This program is intended to introduce at the graduate level the basic subjects inherent to the field of landscape architecture: plant materials suitable to urban conditions; urban utility and transportation systems in relation to topography, natural drainage and pathways; plant and wildlife communities; as well as inquiries about landscape infrastructure and ecology, and the history of human settlement in the evolution of urban landscapes. Southern California and Los Angeles provide an exceptionally valuable natural and socio-cultural laboratory for landscape architecture studies

Course Requirements
Completion of the certificate program requires a minimum of 16 units. Students must take four core courses and select 5 units of electives from the published list or as approved by the director of the graduate landscape architecture program.

Required Courses
ARCH 531 The Natural Landscape (3 units)
ARCH 533 Urban Landscape Case Studies (2 units)
ARCH 537 Urban Plant Ecology (3 units)
ARCH 565 Global History of Landscape Architecture (3 units)
Other electives, as approved by the Director (5 units)

Sample Elective Courses
ARCH 532 Elements of the Urban Landscape (2)
ARCH 561 Architecture in the Urban Landscape: Projects and Places (2)
ARCH 563 Architecture in the Urban Landscape: Comparative Theories (2)
ARCH 530 Focus: Landscape Architecture Practice (3)
ARCH 534 Focus: Landscape Intervention – Construction Methods (3)
ARCH 535 Focus: Landscape Reclamation – Construction Methods (3)
ARCH 536 Landscape Planning Process ( 3)
ARCH 538 Urban Plant Ecology – California Plant Communities (3)
ARCH 566 Cross-Cultural Topics in Landscape Architecture (3)