LA at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate LA coursework.

• LA 1112Landscape Representation IIopens 21 courses (4.6 directly)
• LA 2210Materials and Techniques of Landscape Constructionopens 15 courses (1.5 directly)
• LA 1120Studio I - Beginning Designopens 15 courses (1 directly)
• LA 2220Studio II - Site Based Designopens 14 courses (0.5 directly)
• LA 2222Studio III - Design for Implementationopens 13 courses (4.3 directly)
• LA 3322Studio V - Environmental Planning and Designopens 5 courses (1.2 directly)

The map

Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate LA work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.

Showing the 34 LA and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 13 more LA courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Concentration routes

The concentrations and majors that build on LA, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in LA. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 8 courses deep, ending at LA 4462

  1. LA 2214Site Engineering Techniques and Applications
  2. LA 3320Studio IV - Landscape Performance and Design
  3. LA 4461Senior Project Design Studio I
  4. LA 4462Senior Project Design Studio II

• 8 courses deep, ending at LA 5538

  1. LA 3322Studio V - Environmental Planning and Design
  2. LA 3312Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Applications for Design Projects
  3. LA 5538Advanced GIS Application to Projects

• 7 courses deep, ending at LA 5520

  1. LA 1110Landscape Representation I
  2. LA 1112Landscape Representation II
  3. LA 1120Studio I - Beginning Design

• 5 courses deep, ending at LA 5531

  1. LA 1110Landscape Representation I
  2. LA 1112Landscape Representation II
  3. LA 3310Landscape Representation III

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for LA yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under LA yet.

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Department events

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