HISTORY AND THEORY OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE I.

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Traces landscape planning and design from pre-history through Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Islamic and Medieval gardens to Italian, French, and English landscape approaches, culminating in the mid-19th century. Relates landscape design to societal, cultural, technological and belief systems of each period. Culminates in the contemporary history of the profession from Andrew Jackson Downing to the present day. The growth and development of the profession, professional education, the environmental movement, large scale regional land planning and significant landscape architectural projects of the past century and a half. Course also offered as ARCH 4353 , credit will only be granted one. Prerequisite: UDES 2303 and LARC 4300 or ARCH 2303 and ARCH 2304 . Restricted to Sustainable Urban Design, Architecture, and Interior Design majors.