courses

199 Special Studies: [Topic] (1-5R)
200 Innovative Education: [Topic] (1-5R)
260 Understanding Landscapes (4) Perception, description, and explanation of landscapes as environmental sets, as biophysical processes, and as cultural values. R. Lovinger. Open to nonmajors.
289 Landscape Architectural Design (6R) Study of places, their use, and how they evolve. Fundamentals of environmental awareness, social factors, and small-scale site design; abstract design and elementary graphic techniques.
326 Plants: Fall (4S) Characteristics, identification, and design uses of deciduous trees, shrubs, vines, and ground covers. Emphasis on identification and appropriate use in landscape design. Bettman. S with LA 327, 328.
327 Plants: Winter (4S) Characteristics, identification, and design uses of ornamental conifers and broad-leaved evergreen trees, shrubs, and ground covers. Bettman. S with LA 326, 328.
328 Plants: Spring (4S) Characteristics, identification, and design uses of flowering trees, shrubs, vines, and ground covers; emphasis on synthesis of fall, winter, and spring. Bettman. S with LA 326, 327.
350 Landscape Media (4R) Development of freehand drawing and visualization skills; exercises on line, tone, texture, and color for plan, section, and perspective drawings.
352 Digital Landscape Media (2-4R) Introductory survey and skill development in a range of basic computer graphic tools used in landscape architecture. Includes image processing, computer drawing, modeling, and drafting. R once for maximum of 8 credits. Prereq: LA 350.
361 Site Analysis (4) Develops knowledge and understanding of place; use of analytical tools and strategies for extending perception and understanding of land and proposals for its modification. Ribe.
362 Landscape Technologies I (4) Develops understanding of contours, contour manipulation, and site construction methodologies in the design of places; fundamentals of inclusive design, stormwater management, earthwork, and design development. Prereq: LA 361. Jones.
366 Landscape Technologies II (4S) Consideration of materials and processes of landscape construction; communication of design intent through documentation including sources and costs. Prereq: LA 362. A.

van Asperdt.
389 Landscape Architectural Design (6R) Elementary problems in landscape architecture; design as process, analysis of site and behavioral patterns, and the development and communication of design proposals.
390 Urban Farm (2-4R) Experimentation with food production in the city; rebuilding urban soils; farm animal-plant relationships; nutrient cycles. Cooperative food production and distribution; use of appropriate technologies. Bettman. Open to non-majors.
401 Research: [Topic] (1-21R)
405 Reading and Conference: [Topic] (1-21R)
406 Special Problems: [Topic] (1-21R)
407/507 Seminar: [Topic] (1-5R)
408/508 Workshop: [Topic](1-21R) Concentrated programs of study combining instruction on special topics. Regular offerings include Drawing, Irrigation, and Surveying.
409 Practicum: [Topic] (1-21R) Supervised field laboratory work; clinical or in-service educational experience. Planned programs of activities and study with assured provisions for adequate supervision. Bettman.
410/510 Experimental course: [Topic] (1-5R)
414/514 Open Space Planning (4) History, theories, methods of open space planning on city and metropolitan scales. Emphasizes how resulting landscape patterns serve regional character, ecological health, and human needs. Girling. Offered alternate years.
415/515 Computers in Landscape Architecture (4R) The development, application, and evaluation of computer processing systems for land use and site-planning issues such as geographic information systems; encoding of data, cell storage, and analysis systems.
417/517 Computer-Aided Landscape Design (4) Understanding and use of computer-aided drafting and design technology for executing landscape design development, evaluation, and presentation tasks. Prereq: LA 289 or 389.
431/531 Planting Design Theory (4) Approaches to planting design; experiential and symbolic relationships of landscape space; order of landscape as a cultural expression of time; order of the garden as an explicit art form. Coreq: LA 489-589. Lovinger.
433/533 Japanese Garden (4) Explores the art, form, meaning, and experience of Japanese gardens. Special emphasis on their heartland in the valley of Nara and Kyoto. Lovinger.
440/540 Introduction to Landscape Planning Analysis (4) Principles of designing land- and waterscapes for human use and settlement. Ecological, social, and economic analyses of landscapes, resources, and patterns of occupancy in the Eugene-Springfield area. Hulse.
