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Capstone Project Studio

Students collaborating around a desk on a project
ARCH X 472.15D

The final design class culminates in a self-directed project that demonstrates compentency in site selection, analysis, programing a site, conceptualizing a design, and rendering a final conceptual design proposal booklet.

Typically Available
Summer
Duration
As few as 12 weeks
Units
10.0
Current Formats
Hybrid
Cost
Starting at $2,553.00

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What you can learn.

Plan and coordinate the work process for carrying out a landscape design project of significant scale and scope
Generate solutions to complex design issues using both deductive and inductive thinking processes
Identify and develop conceptual models, diagrams, etc., applying site analysis, context, precedents, and other relationships/research, in order to explore and test solutions to design issues
Incorporate skills, techniques, theory, and design processes that demonstrate minimum professional proficiency in landscape architecture theory, design and graphics
Present an original design solution graphically and verbally and a booklet documenting the design process and the solution

About This Course

The Capstone Project Studio is an intensive course in which students develop a comprehensive and creative final design project that reflects their special interests and demonstrates the theory, skills and knowledge acquired over the two-and-a-half prior years of study in the Landscape Architecture Program. Students select individual projects and complete the Capstone Studio Project in 12 weeks. Small studio groups meet twice weekly under instructor guidance to review their work in progress. Class sessions include discussion of design theory and process, programming, design concepts and graphic communication. The student prepares for weekly critiques and meets milestones. Completed projects are presented before instructors, guidance committee members and local professionals at approximately week 11.
Prerequisites
X 472.15C Capstone Project Seminar.

Summer 2026 Schedule

Date
Details
Format
 
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Sunday, Monday, Thursday, Saturday
Instructor:
REG#
408235
Fee:
$2,553.00
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UCLA Extension Lindbrook Center in Westwood
Remote Classroom
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Notes

No meetings July 2; September 7, 2026
Attendance at in-person class meetings is mandatory per the LATC credentialing of this program.
Course format is a combination of live-online and in-person class meetings. 
Required in-person class meetings on July 11; August 15, 2026
Restricted course. This course has an application associated with it. Once an application is submitted, the program office will review and give permission to enroll.  
Visitors not permitted. Internet access required.

Deadline
Refunds only available from April 27, 2026 to July 05, 2026
Schedule
Type
Date
Time
Location
Lecture
Mon Jun 22, 2026
6:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
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Lecture
Thu Jun 25, 2026
6:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
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Lecture
Mon Jun 29, 2026
6:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
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Discussion
Mon Jul 6, 2026
6:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
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Discussion
Thu Jul 9, 2026
6:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
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Lecture
Sat Jul 11, 2026
1:00PM PT - 5:00PM PT
UCLA Extension Lindbrook Center in Westwood
UCLA Extension Lindbrook Center 204AB
Lecture
Mon Jul 13, 2026
6:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
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Lecture
Thu Jul 16, 2026
6:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
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Lecture
Mon Jul 20, 2026
6:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
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Lecture
Thu Jul 23, 2026
6:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
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Lecture
Mon Jul 27, 2026
6:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
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Lecture
Thu Jul 30, 2026
6:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
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Lecture
Mon Aug 3, 2026
6:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
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Lecture
Thu Aug 6, 2026
6:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
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Lecture
Mon Aug 10, 2026
6:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
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Lecture
Thu Aug 13, 2026
6:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
Lecture
Sat Aug 15, 2026
1:00PM PT - 5:00PM PT
UCLA Extension Lindbrook Center in Westwood
UCLA Extension Lindbrook Center 204AB
Discussion
Mon Aug 17, 2026
6:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
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Discussion
Thu Aug 20, 2026
6:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
Discussion
Mon Aug 24, 2026
6:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
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Discussion
Thu Aug 27, 2026
6:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
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Discussion
Mon Aug 31, 2026
6:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
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Discussion
Thu Sep 3, 2026
6:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
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Discussion
Thu Sep 10, 2026
6:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
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Discussion
Sat Sep 12, 2026
9:00AM PT - 2:00PM PT
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Discussion
Sun Sep 13, 2026
9:00AM PT - 2:00PM PT
Remote Classroom

This course applies toward the following programs

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.