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Course descriptions provided by the 2026-2027 Catalog.
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- Schedule of Classes - October 15, 2026 7:07PM EDT
Classes
LA 1420
Course Description
This course applies fundamentals of landscape design to small-scale site-planning projects. Work in the studio introduces students to the design process, design principles, construction materials, and ... view course details
LA 2020
Course Description
Focuses on the role of materials and natural systems in design at multiple scales. Design strategies, theory and vocabulary in landscape architecture and allied disciplines are explored within ... view course details
LA 3020
Course Description
This studio builds upon prior course work with an expectation that participants can creatively manipulate the program and conditions of a site or area, with increased emphasis on contemporary technology. ... view course details
LA 3180
Course Description
This course intends to establish a solid base of technical knowledge about the physical and performative characteristics of traditional building materials and emerging alternatives realted to landscape ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one laboratory. Combined with: LA 6180
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Credits and Grading Basis
5 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR
- Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
Instructors
McMahon, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
LA 4020
Course Description
Community and ecological infrastructure design studio. view course details
LA 4030
Course Description
Working with the instructor and their faculty advisor, students create a written and visual document that describes the student's directed study intent. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LA 6030
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Credits and Grading Basis
1 Credit Sat/Unsat(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
LA 4070
Course Description
This course explores the urban ecological design movement as an interdisciplinary combination of ecological science and sustainable design innovation. Students research contemporary relationships between ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LA 6070
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
LA 4080
Course Description
Landscape maintenance and management are critical but often overlooked and undervalued aspects of design. Increasingly, calls for more attention to and funding for ongoing landscape maintenance and management ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LA 6080
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
LA 4100
Course Description
Designed to develop a working knowledge of AutoCAD as a tool for design and construction documentation. Explores the link between AutoCAD, Adobe Create Suite and Microsoft Office softwares. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LA 5100
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
LA 4120
Course Description
This course presents the student with an understanding of the emerging role of the professional landscape architect. The course helps students choose a type of practice and introduces the problems and ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LA 6120
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Credits and Grading Basis
2 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
LA 4830
Course Description
Topical lecture series and seminars with a different subject and method each time it is offered. Enrolled students will submit written responses to the presentations given, evaluating the content delivered ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LA 5830
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Credits and Grading Basis
1 Credit Sat/Unsat(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
LA 4930
Course Description
The course centers the historical intersection of industrialization, environmentalism, and urbanism in the so-called Second World. It explores the 20th-century history of urban ecological design, focused ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LA 6930
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
LA 4940
Course Description
The instructor(s) of the course are drawn from the permanent and visiting faculty who may either broadly or narrowly define the course’s scope and content. Topics vary each semester. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LA 6940
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
LA 4941
Course Description
This course addresses pertinent issues relative to the subject of History of Landscape Architecture, Rural Development, and Urbanism. The instructor(s) of the course are drawn from the permanent and visiting ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LA 6941
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
LA 4970
Course Description
Work on special topics by individuals or small groups. view course details
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-5 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
Students from all Colleges must submit a College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) Special Studies Form (https://cals.cornell.edu/undergraduate-students/student-services/academic-resources/special-studies-academic-policies-and-petitions-and-forms/undergraduate-special-studies-enrollment-non-structured-credit). Upon approval, students are responsible for enrolling themselves with a permission number.
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LA 4980
Course Description
Designed to give qualified undergraduates experience through actual involvement in planning and teaching courses under the supervision of department faculty members. view course details
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
Students from all Colleges must submit a College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) Special Studies Form (https://cals.cornell.edu/undergraduate-students/student-services/academic-resources/special-studies-academic-policies-and-petitions-and-forms/undergraduate-special-studies-enrollment-non-structured-credit). Upon approval, students are responsible for enrolling themselves with a permission number.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
LA 4990
Course Description
Permits outstanding undergraduates to carry out independent research in landscape architecture under academically appropriate faculty supervision. Research goals should include description, prediction, ... view course details
Project Session Full.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-5 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Directed Research
Students from all Colleges must submit a College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) Special Studies Form (https://cals.cornell.edu/undergraduate-students/student-services/academic-resources/special-studies-academic-policies-and-petitions-and-forms/undergraduate-special-studies-enrollment-non-structured-credit). Upon approval, students are responsible for enrolling themselves with a permission number.
