LA at Cornell University

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 2020Medium of the Landscapeopens 1 course (1 directly)
• LA 5050Graphic Communication Iopens 1 course (1 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 15 LA and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 56 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.

• 3 courses deep, ending at LA 3010

  1. LA 2010Medium of the Landscape
  2. LA 2020Medium of the Landscape
  3. LA 3010Integrating Theory and Practice I

• 3 courses deep, ending at LA 5060

  1. LA 5010Composition and Theory
  2. LA 5050Graphic Communication I
  3. LA 5060Graphic Communication II

• 2 courses deep, ending at LA 4010

  1. LA 3020Integrating Theory and Practice II
  2. LA 4010Urban Design Studio

• 2 courses deep, ending at LA 4920

  1. LA 4910Creating the Urban Eden: Woody Plant Selection, Design, and Landscape Establishment
  2. LA 4920Creating the Urban Eden: Woody Plant Selection, Design, and Landscape Establishment

Grade medians

Teaching in Fall 2026

Instructors on LA sections in Fall 2026, from the registrar's schedule.

• Aaron Sexton
• Anna Darling
• Anne Weber
• Jamie Vanucchi
• Josh Cerra
• Maria Goula
• Maria Taylor
• Martin Hogue
• Mitchell Glass
• Valerie Aymer

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under LA yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

LA does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Cornell campus feed.