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Landscape Architecture & Horticulture

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For more than 40 years, our students have helped beautify Southern California.

Whether you're looking to create a career in landscape architecture and design, or a career in horticulture, we offer a robust series of course offerings.

Get skills for professional success with two certificates: the Landscape Architecture Certificate and the Horticulture Certificate. And if you're looking for a quicker, more focused study, take a look at our three specializations: Arboriculture, Gardening, and Plants for the Landscape.

 

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Design your career at one of the country's most respected programs.

All courses are designed to accommodate the schedules of busy working professionals, with classes offered conveniently in the evenings and on weekends.

You'll learn from academics and professionals currently working in the field, in a setting that allows you to build networks with colleagues and professionals.

And best of all, your UCLA experience will pave the way for a career in the horticulture and landscape architecture industry.

 
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Landscape Architecture & Horticulture

Programs

A certificate offers an in-depth study of a professional field. A specialization is a short series of courses to quickly gain knowledge in a focused area of study.
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Horticulture

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Horticulture

certificate Take your love of plants and turn it into a career. The Horticulture Certificate provides students with the foundational science behind maintaining plants and their environment. This program may be completed 100% online.

Take your love of plants and turn it into a career. The Horticulture Certificate provides students with the foundational science behind maintaining plants and their environment. This program may be completed 100% online.

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Landscape Architecture

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Landscape Architecture

certificate Whether you want to design a national park, or a modest, water-efficient backyard, landscape architecture can give you the skills and abilities to change the places you live, work, and play for the better. The profession of landscape architecture is a multidisciplinary field that weaves together design, environmental systems, sustainability, construction knowledge—as well as land and water conservation—to influence place making, and to create designed outdoor living spaces.

Whether you want to design a national park, or a modest, water-efficient backyard, landscape architecture can give you the skills and abilities to change the places you live, work, and play for the better. The profession of landscape architecture is a multidisciplinary field that weaves together design, environmental systems, sustainability, construction knowledge—as well as land and water conservation—to influence place making, and to create designed outdoor living spaces.

Landscape Architecture & Horticulture

Courses

ARCH X 493.992

AutoCAD 1

Gain an introduction to the essential basic commands of AutoCAD and their applications.
ARCH X 493.6

AutoCAD 2

This advanced course covers the basics of managing axial images' relationships, creating and editing 3-D drawings, file sharing, and external references, and file management for construction drawings.
ARCH X 496.21

Beginning Stormwater Management

This course showcases unique designs and describes the methods and calculations used to design stormwater BMPs for a site.
BIOLGY X 499.22

California Natives

California native landscapes are adapted to our climate, and provide habitat to many California native bees, birds, and mammals. Using native plants in a landscape can make a garden more resilient and drought tolerant.

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