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Landscape Architecture

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GPA and percentages are weighted by recorded letter grades. UW comparisons use the same terms. Cross-listed courses count once within this department and once across UW; department totals should not be added together. Grade counts are not unique students. Offering counts reflect captured records, not a complete historical schedule.

Spring 2027

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24 courses

Introduces the interdisciplinary field of material culture studies for students interested in careers in museums, galleries, historical societies, historic preservation, and academia.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Past student reviews · Ann Smart Martin

Grading standards were inconsistent, with some assignments described as harshly graded while others were not.

historical GPA · grades

Fall 2022–Spring 2026

Dimensions of Material Culture introduces the interdisciplinary field of material culture studies for students interested in careers in museums, galleries, historical societies, historic preservation, and academia.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2026–Spring 2026 · limited sample

Making the American Landscape traces the history and evolution of the American cultural landscape from precolonial times to present.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2024–Spring 2026

Introduction to environmental remote sensing covering aerial photography, satellite imagery, electromagnetic radiation, data types, interpretation, analysis, mapping, and applications.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2023–Spring 2026

Wetlands Ecology covers types, origins, structure, physical/biological values, dynamics, and protection, management, and restoration of wetlands.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Past student reviews · David Bart

Students reported insufficient weekly time to complete textbook readings, watch pre-class lectures, and handle numerous end-of-semester assignments.

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2023–Spring 2026

Field-based course on prescribed fire ecology and implementation for wetland, prairie, and savanna fuels, including live fire exercises and PPE training that qualifies students for prescribed fire crews.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2023–Spring 2026

Applications of Geographic Information Systems in Natural Resources covers modern GIS desktop and web-based workflows, analyses, and visualizations for environmental planning, featuring guest lectures from professionals.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

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Spring 2023–Spring 2026

Introduction to landscape architecture design studio focusing on three-dimensional design problems in urban and natural environments through studio exercises.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Past student reviews · James Steiner

Students received brutally honest feedback on their projects, creating a demanding but supportive atmosphere.

historical GPA · grades

Fall 2022–Spring 2026

Shaping the Built Environment explores how urban, suburban, and rural environments intersect with natural systems through cultural and biophysical influences.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2023–Spring 2025

Survey of landscape architecture covering design principles, American history, and processes for creating site-sensitive designs in built and natural environments.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Past student reviews · Doug Hadley

The workload included weekly lectures, readings, journals, discussions, projects, and quizzes, with no exams.

historical GPA · grades

Fall 2022–Spring 2026

Critical and historical analysis of the design of outdoor space, focusing on the history of landscape architecture in the United States.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Past student reviews · Samuel Dennis

The grade consisted of five tests and easy in-class components, with no outside-of-class work required. The reviewer predicted that memorizing slide content the day before tests would result in an easy A.

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2023–Spring 2026

A design studio focused on applying design principles to promote health and wellbeing in the built environment, specifically designing health-promoting environments.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2023–Spring 2026 · limited sample

Landscape Architectural Technology I covers comprehension and modification of the earth's surface, including landform design, grading plans, and earthwork calculations.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2023–Spring 2026 · limited sample

Special Topics course exploring specific issues or problems in landscape architecture, with varying topics and faculty.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

historical GPA · grades

Fall 2022–Spring 2026

Ecological landscape design using plants in urban and rural settings, focusing on Wisconsin native species and habitat relationships in late winter and early spring.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2024–Spring 2026 · limited sample

Geodesign Methods and Applications explores geodesign framework methods and technologies, emphasizing collaboration among design, science, and community stakeholders through exercises in built and natural environments.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2023–Spring 2026

A studio course that examines how public open spaces function as shared social places within urban design, integrating human activity with physical and natural site features at the site and neighborhood scale.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2023–Spring 2026 · limited sample

Special Topics: Exploration of special issues or problems in landscape architecture, focusing on interdisciplinary problem-solving and design theory application.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

No recorded grade history

Landscape Architecture Capstone II addresses design, planning, and management problems at regional to site scales, synthesizing knowledge and skills from prior coursework.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2023–Spring 2026 · limited sample
LANDARC 990

Research

1–12 credits

Research course involving individual mentored research and study for completing theses, arranged with a faculty member.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

No recorded grade history