Four Year Plan
Semester 1
LAR 101 & URI 101 (2)
LAR 201 - Survey of Landscape Architecture (3)
PLS 150 - Plant Biology for Gardners (3)
CHM - Chemistry (3-4)
MTH 111 - Precalculus (3)
COM 100 - Communication Fundamentals (3)
Total Credits: 17-18
Semester 2
LAR 202 - Origins of Landscape Development (3)
WRT - Writing (3)
ART 207 - Drawing I (3)
GEG 101 - World Geography (3)
(Gen Ed) (3-4)
Total Credits: 15-16
Semester 3
*LAR 243 - Landscape Architecture Graphics (4)
*LAR 353 - Landscape Plants I (3)
CPL 410 - Fundamentals of Community Planning (3)
PLS 200 - Introduction to Plant Protection (4)
(Gen Ed or Sup Elec) (3-4)
Total Credits: 17-18
Semester 4
*LAR 244 - Basic Landscape Architecture Design (4)
*LAR 300 - Computers in Landscape Architecture (4)
*LAR 354 - Landscape Plants II (3)
(Gen Ed) (6-7)
Total Credits: 17-18
Summer Internship LAR 399 - Landscape Architecture Internship (3)
Semester 5
*LAR 301 - Landscape Expression (4)
*LAR 343 - Landscape Architecture Studio I (4)
*LAR 345 - Landscape Construction I (4)
CPL 434 - Environmental Law (3)
Total Credits: 15
Semester 6
*LAR 302 - Applied GIS for Landscape Architecture (3)
*LAR 344 - Landscape Architecture Studio II (4)
*LAR 346 - Landscape Construction II (4)
Supporting Elective (3)
Total Credits: 14
Summer Internship LAR 399 - Landscape Architecture Internship (3)
Semester 7
*LAR 443 - Planting Design (4)
*LAR 444 - Landscape Architecture Studio III (4)
CPL 538 - Site Planning (3)
Supporting Elective (3-4)
Free Electives (3)
Total Credits: 14-18
Semester 8
*LAR 445 - Landscape Architecture Studio IV (4)
*LAR 447 - Professional Landscape Architectural Practice (3)
*LAR 450 - Landscape Architecture Portfolio Development (1)
Free Electives (3-4)
L/F (Gen Ed) (3-4)
Total Credits: 14-16
Student profiles
Jared Sell, ‘12
Hometown: Framingham, MA
The biggest surprise for Jared about URI so far - his professors. “I have never met a group of teachers who care more about their students than they do. They go the extra mile and it really shows.” The best part of his experiences in URI’s landscape architecture program so far - sophomore year. “You go into the year knowing very little about the profession, and you come out being able to draw and design. It’s the first time in my education that I can see the learning process and my progress over a semester.” No doubt, his two internships at Walt Disney World haven’t hurt either. In Disney’s horticulture department, he did various landscaping jobs at the Epcot Center, Downtown Disney, and eight other properties. The following year, he returned to Disney as a landscape architecture intern, and worked alongside the professionals who help make the magic every day. It’s no wonder that Jared wants to create a little magic of his own - designing a uniquely interactive landscape that offers educational experiences to all age groups.
Stephen Crisafulli, ‘13
Hometown: Woonsocket, RI
Imagine sitting in a light, bright studio with skylights and sails overhead, listening to music, as your ideas are transformed into original designs on paper. That’s the aspect of URI’s landscape architecture program that Stephens likes the most. The part that surprises him the most is just how driven and dedicated his professors are, and not just the ones in landscape architecture. During the school year, he may spend his off-hours as a sandwich architect at a local restaurant, but his summer internships have really given him a chance to practice his classroom learning in the real world. At a design/build firm owned by a URI alumnus, he’s learning construction details and does custom stonework, grading, irrigation, plantings, design and more. As part of the grounds crew at a local country club, he’s learning the basics of maintaining an upscale golf course and about plant and turf diseases and how to treat them. All these experiences put together have inspire his career goal - design his own golf course and complete most of the work with classmates.
