Comprehensive Exam Track: Total Credit Hours Required to Finish the Degree ( 36 Credit Hours ) as Follows
Specialization Requirements
Students must pass all of the following courses
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Course Number |
Course Name |
Weekly Hours |
Cr. Hrs. |
Prerequisite |
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Practical |
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| 151646000 | CONTEMPORARY HISTORY AND THEORIES OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURAL | This course is designed firstly to provide a broad introduction to the discipline of Landscape Architecture and develop an interest in the study of designed landscapes. To do this, it aims to create awareness and promote a working knowledge of; 1) working knowledge of the terminology defining landscape architecture, garden design and placemaking. 2) Basic chronology of the history of the profession. 3) Basic understanding of how various theories which have influenced landscape design are related to social, cultural, ecological (environmental) and economic contexts. By the end of the course the student will be able to: - distinguish various styles in designed landscapes; - demonstrate how a particular style relates to a particular socio-political context; - demonstrate an understanding of the historical development of landscape architecture; - demonstrate a critical understanding of a landscape or one of the main landscape proponents. | 3 | - | 3 |
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| 151646010 | DIGITAL DESIGN AND SIMULATION IN LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE | 3 | - | 3 |
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| 151646020 | LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE STUDIO I : SUSTAINABLE DESIGN | 3 | - | 3 |
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| 151646030 | RESEARCH METHODS AND SKILLS FOR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURAL | 1 | - | 1 |
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| 151646040 | LANDSCAPE CONSTRUCTION | 3 | - | 3 |
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| 151646050 | LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE STUDIO II : DIGITAL DESIGN | 3 | - | 3 |
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| 151646060 | PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE | 2 | - | 2 |
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| 151646220 | SEMINAR I | 3 | - | 3 |
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| 151646230 | SEMINAR II | 3 | - | 3 |
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Students must pass ( 12 ) credit hours from any of the following courses
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Course Number |
Course Name |
Weekly Hours |
Cr. Hrs. |
Prerequisite |
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Theoretical |
Practical |
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| 151646070 | CONTEMPORARY URBAN DESIGN PROJECT | This is a studio course that aims to provide an opportunity to further advance design skills within the built context of urban design and their practical application for landscape professionals will be studied. The project emphasizes socially sustainable and user-oriented approaches to urban design and regeneration; ("responsive design"). Building /landscape relationships and the role buildings play in shaping and influencing urban spaces and vice versa are studied through the detailed and strategic design of landscapes that are primarily "built" (rather than planted). Opportunities to experience teamwork form an essential part of the module as do the production of innovative visual presentations using digital and other media. | 3 | - | 3 |
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| 151646080 | URBAN ECOLOGICAL DESIGN AND MANAGEMENT | This course extends landscape architectural knowledge and skills and focuses on a distinctive ecological vegetation design and management approach to urban landscapes. The project and associated theory/methods provide technical background on the application of ecological ideas and theory in landscape architecture at all scales but focusing on site-specific design. The theory is applied in a urban context and introduces concepts of 'ecological urbanism' and the provision of 'ecosystem services' as a means of integrating ecological processes with human environments and built development. An ecological design methodology is followed in the project that can be applied widely in different world regions and localities. | 3 | - | 3 |
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| 151646090 | LANDSCAPE PLANNING | This course introduces through an integrated project, supported by theory and methods: landscape planning and strategic design approaches including research, survey, analytical and creative processes are applied, using relevant media, tools and sources. The project addresses an extended urban or peri-urban (often infrastructural) landscape such as river corridor, post-industrial district, urban forest or extensive park. Theory and methods strands are delivered through an intensive series of lectures, workshops and field visits as approaches to landscape planning and providing a further grounding in ecology and vegetation, and water and topographic studies applicable to the planning scale, along with studies and in media and tools, and in social, ethical, arts and cultural theory and history in landscape architectural planning. | 3 | - | 3 |
