Course Descriptions

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Check out the Department’s general course descriptions on our main website. Detailed descriptions of current and upcoming courses, as well as a tentative list of the full year of course offerings, also are posted on the wall outside of Lawrence 230.

For the most up-to-date course listings by term, check the UO Schedule of Classes.


Spring 2025

Landscape Architecture Courses

LA 227 Intro to Landscape Architecture (Yekang Ko)
LA 289 Space and Place Making (Peter Olson and Sara Loquist)
LA 328 Spring Plants (Kelly Densmore)
LA 352 Intro to Visual Communications (Liska Chan and Peter Olson) Pre-LA Majors only
LA 390 Urban Farm (Harper Keeler)
LA 407/507 Sem Environmental Art (Kim Karlsrud)
LA 407/507 Sem Dsgn Wrtng Tactics (Caleb Melchior)
LA 407/507 Working with Novel Ecosystems (Daniel Phillips)
LA 408/508 Field-Work: Research for Cultural Landscapes (Noah Kerr)
LA 440/540 Intro Landsc Plan Ana (Yekang Ko)
LA 450/550 Adv CAD (Alaa Suliman Hamid)
LA 453/553 Landscape Media III (Jigisha Modi)
LA 453 ENVD LA Media III (Peter Olson) Environmental Design Majors Only
LA 466/566 LA Mat + Constr III (Arica Duhrkoop-Galas)
LA 472/572 Top Environmental Communication Theory: In Principle and Practice (David Buckley Borden)
LA 472/572 Top Overlook Seminar (TBA)
LA 472/572 Landscape Architecture of the North American West: Barbara Fealy (Mark Eischeid)
LA 503 Thesis (TBA)
LA 601 Research (TBA)
LA 603 Dissertation (TBA)
LA 605 Special Problems (TBA)
LA 606 Practicum (TBA)
LA 606 Prac Uni Teaching (TBA)
LA 621 Research Methods II (Gwynne Mhuireach)

Design Studios

LA 289 LA Arch Design (Peter Olson and Sara Loquist)
LA 439 LA Arch Des & Proc (John Anderson)
LA 489/589 Site Planning & Design (Alaa Suliman Hamid, Daniel Phillips)
LA 610 (699) Masters Terminal Project Clinic (Ellee Stapleton)
LA 639 Forest Ranch: Natural Area Planning and Design Studio (Jeff Krueger)


Summer 2025

Landscape Architecture Courses

All Courses

LA 390 Urban Farm (Harper Keeler)
LA 408/508 Overlook Practicum (Karen Karlsrud)
LA 608 Wrk LA Foundations (Jeff Krueger, Sarah Loquist, Peter Olson)
LA XXX Title (TBA)

Fall 2025

Landscape Architecture Courses

LA 260 Understanding Landscapes (Alaa Hamid)
LA 326 Plants: Fall (Kelly Densmore)
LA 350 LA Media Analogue (Caleb Melchoir)
LA 390 Urban Farm (Harper Keeler)
LA 410 Found Lec ENVD Studio (Kory Russel)
LA 413/513 Analyzing Land Systems (Gwynne Mhuireach)
LA 441/541 Principal of Applied Ecology (Ellee Stapleton)
LA 450/550 Advanced Landscape Media Title (Ignacio López Busón)
LA 451/551 Landscape Media I (TBA)
LA 451/551 ENVD Landscape Media Introduction to Visual Communications (Peter Olson)
LA 464/564 Materials I: Fall Plants & Ecosystems (Arica Duhrkoop-Galas )
LA 474/574 History of Landscape Arch I (Laurie Matthews)
LA 609 (610) Terminal Project Masters Clinic (Yekang Ko)

Design Studios

LA 439 Land Arch Des & Proc Reimagining Agate Playground (Honeyman, Joan)
LA 639 Land Arch Des & Proc Coastal Natures (Ignacio López Busón)
LA 489/589 Site Planning & Design Title(David Phillips) Register for PHANTOM studio during priority registration
LA 489/589 Site Planning & Design Title (Alaa Suliman Hamid) Register for PHANTOM studio during priority registration
LA 494 Land Planning & Design Comprehensive Project I  (Mark Eischeid)
LA 694 Land Planning & Design (TBA)