441/541 Principles of Applied Ecology (4) Application of ecological concepts to landscape planning, management and design. Emphasis on landscape-based perspective to population, community and ecosystem dynamics. Undergraduate prerequisite: one course in ecology or biogeography. Johnson.
443/543 Land and Landscape (4R) Theories and concepts in landscape planning and design. The valuing emphasis alternates every other year between envoronmental ethics and environmental aesthetics. Diethelm.
450/550 Advanced Landscape Media (4R) The role of media in design inquiry; development of hard-line drawing skills, diagramming, and principles of graphic design. Lovinger.
459/559 Landscape Technologies III (4S) Complex problems in site modification and development; road siting and layout; irrigation and lighting systems, water management, road designs. R thrice for maximum of 10 credits.
462 Professional Practice of Landscape Architecture (2) Introduction to the different forms of private and public practice of landscape architecture, legal and ethical responsibilities, office and project management, licensing, and professional organizations. Prereq: LA 362, 366 Offered alternate years. Girling.
465/565 Landscape Ecology (4) Links concepts and applications of landscape ecology through extensive field experiences that develop a deep understanding of a specific landscape or set of issues. Prereq: LA 441/541 or instructor's consent. Johnson.
ARH 477/577, 478/578 History of Landscape Architecture I,II (4) History of landscape architecture focusing on the garden and public open spaces. 477/577: development of the garden from its origins until the 17th century. 478/578: landscape design of the 18th and 19th centuries, emphasizing the design of public open spaces and the Anglo-American tradition, American and 20th-century landscape architecture.
480/580 Landscape Preservation (4) Tools and techniques currently used in the preservation of historic, cultural, and vernacular landscapes. Includes history of landscape preservation, significant legislation, and case studies. Melnick.
482/582 National Parks (4) History and development of United States National Parks. Exploration of critical issues facing the parks and the landscape planner's role in resource protection and recreation management. Melnick.
484/584 Landscape Perception (4) Development of the human-environment relationship as it relates to landscape perception, landscape archetypes, and the development of a theoretical base for contemporary landscape design. Helphand. Offered alternate years.
485/585 Contemporary American Landscape (4) Evolution of the contemporary American landscape as an expression of American culture. Helphand. Offered alternate years.
489/589 Site Planning and Design (6R) Advanced problems in landscape architecture, cultural determinants of site planning and design, design development and natural systems and processes as indicators of carrying capacity.
490 Comprehensive Project Preparation (3) Finding, describing, programming, and probing environmental opportunities and problems. Diethelm.
494/594 Land Planning and Design (6) Problems in landscape architecture of increased cultural complexity. Land use planning, computer-aided ecological analysis of land, environmental impact, urban and new community design. Prereq: LA 489-589.
499 Comprehensive Project (8) Advanced planning and design projects in landscape architecture. Studio development of individually selected projects prepared in LA 490. Prereq: LA 490.
601 Research: [Topic] (1-16R) P-N only
602 Supervised College Teaching (2-5R)
605 Reading and Conference: [Topic] (1-16R)
606 Special Problems: [Topic] (1-16R)
607 Seminar: [Topic] (1-5R) Recent topics include Ecology in Landscape Design, Landscape Criticism, Readings in Modern Landscape History, and Visual Landscape Management.
608 Workshop: [Topic] (1-16R) Intensive study combining practical projects with instruction on special topics related to landscape problems.
609 Practicum: [Topic] (1-16R) Supervised field laboratory work; clinical or in-service educational experience. Planned programs of activities and study with assured
provisions for adequate supervision. Bettman.
610 Experimental Course: [Topic] (1-5R)
620 Landscape Research Methods (4) Contemporary research issues and strategies. Theories, approaches, and techniques applicable to topics and problems in landscape architecture. R twice for 4 credits.
693 Advanced Landscape Design Theory (4) Examines critical theories and evolving ideas in landscape design; studies the cultural and biophysical forces that generate patterns of landscape structure, form, and meaning. Prereq: ARH 478-578 or equivalent. Diethelm. Offered alternate years.
695 Master's Project Development (2) Preparation and presentation of the student's terminal research and design project proposal and plan for completion of the master's degree in landscape architecture. Prereq: LA 620.
699 Master's Project (2-10R) Student-directed and -executed performance and communication of original research or project work to demonstrate advanced mastery of landscape architecture.