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| 151646110 | SITE PLANNING | This course examines site planning as a process of creating the built environment. The elements a site planner considers are diverse, including site hydrology, soils, vegetation, topography, uses, building arrangement and form, access, regulation, markets, and local community cultures. It Introduces also urban ecological design issues of "good" site planning process, principles and methods. It addresses planning for people, natural systems in place-making, design for movement with varied land uses. | 3 | - | 3 |
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| 151646120 | CULTURAL LANDSCAPE STUDIO | This course examines the cultural landscape, which is the result of the interaction between people and places. It studies the landscape at various scales and in diversified contexts. Offers a better understanding of visual components of landscapes, designer's capacity to evaluate and change these components, and resultant interaction with, and effect on, landscape user. Landscape studies involve several disciplines, including geography, architecture, history, art history, and literature. This course makes student able to answer the following questions: How do ordinary environments reflect the values, beliefs, and ideas of a particular culture? How have different cultures made sense of and exploited their natural environment? What methods can be used to interpret cultural landscapes? | 3 | - | 3 |
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| 151646130 | PHILOSOPHY OF PARK DESIGN | This course gives an introduction to the different theoretical approaches and methodologies of landscape, their historical role and impact to the formation of the aesthetical world of the Baltic countries in the crucial period of formation of the existing park architecture 18 – 19 centuries, gives an overview of the theory and history of landscape aesthetics, its ideological roots and stylistic morphology in the period of the Baltic cultural development of 18 – 20 centuries. | 3 | - | 3 |
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| 151646140 | DIGITAL LANDSCAPES: ADVANCED TECHNIQUES IN LANDSCAPE AND VISUALIZATION | The course introduces advanced instruction in the uses and applications of various digital media, including Geographical Information Systems, 3-D modelling, video, animation, and web-design also application of 3d modelling methods, essential lighting, graphics postproduction and photomontage setup using Maya and other 3d software to produce high-quality renderings. Basic knowledge of Maya & Photoshop develops individual graphical style and vocabulary based on the individual skills of each student. | 3 | - | 3 |
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| 151646150 | GIS APPLICATIONS IN LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE | This course explores the nature and use of raster-oriented (i.e. image-based) Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for the analysis and synthesis of spatial patterns and processes, also introduces to modelling capabilities of GIS in the environmental planning process addressing the natural and cultural characteristics of the landscape, also introduces the use of computer-aided spatial analysis techniques within a GIS to solve landscape resource-based problems and develop alternative planning and design solutions. Students will learn techniques in planning and regional landscape resources: visual simulation, computer map overlay, resource modelling, application of research into automated decision-support systems, solving problems through the use of automated spatial modelling and analysis. | 3 | - | 3 |
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| 151646160 | BIM IN LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE | This course is for understanding the opportunities and limitations of BIM for landscape architecture applications. Understanding which types of projects might benefit from the use of BIM. Learn the basic terminology associated with BIM software. Understand lessons learned and best practices from firms leading the effort on BIM integration, gives knowledge on using BIM technology in landscape architecture Scenarios, Possibilities, limitations and challenges. Tools available in BIM software like REVIT for landscape modeling, documentation. Adapting families and templates for landscape architecture. Integration of 3d BIM workflows | 3 | - | 3 |
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| 151646170 | HISTORY AND THEORY OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE | This course presents a survey of the evolution of landscapes from the prehistory through modernism. Readings and lectures will focus on the narratives of significant designers and case studies of significant landscapes and their relationship to place to the status of a recognized profession. The course covers the social, economic, political, climatic, and other factors that have influenced the development of design styles and theories. | 3 | - | 3 |
