Common Core Courses [9 units]

• LD ARCH 201 Ecological Factors in Urban Landscape Design [5]
• ARCH 140 Introduction to Energy and Environmental Management [4]
   

Breadth Requirements [11-12 units]

Natural Factors. One 3-unit course from this list or approved equivalent:

• LD ARCH 220 Environmental Geology for Planners [3]
• LD ARCH 222 Hydrology for Planners [3]
• LD ARCH 224 Vegetation Analysis and Management [3]
• LD ARCH 225 Urban Forest Planning and Management [3]
   

Social Factors. One 3-unit course from this list or approved equivalent:

• ARCH 210 Advanced Study in Social and Cultural Factors in Design [3]
• ARCH 211 Social and Cultural Factors in Design: Research Methods [2]
• ARCH 219 Seminar on Social and Cultural Bases of Design [3]
• LD ARCH C241 Research Methods in Environmental Design [4]
• LD ARCH C242 Citizen Involvement in the City Planning Process [3]
• CY PLAN 247 The Educative City [3]
   

History and Theory. One 3-unit course from this list or approved equivalent:

Architecture Background

• LD ARCH 251 Theories of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning [2]
   

Landscape Architecture Background

• ARCH 170B Historical Survey of Architecture and Urbanism [3]
   

Methods. One 3-unit course from this list or approved equivalent:

• ARCH 132 Computer Applications in Architecture [3]
• LD ARCH 132 Computer Applications for Environmental Design [1-4]
• LD ARCH 188X Quantitative Methods in Environmental Planning [3]
• VIS STD 280  Advanced Visual Studies [1-4]
   

Applications Studios [20 units]*

• LD ARCH 202 Design of Landscape Sites [5]
• ARCH 201 Case Studies in Architectural Design [5]
   

Plus two courses from this list: [10 units]

• ARCH 201 Case Studies in Architectural Design [5]
• LD ARCH 203 Shaping the Public Realm [4]
• LD ARCH 204 Advanced Project Design [5]
   

*Students with extensive professional experience or previous studio experience may petition to waive one elective studio.

Thesis [8-9 units]

• LD ARCH 252A Thesis and Professional Project Research Seminar [2]
• LD ARCH 252B Thesis and Professional Project Research Seminar [2]
• LD ARCH 206 Landscape Architecture Thesis Studio [4] or
  ARCH 202A Architecture Thesis Studio [5]
   

Total Units Required

NOTE: A minimum of 24 units is required in each department (Architecture and Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning) for graduation.