Bachelor of Landscape Architecture

The Bachelor of Landscape Architecture is a four-year nationally accredited professional degree program. The program is generalist, meaning it covers the major areas of practice and building from design basics to the advanced design studio experience, such as large-scale landscape planning; parks, recreation and open space planning; and regional, urban and community design. Clemson's program is noted for its special emphasis on the art and science of design. For that reason, the landscape architecture design studio experience is at the center of the program -45 hours of studio are required. Studio experience is supported by other courses inside and outside the landscape architecture curriculum that provide grounding in landscape history; horticulture; social, cultural and environmental issues; as well as aesthetics.

Students may also choose to focus elective credits on one of three emphasis areas:

• Cultural issues
• Environmental issues
• Professional development

The program's location in Lee Hall gives students the important opportunity to interact with faculty and other students in the allied areas of city and regional planning, real estate development, architecture, and construction science and management.

Click here to review our curriculum and program requirements.

Click here to download the 2020-2021 curriculum sheet.

• Our Fluid Campus offers study in Charleston, SC; Genoa, Italy; and Barcelona, Spain cultivating the understanding of diverse urban environments and cultures.
  
  
• You will work closely with faculty and communities as you engage in service learning projects. Recent projects include a playground design for the Greenville Zoo, a mill village revitalization project and a neighborhood park design. 
  
  
• You will have access to our Digital Design Shop and Materials Lab, which is the hub for student and faculty design investigations and experimentation with digital fabrications, cad/cam, and rapid prototyping. 

• The Clemson School of Architecture’s reputation assures employers that our graduates are prepared and ready to hit the ground running.

Your college decision isn't really about the next four years. We get it. It's about what doors are opened by your degree and whether those opportunities are what you had envisioned for yourself. Here's a snapshot of what life after graduation looks like for some of our most recent students.

Recent Employers and Job Titles

• Designer - Kimley-Horn
• Urban Designer - Metropolitan Nashville Planning Department
• Park Planner - Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission
• Landscape Architect - HGOR
• Landscape Designer - Norris Design

Recent Graduate Schools and Sought Degree Types

• Master of Landscape Architecture - University of Colorado
• Master of Science in Real Estate - Johns Hopkins University
• Master of Urban Design - Harvard University
• Master of Landscape Architecture - University of Illinois
• Master of Landscape Architecture - University of Texas

• Private Sector
• Small Landscape Architecture Practice
• Design and Build Firms
• Land Management and Regional Planning
• Small to Medium Interdisciplinary Firms
• Large Multidisciplinary Firms
• Real Estate Developers
• Public Sector
• National Park Service
• U.S. Forest Service
• Department of Natural Resources
• Local and State Planning Offices
• Public Works
• Local and State Parks and Recreation Offices
• County and State Park Service
• Army Corps of Engineers
• Design and Management
• Community Design
• Landscape Design
• Institutional Landscapes and Campus Planning
• Project Management
• Natural Resources Conservation
• Cultural Landscapes and Historic Preservation
• Ecological Restoration
• Real Estate Development
• Research
• Memorial and Cemetery Design
• Brownfields and Industrial Site Reclamation
• Wilderness Areas and Trails
• Recreational and Regional Open Space Systems
• Residential Garden Design
• Resort Design
• Theme Parks
• Urban Design

Learn more at your path to Landscape Architecture here.

Clemson University student chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects (CUASLA)

The Clemson University Student Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects (CUASLA) is an organization geared towards bringing together students studying the discipline of Landscape Architecture. The purpose of our organization is to facilitate meeting new people, both Clemson students as well as professionals, offer educational opportunities to our members through workshops, volunteering opportunities, and extracurricular trips, and to provide fun activities for its members.

Landscape Architecture
3-112 Lee Hall, Box 340512
Clemson University
Clemson, SC 29634-0512
Phone: 864-656-3926

Director of Landscape Architecture and Undergraduate Coordinator 
Associate Professor
Matthew Powers, Ph.D., ASLA
E-mail: powers8@clemson.edu

Graduate Coordinator of Landscape Architecture
Associate Professor
Paul Russell, ASLA
E-mail: russel5@clemson.edu

Administrative Coordinator
Michelle Marchesse
E-mail: marches@clemson.edu

Who signs forms? 

• Study abroad form, course to be taken elsewhere form or course substitution form, change of major form: Matt Powers
• Grade change form: Please see the professor teaching the class to initiate the grade change process. In addition to your professor, the form must also be signed by Matt Powers. Michelle Marchesse helps to coordinate this process. 

Who schedules classes (including drop/add)?

• Michelle Marchesse 
  
  

Who are the advisors for undergraduate majors?

• Students are advised by the Director of Landscare Architecture, Matt Powers and the Student Administrative Coordinator, Michelle Marchesse.

Who are the advisors for graduate programs?

• All new MLA students are advised by the Director of Landscape Architecture Graduate Programs, Paul Russell. After the first year, each MLA student will select an advisor. 

Who is the SC ASLA (American Society of Landscape Architects) Club Advisor? 

• Paul Russell

The World Design Studio is a collaboration between the Landscape Architecture Program, School of Architecture at Clemson University in the United States, the Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering at Ain Shams University in Egypt, and the Department of Landscape Architecture at Huazhong Agricultural University in China. The studio engages students worldwide to address globally important architectural and environmental issues that enrich design education through cross-cultural, interdisciplinary collaboration. The studio is open for enrollment on a semester-by-semester basis to students currently enrolled in architecture and landscape architecture programs worldwide.

The World Design Studio has achieved the highest level of recognition, reviews, and awards in national and international forums during the past decade. It has received recognition from prestigious organizations and dignitaries such as the Aga Khan Program at MIT, The National Geographic Society, the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture, the American Society of Landscape Architects, the Governor of the City of Luxor, and the Prime Minister of Egypt. The studio addresses urban design issues related to sustainable development, preservation, conservation, ecological restoration, rising sea levels, resiliency, mobility, and tourism in global settings.

World Design Studio Mission: As part of the School of Architecture, the WDS mission fosters transformational design and preservation leadership, shaping the environment of the 21st century for a better future.

The WDS is dedicated to: 

• Educating future architects, landscape architects, and urban designers through rigorous and expansive design education, integrating local and global understanding.
• Generating knowledge that addresses the significant challenges of the time through innovative, interdisciplinary research, practice, and scholarship.
• Advocating the improvement and preservation of built, natural, and social environments through design activism, public service, and public education.

For information about Application, Placement, Housing, Visas, and Tuition, please contact: Hala Nassar at hnassar@clemson.edu

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