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| 151646180 | LANDFORM AND PLANTING DESIGN | This course combines two essential tools in the practice of landscape architecture: landform and planting design. Grading - the shaping and sculpting of landform - is both art and science. Thus, this course aims to provide an appreciation of landform as an evocative component in the design vocabulary as well as a critical tool in solving challenging design problems. The basic techniques and strategies of grading design (slopes, terraces, water management, and grade change devices) will be introduced, practiced and reinforced so that grading design becomes an integral part of the students' design approach. Lecture, field trips, modelling, in-class exercises, and group projects will be used. Plants will be considered both as individual elements and as part of larger dynamic systems. The natural distribution of plants, concepts of the plant community and successional patterns, and the relationship of planting and topography will be used as the initial framework for planting design. | 3 | - | 3 |
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| 151646190 | SITE ENGINEERING AND WATER MANAGEMENT | This course focuses on technical aspects of site design, with an emphasis on landscape performance. Functional considerations related to landscapes and their associated systems – including circulation, drainage and stormwater management, site stabilization and remediation – will be explored as vital and integral components of landscape design, from concept to execution. Lectures, case studies, field trips, and focused design exercises will enable students to develop facility in the tools, processes and metrics by which landscape systems are designed, evaluated, built and maintained. In concert with the concurrent design studio, students will consider how functional parameters can give rise to the conceptual, formal, and material characteristics of designed landscapes. | 3 | - | 3 |
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| 151646200 | DESIGN INTEGRATION FOR SUSTAINABLE SITE CONSTRUCTION | This course relates the ecological health of natural systems to design and engineering approaches, design documentation, and construction practices of large-scale landscapes. It focuses on methods and implications of storm water controls and treatments, and the skills required to design landscape-based storm water facilities and wetlands. Materials and methods of sustainable large-scale landscape construction are presented, such as tree and soil protection, erosion control, paving, drainage structures, and bioengineering techniques, and application of “green” technologies. The landscape architect’s skill in preparing drawings and specifications and his/her role during bidding and construction is emphasized. In this studio course students produce a construction drawing set for a large-scale restoration project of their own design. | 3 | - | 3 |
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| 151646210 | WATERSCAPE DESIGN | This course gives knowledge on design and construction of artificial water bodies in the landscape such as ponds, artificial lakes, waterfalls, reservoirs, waterways etc. to assess benefits and problems implementing different technologies, materials design solutions, profiles. Also focuses on design regulations and standards, natural discharge generation and runoff regulation; water losses, evaporation. Water quality issues, emptying, operation and maintenance works. Preparation of a case-specific individual design plan for one artificial pool. | 3 | - | 3 |
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Thesis\Treatise Track: Total Credit Hours Required to Finish the Degree ( 36 Credit Hours ) as Follows
Specialization Requirements
Students must pass all of the following courses plus ( 6 ) credit hours for the Thesis
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Course Number |
Course Name |
Weekly Hours |
Cr. Hrs. |
Prerequisite |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Theoretical |
Practical |
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| 151646000 | CONTEMPORARY HISTORY AND THEORIES OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURAL | This course is designed firstly to provide a broad introduction to the discipline of Landscape Architecture and develop an interest in the study of designed landscapes. To do this, it aims to create awareness and promote a working knowledge of; 1) working knowledge of the terminology defining landscape architecture, garden design and placemaking. 2) Basic chronology of the history of the profession. 3) Basic understanding of how various theories which have influenced landscape design are related to social, cultural, ecological (environmental) and economic contexts. By the end of the course the student will be able to: - distinguish various styles in designed landscapes; - demonstrate how a particular style relates to a particular socio-political context; - demonstrate an understanding of the historical development of landscape architecture; - demonstrate a critical understanding of a landscape or one of the main landscape proponents. | 3 | - | 3 |
- |
| 151646010 | DIGITAL DESIGN AND SIMULATION IN LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE | 3 | - | 3 |
- |
|
| 151646020 | LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE STUDIO I : SUSTAINABLE DESIGN | 3 | - | 3 |
- |
|
| 151646030 | RESEARCH METHODS AND SKILLS FOR LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURAL | 1 | - | 1 |
- |
|
| 151646040 | LANDSCAPE CONSTRUCTION | 3 | - | 3 |
- |
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| 151646050 | LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE STUDIO II : DIGITAL DESIGN | 3 | - | 3 |
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| 151646060 | PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE | 2 | - | 2 |
