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Landscape Design 2: Site Design

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ARCH X 471.1B

Learn how to analyze a site and create a program design that responds to the site and surroundings.

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Typically Available
Winter
Spring
Duration
As few as 11 weeks
Units
4.0
Current Formats
Hybrid
Cost
Starting at $1,069.00

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What you can learn.

Complete a site analysis and inventory
Apply a design program to a site
Use design processes to develop design concepts and solutions

About This Course

This course introduces the landscape architectural design process. Emphasizing process and concept development, students identify a problem and then use site inventory, analysis, program development and exploration to test solutions. Projects are small-scale sites—preferably actual and visitable, such as intimate courtyards, street plazas and pocket parks—and/or physically built (i.e., limited use of computer drafting, rendering and 3D modeling).
Prerequisites
ARCH X 471.1A Landscape Design 1: Site Design Basics and ARCH X 472.4E Design Graphics 2: Communication for Site Analysis, Conceptual and Site Design

Spring 2026 Schedule

Date
Details
Format
 
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Wednesday, Saturday
Instructor:
Jim Smith
REG#
407306
Fee:
$1,069.00
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Notes

Attendance at in-person class meetings is mandatory per the LATC credentialing of this program.
First class meeting is Sat. April 4 on UCLA Campus
No class meeting April 1; June 10
This hybrid section is made up of live online and In-person instruction
Visitors not permitted.
Internet access required.

Deadline
Refunds only available from February 02, 2026 to April 12, 2026
Schedule
Type
Date
Time
Location
Off-Site
Sat Apr 4, 2026
9:00AM PT - 12:00PM PT
UCLA
Rolfe Hall 3121
Lecture
Wed Apr 8, 2026
7:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
Lecture
Wed Apr 15, 2026
7:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
Lecture
Wed Apr 22, 2026
7:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
Lecture
Wed Apr 29, 2026
7:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
Lecture
Wed May 6, 2026
7:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
Lecture
Wed May 13, 2026
7:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
Lecture
Wed May 20, 2026
7:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
Lecture
Wed May 27, 2026
7:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
Lecture
Wed Jun 3, 2026
7:00PM PT - 10:00PM PT
Remote Classroom
Lecture
Sat Jun 13, 2026
9:30AM PT - 12:00PM PT
UCLA
Rolfe Hall 3121

This course applies toward the following programs

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Landscape Architecture

certificate

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.

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