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LA 5020
Course Description
Studio course emphasizing the design process and principles ingenerating design ideas, concepts and plans. The course focuses on the aestheties and functionality of site-specific design. view course details
LA 5060
Course Description
Intermediate-level course focusing on modes of landscape representation from ideation to presentation. Representation modes may include freehand, process drawing, and analysis and orthographic drawing; ... view course details
LA 5090
Course Description
The MPS Research Design Studio provides MPS students in Landscape Architecture with foundational knowledge in design research theories, methods and tools through readings and discussion, research problem ... view course details
LA 5100
Course Description
Designed to develop a working knowledge of AutoCAD as a tool for design and construction documentation. Explores the link between AutoCAD, Adobe Create Suite and Microsoft Office softwares. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LA 4100
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
LA 5460
Course Description
From Alphaville and Beirut to Birnin Zana, Dawson City, Liverpool, Los Angeles, Megasaki City, Mexico City, New York, Paris, Rome, Seoul, Shenyang and Tehran, this seminar explores films that treat cities—some ... view course details
LA 5830
Course Description
Topical lecture series and seminars with a different subject and method each time it is offered. Enrolled students will submit written responses to the presentations given, evaluating the content delivered ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LA 4830
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Credits and Grading Basis
1 Credit Sat/Unsat(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
LA 5900
Course Description
This seminar is intended to provide Landscape Architecture Students (as well as Architecture, Planning students) with knowledge of the most relevant histories, theories and critical discourses related ... view course details
LA 5960
Course Description
In this course, students participate in an experiential learning opportunity relevant to the student's focus of study or career goals in landscape architecture. A Landscape Architecture faculty member ... view course details
LA 6020
Course Description
This studio builds on prior course work with an expectation that participants can creatively manipulate the program and conditions of a site, with increased emphasis on contemporary technology and 'best' ... view course details
LA 6030
Course Description
Working with the instructor and their faculty advisor, students create a written and visual document that describes the student's directed study intent. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LA 4030
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Credits and Grading Basis
1 Credit Sat/Unsat(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
LA 6070
Course Description
This course explores the urban ecological design movement as an interdisciplinary combination of ecological science and sustainable design innovation. Students research contemporary relationships between ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LA 4070
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
LA 6080
Course Description
Landscape maintenance and management are critical but often overlooked and undervalued aspects of design. Increasingly, calls for more attention to and funding for ongoing landscape maintenance and management ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LA 4080
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
LA 6120
Course Description
This course presents teh student with an understanding of the emerging role of the professional landscape architect. The course helps students choose a type of practice and introduces the problems and ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LA 4120
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Credits and Grading Basis
2 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
LA 6180
Course Description
This course intends to establish a solid base of technical knowledge about the physical and performative characteristics of traditional building materials and emerging alternatives realted to landscape ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one laboratory. Combined with: LA 3180
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Credits and Grading Basis
5 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
-
Class Number & Section Details
-
Meeting Pattern
- TR
- Jan 25 - May 11, 2027
Instructors
McMahon, M
-
Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
LA 6930
Course Description
The course centers the historical intersection of industrialization, environmentalism, and urbanism in the so-called Second World. It explores the 20th-century history of urban ecological design, focused ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LA 4930
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
LA 6940
Course Description
The instructor(s) of the course are drawn from the permanent and visiting faculty who may either broadly or narrowly define the course’s scope and content. Topics vary each semester. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LA 4940
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
LA 6941
Course Description
Offered in both Fall and Spring semesters. Topical subjects in landscape architectural theory and history. Includes group study of topics not considered in other courses. Counts toward history/theory ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LA 4941
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
LA 7020
Course Description
This advanced design studio provides students in the final year of the graduate program in Landscape Architecture with the opportunity to work on complex, real-time projects. The overarching goal of this ... view course details
LA 8900
Course Description
Independent research, under faculty guidance leading to the development of a comprehensive and defensible design or study related to the field of landscape architecture. Work is expected to be completed ... view course details