Landscape Architecture

2024-25 catalog

Advisor: Christopher Strunk, Associate Professor
B.A., Wesleyan University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Minnesota

Augustana is affiliated with the Department of Landscape Architecture at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in offering a coordinated degree program through which a student can earn a B.A. from Augustana and a M.L.A. in Landscape Architecture from the University of Illinois. The 3-3 cooperative program normally requires three years of study at Augustana College followed by three years at the University of Illinois. The program is designed to integrate an undergraduate education with a professional education.

Students should major in geography at Augustana to be considered for admission to the University of Illinois Master of Landscape Architecture Program at the completion of three years at Augustana. During these first three years participating students are expected to complete all general education requirements, 30 credits of required geography classes (especially GEOG-323 Urban Geography and Community Planning), a good distribution of preparatory course-work — including BIOL-140 Organisms to Ecosystems, BIOL-386 Ecology, ART-101 Drawing, GRD-225 Introduction to Graphic Design – and recommended supporting courses, and a minimum of 90 semester hours applicable toward graduation. Geography senior inquiry research (GEOG-472/473) is not required.

Since all general education requirements for the Augustana degree and most of the geography major must be completed before transferring to the University of Illinois, students interested in this coordinated degree program should meet with the advisor early in the first year of study to plan a schedule of courses. Special attention should be paid to the number of 300 and 400 level classes taken in the first three years at Augustana. Students should work closely with the advisor since completion of these requirements alone does not guarantee admission to the University of Illinois. Admission to the University is based on grade-point average (minimum 3.0, but Augustana advises 3.2), recommendations and test scores.

Students should initiate the application procedure in the fall term of their junior year. After satisfactorily completing one year of study at the University of Illinois and satisfying the Augustana graduation requirements, the student will be awarded the Bachelor of Arts degree by Augustana. Upon satisfactory completion of the requirements for the master’s degree, the student will be awarded the degree of Master of Landscape Architecture by the University of Illinois.

Grade Point Average Notation: All courses listed in the catalog as required courses for any major and/or minor, including those courses outside of the department or with a different subject coding, are considered part of the major and will count in the grade point average. Recommended supporting courses that are optional and not required may also count in the major depending on the program. For more information see your department chair or the degree requirements for Bachelor of Arts and information on Majors/Minors.