Winter 2026

Landscape Architecture Courses

LA 301 Environmental Design Careers Section 1 Section 2 (Ben Shirtcliff) ENVD Majors Only
LA 337 Top Pacific NW Forest (Arica Duhrkoop-Galas)
LA 337 Des Sustainable World (Kory Russel)
LA 350 LA Media Analogue (Caleb Melchior)
LA 390 Winter at Urban Farm (Harper Keeler)
LA 407/507 Sem Spatial Justice Park and Open Space Equity (Ellee Stapleton)
LA 407/507 Sem Cultural Landscapes (Laurie Matthews)
LA 407/507 Sem National Parks (Noah Kerr)
LA 410/510 Sust Design Principles and Practice (Kory Russell) Asynchronous
LA 415/515 GIS in Landscape Architecture  (Junhak Lee) Asynchronous
LA 429/529 Civic Agriculture (Harper Keeler)
LA 450/550 Environmental Data Visualization (Junhak Lee) Asynchronous
LA 451/551 ENVD Landscape Media (Peter Olson) Asynchronous Lecture ENVD Majors Only
LA 452/552 Landscape Media II (Kim K)
LA 462/562 Professional Practice  (John Anderson)
LA  465/565 LA Materials & Construction Materials II (Arica Duhrkoop-Galas)
LA 475/575 History of Landscape Architecture II (Mark Eischeid)
LA 620 Landscape Research Methods (Gwynne Mhuireach)

Design Studios

LA 289 LA Arch Design (Sarah Loquist)
LA 289 LA Arch Design (Peter Olsen)
LA 289 Foundations II ENVD (Peter Olsen) ENVD Majors Only
LA 439/639 LA Arch Des & Proc Caminos Del Agua (Ignacio López Busón)
LA 489/589 Site Plan & Dsgn TBA  (Aala Hamid)
LA 489/589 Site Planning & Design TBA (David Philips)
LA 699 Masters Project (Noah Kerr)


Spring 2026

Landscape Architecture Courses

LA 227 Intro to Landscape Architecture (Yekang Ko)
LA 289 Space and Place Making (Peter Olson and Sara Loquist)
LA 328 Spring Plants (Kelly Densmore)
LA 352 Intro to Visual Communications (Liska Chan and Peter Olson) Pre-LA Majors only
LA 390 Urban Farm (Harper Keeler)
LA 407/507 Sem Environmental Art (Kim Karlsrud)
LA 407/507 Sem Dsgn Wrtng Tactics (Caleb Melchior)
LA 407/507 Working with Novel Ecosystems (Daniel Phillips)
LA 408/508 Field-Work: Research for Cultural Landscapes (Noah Kerr)
LA 440/540 Intro Landsc Plan Ana (Yekang Ko)
LA 450/550 Adv CAD (Alaa Suliman Hamid)
LA 453/553 Landscape Media III (Jigisha Modi)
LA 453 ENVD LA Media III (Peter Olson) Environmental Design Majors Only
LA 466/566 LA Mat + Constr III (Arica Duhrkoop-Galas)
LA 472/572 Top Environmental Communication Theory: In Principle and Practice (David Buckley Borden)
LA 472/572 Top Overlook Seminar (TBA)
LA 472/572 Landscape Architecture of the North American West: Barbara Fealy (Mark Eischeid)
LA 503 Thesis (TBA)
LA 601 Research (TBA)
LA 603 Dissertation (TBA)
LA 605 Special Problems (TBA)
LA 606 Practicum (TBA)
LA 606 Prac Uni Teaching (TBA)
LA 621 Research Methods II (Gwynne Mhuireach)

Design Studios

LA 289 LA Arch Design (Peter Olson and Sara Loquist)
LA 439 LA Arch Des & Proc (John Anderson)
LA 489/589 Site Planning & Design (Alaa Suliman Hamid, Daniel Phillips)
LA 610 (699) Masters Terminal Project Clinic (Ellee Stapleton)
LA 639 Forest Ranch: Natural Area Planning and Design Studio (Jeff Krueger)


Summer 2026

Landscape Architecture Courses Soon to Come

All Courses

LA xxx Title (TBA)
LA xxx Title (TBA)
LA xxx Title (TBA)
LA xxx Title (TBA)
LA xxx Title (TBA)