Auburn Bulletin 2023-2024

Horticulture — Pre-Landscape Architecture Track (HRTB)

Students who have successfully completed the first three years of the Pre-Landscape Architecture Emphasis and who have a minimum 2.8 cumulative GPA are eligible to apply to the Landscape Architecture Summer Design Studio. Students who have successfully completed the Summer Design Studio and who are approved by the Landscape Architecture Faculty Admissions Committee are eligible to make application to the Graduate School for the Master of Landscape Architecture Program upon the completion of the fourth year. Please see the Office of Academic Affairs in the College of Agriculture for further information.

Pre-Landscape Architecture Emphasis

Freshman
FallHoursSpringHours
HORT 1010 Introduction to Horticulture1BIOL 1030 Organismal Biology3
Core Mathematics1,23BIOL 1031 Organismal Biology Laboratory1
BIOL 1020 Principles of Biology3CHEM 1030 Fundamentals Chemistry I3
BIOL 1021 Principles of Biology Laboratory1CHEM 1031 Fundamental Chemistry I Laboratory1
ENGL 1100 English Composition I3ENGL 1120 English Composition II3
Core History I33Core History II or Core Social Science33
 14 14
Sophomore
FallHoursSpringHours
HORT 3000 Growth and Development of Horticultural Plants3HORT 2240 Plant Propagation3
HORT 3200 Woody Landscape Plant Identification I (Woody Landscape Plant Identification I)4HORT 3210 Woody Landscape Plant Identification II (Woody Landscape Plant Identification II)4
Core Literature I33Core Literature II or Core Humanities33
ECON 2020 Principles of Microeconomics or 2030 Principles of Macroeconomics3COMM 1000 Public Speaking3
CSES 2040 Basic Soil Science4 
 17 13
Junior
FallHoursSpringHoursSummerHours
HORT 4270 Intermediate Landscape Design4HORT 4100 Herbaceous Ornamentals4LAND 5030 Landscape Design Methods 3
ENTM 4020 Economic Entomology or 3040 General Entomology4PLPA 3000 General Plant Pathology4LAND 5040 Landscape Issues & Practices 3
CSES 3150 Turfgrass Management4Core Social Science3 
Core Fine Arts3HORT 5210 Landscape Bidding, Installation and Maintenance4 
 15 15 6
Senior
FallHoursSpringHours
LAND 5130 Studio I: Foundation Studio5LAND 5230 Studio II5
LAND 5131 Fieldwork I1LAND 5231 Fieldwork II1
LAND 5140 History, Theory, and Practice I: Landscape Architecture and Contemporary Urbanism3LAND 5240 History, Theory, and Practice II: Landscape Architecture and Contemporary Culture3
LAND 5150 Construction I: Landform & Hydrology3LAND 5250 Construction II: Materials & Detailing3
LAND 5160 Graphic Studies I3LAND 5290 Graphic Studies II3
 15 15
Total Hours: 124
1

Any core MATH course, except MATH 1100 may be chosen.

2

 Course may be 3 or 4 hours. 

3

All students must complete at least one literature course and a history sequence OR a literature sequence and at least one history course for a total of 12 hours in Humanities and 12 hours in Social Sciences.