The Landscape Architecture Program offers the BLA degree and promotes sustainable landscape planning, design and restoration, with particular emphasis on the urban environs. The Program is committed to providing leadership in confronting issues that affect urban neighborhoods, particularly those in need of revitalization. Our program meets the needs of Landscape Architecture students who are pursuing a first professional undergraduate degree. The Program provides a comprehensive professional education that develops the knowledge, skill, and vision necessary for students to understand contemporary global issues and to address the varied needs of society.
At the core of the Landscape Architecture Program are planning and design studios where students
focus on the development of responses and solutions to site problems and opportunities. The goal
is to challenge students to create site-appropriate designs, as well as to enhance the value and
sustainability of places.
The program, leadership, faculty and students are committed to working with the local communities that provide “real world problems with real clients” so that students learn through experiencing real world challenges and opportunities while providing the local and regional communities with invaluable community service that also successfully responds to the university and the school mission. Because of this focus on “real world” sustainable design and planning projects, the Program was awarded a Schuylkill Action Network (SAN) Educational Sector Source Water Protection Award (2006).
A share of teaching is provided by highly qualified part-time adjunct professors. These professionals
not only bring an invaluable diversity to the program, but also are highly committed to the students
and the profession.
Our graduates demonstrate a strong sense of professional ethics, a posture of professional leadership, and a dedication to advancing the knowledge of the landscape architecture profession.
Formal internships are available as well as part-time employment in Philadelphia’s numerous
world-renowned professional firms. There are numerous study abroad opportunities as well.
Our BLA Program is fully accredited by the Landscape Architecture Accreditation Board (LAAB).