An Introduction to Landscape Architecture Professor Jack Sullivan, FASLA University of Maryland Landscape Architecture Program This class examines the challenges that arise and the opportunities that are presented when human beings design on the land. The course studies the wide-ranging efforts in the field of landscape architecture, which can be thought of as the art and the science of designing, planning and managing the land. Landscape Architecture addresses issues that range from the planning the layout of entire new towns to the specific detailing of historic gardens. The garden will serve as a model for studying many components of landscape architecture. By studying multiple garden types, the class will engage thinking about form and design organization, user needs, and design elements. Issues related to the profession will be discussed throughout the semester, such as the stewardship of the land, natural resource protection, human behaviors in social spaces, community design, urban open space, urban revitalization, ecology, cultural and historic resources, and methods of design and construction. Lecture Presentations Syllabus Discussion  Assignments Slides Back to Classes