~EGULAR SESSION - University of Oregon

ARCHITECTURE AND ALLIED ARTS 235
Term Hours
Survey of Visual Arts (AA 201, 202, 203) or Introduction to the History of
Art (AA 204, 205, 206) 9
Design Orientation (AA 11, 12, 13) a
Surveying for Architects (AA 317)............................................................................ 2
The program provides the student with a broad educational background, together
with technical studies essential for the professional practice of landscape
architecture. Courses in the field are supplemented by courses in art, architectural
design, construction, and city planning. Majors in landscape architecture work side
by side with students of architecture and interior architecture, and have the benefit
of design criticism from the entire faculty of the School of Architecture and Allied
Arts. Opportunities are provided for collaboration on design problems by landscape
and architecture students. The instructional program includes field trips to acquaint
students with outstanding examples of the design and construction of parks,
cemeteries, airports, private properties and subdivisions, golf courses, and planned
civic developments-and for study of the use of various plant materials under difficult
conditions of climate, soil, and exposure.
Students planning to major in landscape architecture may obtain necessary
preparation in mathematics by completing courses in high-school mathematics
through trigonometry.
The following upper-division courses are required for a major in landscape
architecture:
Third Year Term Hours
Landscape Design (AA 389).. 9
Plant Materials (AA 326, 327, 328)..................... 9
Landscape Maintenance (AA 358, 359).................... 4
Landscape Construction I (AA 360, 361, 362) 9
City Planning I (AA 353, 354, 355) 6
History of Architecture I (AA 337, 338, 339)................................. 9
Fourth Year
Seminar; Landscape Design Theory (AA 407)........................................................ 3
Landscape Design (AA 489) 12
Plant Composition (AA 430, 431, 432)...................................................................... 9
Landscape Field Practice (AA 459) 3
Landscape Construction II (AA 46D, 461) 6
History & Literature of Landscape Architecture (AA 356, 357)............................ 6
Landscape Structures (AA 366)............................. 3
Fifth Year
Landscape Design (AA 589)........................................................................................ 24
Ethics & Practice (Landscape) (AA 433, 434, 435) 3
City Planning II (AA 499).......................................................................................... 6
Seminar in Planning & Housing (AA 508) or Seminar in Planning Adminis·
tration (AA 507) 6
During the three upper-division years, the student must complete 6 term
hours of work in sculpture or painting and 9 term hours in electives outside the
school.
The curriculum in landscape architecture is accredited by the American Society
of Landscape Architects.
Graduate work is offered in landscape architecture, leading to the degree of
Master of Landscape Architecture, and in urban planning, leading to the degree of
Master of Urban Planning. The graduate program in urban planning is described
below.
Urban Planning. The University off-ers a program of graduate study leading
to the degree of Master of Urban Planning, for students interested in professional
careers in city planning and in the planning of other areas affected by urbanization.
The program usually requires two years for completion. It is interdisciplinary
in approach, including studies in urban geography, land economics, state and local
government, statistics, sociology, etc., in addition to studies in physical plaIming,