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Students must pass ( 12 ) credit hours from any of the following courses
|
Course Number |
Course Name |
Weekly Hours |
Cr. Hrs. |
Prerequisite |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Theoretical |
Practical |
|||||
| 151646070 | CONTEMPORARY URBAN DESIGN PROJECT | This is a studio course that aims to provide an opportunity to further advance design skills within the built context of urban design and their practical application for landscape professionals will be studied. The project emphasizes socially sustainable and user-oriented approaches to urban design and regeneration; ("responsive design"). Building /landscape relationships and the role buildings play in shaping and influencing urban spaces and vice versa are studied through the detailed and strategic design of landscapes that are primarily "built" (rather than planted). Opportunities to experience teamwork form an essential part of the module as do the production of innovative visual presentations using digital and other media. | 3 | - | 3 |
- |
| 151646080 | URBAN ECOLOGICAL DESIGN AND MANAGEMENT | This course extends landscape architectural knowledge and skills and focuses on a distinctive ecological vegetation design and management approach to urban landscapes. The project and associated theory/methods provide technical background on the application of ecological ideas and theory in landscape architecture at all scales but focusing on site-specific design. The theory is applied in a urban context and introduces concepts of 'ecological urbanism' and the provision of 'ecosystem services' as a means of integrating ecological processes with human environments and built development. An ecological design methodology is followed in the project that can be applied widely in different world regions and localities. | 3 | - | 3 |
- |
| 151646090 | LANDSCAPE PLANNING | This course introduces through an integrated project, supported by theory and methods: landscape planning and strategic design approaches including research, survey, analytical and creative processes are applied, using relevant media, tools and sources. The project addresses an extended urban or peri-urban (often infrastructural) landscape such as river corridor, post-industrial district, urban forest or extensive park. Theory and methods strands are delivered through an intensive series of lectures, workshops and field visits as approaches to landscape planning and providing a further grounding in ecology and vegetation, and water and topographic studies applicable to the planning scale, along with studies and in media and tools, and in social, ethical, arts and cultural theory and history in landscape architectural planning. | 3 | - | 3 |
- |
| 151646110 | SITE PLANNING | This course examines site planning as a process of creating the built environment. The elements a site planner considers are diverse, including site hydrology, soils, vegetation, topography, uses, building arrangement and form, access, regulation, markets, and local community cultures. It Introduces also urban ecological design issues of "good" site planning process, principles and methods. It addresses planning for people, natural systems in place-making, design for movement with varied land uses. | 3 | - | 3 |
- |
| 151646120 | CULTURAL LANDSCAPE STUDIO | This course examines the cultural landscape, which is the result of the interaction between people and places. It studies the landscape at various scales and in diversified contexts. Offers a better understanding of visual components of landscapes, designer's capacity to evaluate and change these components, and resultant interaction with, and effect on, landscape user. Landscape studies involve several disciplines, including geography, architecture, history, art history, and literature. This course makes student able to answer the following questions: How do ordinary environments reflect the values, beliefs, and ideas of a particular culture? How have different cultures made sense of and exploited their natural environment? What methods can be used to interpret cultural landscapes? | 3 | - | 3 |
- |
| 151646130 | PHILOSOPHY OF PARK DESIGN | This course gives an introduction to the different theoretical approaches and methodologies of landscape, their historical role and impact to the formation of the aesthetical world of the Baltic countries in the crucial period of formation of the existing park architecture 18 – 19 centuries, gives an overview of the theory and history of landscape aesthetics, its ideological roots and stylistic morphology in the period of the Baltic cultural development of 18 – 20 centuries. | 3 | - | 3 |
- |
| 151646140 | DIGITAL LANDSCAPES: ADVANCED TECHNIQUES IN LANDSCAPE AND VISUALIZATION | The course introduces advanced instruction in the uses and applications of various digital media, including Geographical Information Systems, 3-D modelling, video, animation, and web-design also application of 3d modelling methods, essential lighting, graphics postproduction and photomontage setup using Maya and other 3d software to produce high-quality renderings. Basic knowledge of Maya & Photoshop develops individual graphical style and vocabulary based on the individual skills of each student. | 3 | - | 3 |
- |
