (4)
ARCH 3364: Architecture and Planning in 21st c. China (4)
ARCH 3450: Advanced Architectural Communication (4)
IM 2100: Digital Narrative (4)
ARTH 5100: Contemporary Art Theory and Criticism (4)
ARTH 5400: Contemporary Visual Culture (4)
ARTG 4553: Environmental Design (4)
ENVR 3300: Geographic Information Systems (4)
Social Issues/Urban Planning Track
ENTR 2206 Social Entrepreneurship (4)
URBS 2357: Growth and Decline of Cities and Suburbs (4)
PHTH 2350: Community and Public Health (4)
PHTH 5214: Environmental Health (3)
PHTH 6200: Principles and Histories of Urban Health (3)
PPUA 6201: The 21st c. City (3)
PPUA 6205: Research Design in Urban and Regional Policy (3)
PPUA 6215: GIS for Urban and Regional Policy (3)
PPUA 7230: Housing Policy (3)
PPUA 7231: Transportation Policy (3)
PPUA 7233: Contemporary Community Development (3)
PPUA 7234: Land Use and Urban Growth Policy (3)
LW 7329: Environmental Law (2)
LW 7394: Land Use (2)