Landscape Architecture SUMMER COURSES ONLINE (Testudo Link)
LARC151 - Urban Agriculture: Designing and Assessing Edible Landscapes
Credits: 3 : DSSP, SCISStudents examine the growing development of urban agriculture and edible landscapes. Urban agriculture
has seen a recent growth and interest in cities across the globe. From Paris to New York, from Baltimore
to Detroit, urban agriculture is an emerging land use to address a variety of needs. Redevelopment, food deserts, community engagement and environmental justice are just some of the issues and topics connected to the recent growth of urban agriculture. This course critically examines urban agriculture's
contribution to the food system, its input and outputs in the urban landscape, and the planning and design
of urban agriculture and edible landscapes.
LARC152 - Greening Cities: Who Wins, Who Loses, and Who Cares?
Credits: 3 : DSSP, SCIS
"Greening Cities" has many interpretations: improving or adding urban economic activity, realizing energy efficiency, greening urban transport systems, etc. An important component of livable and sustainable cities and metropolitan ecosystems are the plants and landscapes that are inhabited by plants With the majority of humans now living in cities, a survey of urban ecosystem principles and a examination of design and planning strategies for plant and landscape resources in urban and metropolitan regions is critical.
Credits: 3 : HO : DSHU or DSSP
History, theory, philosophy and current practice of the profession of landscape architecture. Explores the
interactive relationship between humans and their environment by examining people's perceptions of and
changing attitude towards the landscape, as well as, an examination of how these are related to ecological
and cultural influences.
LARC162 - Environmental Justice: Same World, Different Built Environment
Credits: 3 : DSHS, DVUP, SCIS
Environmental Justice is explored in the context of the built environment. What unequal public built
environmental threats exist? How can these threats be prevented or eliminated? Public schools, public
parks, access to clean water, air pollution, tree coverage are among the built environments examined in
the course.
LARC454 – Urban Sites: Landscape Architecture in the City
Credits: 3
This course explores ways to distinguish what may be seen, in order to cultivate what may be imagined.
Taking the city and its numerous cultural repositories as laboratory, classes will explore themes of visual
literacy (sighting), situation (siting) and reference (citing).
• In sighting, perception is cultivated by training the eye to look thoughtfully.
• In siting, critical relationships between object and place are recognized and critically analyzed.
• In citing, external referents are summoned to enhance depth of understanding.
LARC455 – Ecological Restoration and Design: Rebuilding the Life Support System for Planet Earth
Credits: 3
This course introduces students to the scientific underpinnings, planning, design, and practical implementation of ecological restoration. Restoring the ecological functions of land degraded by
agricultural practices, mining and industrial despoliation, and urban expansion offers an essential tool for
reversing damage to the earth's ecosystems.
LARC489A – Italy: Architecture and Music
Credits: 3
This exciting course brings the piazzas, architecture, and ancient artifacts of Italy to your virtual
classroom while exploring the common language of architecture and music. We will explore design themes such as harmony, balance, rhythm, and tension and release by comparing designed open spaces,
architecture, and musical vocabularies. After taking this course you will understand the beauty and
significance of Italy's offerings and become much more interesting at future business/social gatherings.
This is a Global Classrooms course, developed in partnership with the Office of International Affairs (OIA) to provide virtual opportunities for global engagement. Global Classrooms can range from embedded experiences to immersive, project-based collaboration.
LARC489O - Computer-Aided Design and Drafting (CADD): Urban Construction
Credits: 3
Computer-Aided Design and Drafting (CADD) course applies computer drafting using AutoCAD. It
focuses on providing the technical skills for students who are working in built environment professions.
Drawing types may include (but not be limited to) site plan drawings, construction detailing, grading
plans, site layout plans and sheet layout conventions.