| 151646150 | GIS APPLICATIONS IN LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE | This course explores the nature and use of raster-oriented (i.e. image-based) Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for the analysis and synthesis of spatial patterns and processes, also introduces to modelling capabilities of GIS in the environmental planning process addressing the natural and cultural characteristics of the landscape, also introduces the use of computer-aided spatial analysis techniques within a GIS to solve landscape resource-based problems and develop alternative planning and design solutions. Students will learn techniques in planning and regional landscape resources: visual simulation, computer map overlay, resource modelling, application of research into automated decision-support systems, solving problems through the use of automated spatial modelling and analysis. | 3 | - | 3 |
- |
| 151646160 | BIM IN LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE | This course is for understanding the opportunities and limitations of BIM for landscape architecture applications. Understanding which types of projects might benefit from the use of BIM. Learn the basic terminology associated with BIM software. Understand lessons learned and best practices from firms leading the effort on BIM integration, gives knowledge on using BIM technology in landscape architecture Scenarios, Possibilities, limitations and challenges. Tools available in BIM software like REVIT for landscape modeling, documentation. Adapting families and templates for landscape architecture. Integration of 3d BIM workflows | 3 | - | 3 |
- |
| 151646170 | HISTORY AND THEORY OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE | This course presents a survey of the evolution of landscapes from the prehistory through modernism. Readings and lectures will focus on the narratives of significant designers and case studies of significant landscapes and their relationship to place to the status of a recognized profession. The course covers the social, economic, political, climatic, and other factors that have influenced the development of design styles and theories. | 3 | - | 3 |
- |
| 151646180 | LANDFORM AND PLANTING DESIGN | This course combines two essential tools in the practice of landscape architecture: landform and planting design. Grading - the shaping and sculpting of landform - is both art and science. Thus, this course aims to provide an appreciation of landform as an evocative component in the design vocabulary as well as a critical tool in solving challenging design problems. The basic techniques and strategies of grading design (slopes, terraces, water management, and grade change devices) will be introduced, practiced and reinforced so that grading design becomes an integral part of the students' design approach. Lecture, field trips, modelling, in-class exercises, and group projects will be used. Plants will be considered both as individual elements and as part of larger dynamic systems. The natural distribution of plants, concepts of the plant community and successional patterns, and the relationship of planting and topography will be used as the initial framework for planting design. | 3 | - | 3 |
- |
| 151646190 | SITE ENGINEERING AND WATER MANAGEMENT | This course focuses on technical aspects of site design, with an emphasis on landscape performance. Functional considerations related to landscapes and their associated systems – including circulation, drainage and stormwater management, site stabilization and remediation – will be explored as vital and integral components of landscape design, from concept to execution. Lectures, case studies, field trips, and focused design exercises will enable students to develop facility in the tools, processes and metrics by which landscape systems are designed, evaluated, built and maintained. In concert with the concurrent design studio, students will consider how functional parameters can give rise to the conceptual, formal, and material characteristics of designed landscapes. | 3 | - | 3 |
- |
| 151646200 | DESIGN INTEGRATION FOR SUSTAINABLE SITE CONSTRUCTION | This course relates the ecological health of natural systems to design and engineering approaches, design documentation, and construction practices of large-scale landscapes. It focuses on methods and implications of storm water controls and treatments, and the skills required to design landscape-based storm water facilities and wetlands. Materials and methods of sustainable large-scale landscape construction are presented, such as tree and soil protection, erosion control, paving, drainage structures, and bioengineering techniques, and application of “green” technologies. The landscape architect’s skill in preparing drawings and specifications and his/her role during bidding and construction is emphasized. In this studio course students produce a construction drawing set for a large-scale restoration project of their own design. | 3 | - | 3 |
- |
| 151646210 | WATERSCAPE DESIGN | This course gives knowledge on design and construction of artificial water bodies in the landscape such as ponds, artificial lakes, waterfalls, reservoirs, waterways etc. to assess benefits and problems implementing different technologies, materials design solutions, profiles. Also focuses on design regulations and standards, natural discharge generation and runoff regulation; water losses, evaporation. Water quality issues, emptying, operation and maintenance works. Preparation of a case-specific individual design plan for one artificial pool. | 3 | - | 3 |
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