Adviser: Holly Nelson; Blake Hall Room 116 (holly.nelson@rutgers.edu)
Program Webpage: http://landarch.rutgers.edu/bsla-minor.html
The minor in landscape design focuses on both social and environmental aspects of landscape design. It is designed for students who are interested in design and issues related to how we form our landscapes. It is a great foundation for graduate school in design disciplines, providing grounding in architectural drawing and "reading" the landscape, and the student will develop an understanding of design thinking and how designers learn in a studio environment. The landscape design minor is not offered to students majoring in landscape architecture.
Learning Objectives
- Read the landscape, including the social and environmental forces that shape our world;
- Engage critically in the process of creative expression;
- Practice design as an iterative process and foster experimentation in the making of form; and
- Express design intentions through drawing, modeling, recording, and presentation.
Requirements
Foundation: 3 credits
11:550:101 Landscape Studies (3 credits + DIVERSITY CORE) or
11:550:230 Environmental Design Analysis (3 credits + CC CORE) or
11:550:250 History of Landscape Architecture (3 credits + HISTORY CORE)
Environmental Issues and Social Approaches to Design: 3 credits
01:082:275 Cinema and the City (3 credits)
01:082:101 Building the Future: An Introduction to Architecture (3 credits)
11:573:202 Environmental Issues (3 credits + CC CORE)
11:374:101 Introduction to Human Ecology (3 credits)
01:450:250 Cities (4 credits)
11:550:235 Herbaceous Plants (3 credits)
Design classes: 12.5 credits minimum
Studio Foundation classes:
11:550:237 Landscape Drawing and Drafting (3 credits + A+H CORE)
11:550:231 Introduction to Environmental Design (5 credits) (Corequisite: 11:550:237)*
11:550:301 Social and Cultural Aspects of Design (3 credits)
11:550:238 2D Digital Design and Drafting (1.5 credits) or
11:550:339 2D Digital Design Communication (1.5 credits)*
Total credits required: 18.5 minimum
Additional Preapproved Studios for Environmental Planners
11:550:439 Suburbia Transformed (3 credits) or
11:550:442 Sustainable Landscape Technologies (3 credits) or
10:832:202 Designing Healthy Cities (Bloustein studio-3 credits) or
11:550:333 Design Build Studio (5 credits)
11:550:340 Planting Design (4 credits)
School of Environmental and Biological Sciences 
