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THE PROFESSION
Ours is an expanding and ever-challenging profession. Landscape architects are involved in a diverse array of projects, ranging in scale and focus from community gardens, urban parks, residential developments, resort complexes, campuses, and commercial plazas to stream corridor restoration, urban transit corridors, and national park master planning, to name but a few. Employment Employment opportunities range from architectural and planning firms to local, regional, and federal agencies to academic institutions; many landscape architects are self-employed. Increasingly, landscape architects are asked to solve Increasingly, some of the most crucial environmental and social challenges of our time. We are often called upon to facilitate decision making within communities and to make critical land-use decisions. We understand, manage, and analyze increasingly complex volumes of information. We are advocates of the preservation and conservation of cultural and natural resources.
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Our professional mandate requires acute observational, analytical, and problem-solving skills. It also calls for a far-reaching far -reaching knowledge of design history and theory and construction materials and techniques; highly developed technical skills; and an unfailing commitment to the stewardship and conservation of natural and cultural resources. The The practice of landscape architecture requires a comprehensive and high-quality education.
THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE CERTIFICATE PROGRAM AT UC BERKELEY EXTENSION
Since the founding of UC Berkeley Extension’s Extension’s Landscape Architecture Architect ure Certificate Program just over 25 years ago, one of its primary goals has been to offer students with no prior background an educational experience that prepares them for entry-level positions in the profession, as well as for continued professional achievement and advancement. |
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Introductory courses in the certificate program are open to all. Successful completion of the program provides students with the essential knowledge and skills to pursue a career in landscape architecture, and provides the educational foundation needed to prepare for the state licensing exam. The Landscape Architecture Certificate Program is a comprehensive course of study that teaches students the design methodology required to solve complex spatial problems and helps them d evelop a diverse array of skills. The program aims not only to reflect the landscape architecture profession profession as it is currently practiced, but to anticipate changes so that students are well equipped to make relevant contributions throughout their careers. The curriculum encourages individual creativity and expression while emphasizing the practical applications of design solutions. In short, the program offers realistic exposure to the theory and practice of the profession. Specifically, our certificate program curriculum is Specifically, designed to develop • aesthetic sensitivity and environmental awareness • a thorough knowledge of historical precedent • a definable and defensible design methodology • the technical knowledge and skills necessary to
Extension’s certificate program is increasingly respected in the Bay Area design community. Students enrolled in the program gain valuable exposure to individuals already working in the industry and build professional portfolios that demonstrate the broad knowledge and skills that employers and clients expect.
OUR STUDENTS
Our students are dedicated, hard-working adults with a serious interest in making positive, responsible changes in the environment. Our program is structured to accommodate people with varying backgrounds in design, and students can enter the program with little or no design experience. The The majority of our students already have an undergraduate degree and are returning to school to make a career change. Most are working adults who enjoy the program's flexibility—the majority of our classes meet in the evenings or on weekends, so students can continue to work while earning their certificate. UC Berkeley Extension is a great place for international students who want to study landscape architecture in the San Francisco Bay Area, one of the world’s centers for innovative design. For more information about enrolling as an international student, visit the UC Berkeley Extension website at www.unex.berkeley.edu/intl. www.unex.berkeley.edu/intl.
compete effectively for entry-level jobs in both the public and private sectors The Landscape Architecture Certificate Program is certified in a formal process by the State of California’s Landscape Architects Technical Committee (LATC), which ensures its rigor, professionalism, and adherence to state requirements. Courses and instructors are reviewed regularly by UC Berkeley Extension to ensure that they meet UC Berkeley's high academic standards.
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The profession. The program.
OUR INSTRUCTORS
Our instructors are working professionals representing some of the most innovative landscape architecture architecture firms and well-respected public agencies in the region. They are dedicated to inspiring students with their enthusiasm and creativity and are able to bring their daily professional experiences directly into the classroom, resulting in a dynamic and relevant learning experience. SUZANNE ARCA,
B.A., is a certified horticulturist, landscape designer, and contractor with 27 years of experience in the field. She is owner of Suzanne Arca Design, a Bay Area design/build company. She also teaches for the horticulture department at Merritt College.
RON BENOIT,
MARNI BARNES, ASLA, LCSW, is principal of the landscape architecture and consulting firm Deva Designs. She is the co-author of Healing of Healing Gardens: Therapeutic Benefits and Design Recommendations, and recently designed the central courtyard for the Kaiser Medical Group.
ELIZABETH BOULTS,
TONI BAVA, M.L.A., is a landscape architect with 21 years of experience in design and is managing principal with Antonia Bava Landscape Architects, San Francisco.
M.L.A, has been self-employed for 40 years, including 18 years as an educator. His experience includes regional planning, commercial/industrial facilities, woodland revegetation, aquatic habitat restoration, erosion control, and landscape management. CARLISLE BECKER,
ASLA, is principal with Ron Benoit Associates, Palo Alto, with services including site planning, urban design, environmental analysis, revegetation programs, irrigation and planting design, and greenroof design. M.L.A., is a landscape architect specializing in the creation of small-scale artful environments. She has an extensive background in teaching, research, and theory. B.A., is a landscape, architectural, and urban designer with extensive professional and academic experience in the Bay Area. She has worked with Calthorpe Associates, Associate s, Catalyst, Catalyst, and Thomas Thomas Dolan Dolan Architectu Architecture re,, and taught taught at UC Berk Berkeley eley and California College of the Arts. The recipient of several awards for design excellence, she is currently principal at Catherine Chang Design Studio in Oakland. CATHERINE CHANG,
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JIM CHAPPELL, B.Arch., M.C.P., is president of Sa n Francisco P lanning a nd Urban Research Association (SPUR), Association (SPUR), the nationally nationally known known urban affairs affairs think tank. tank. He has lectured lectured on on and taught landscape architecture, architecture, and urban design for 35 years. CONwAy CHENG CHANG, M.A.,
works at the office of Peter Walker and Partners.
M.L.A., is a landscape architect with more than 10 years of professional experience. He has taught drawing and drafting for several years. EDMUND CHAU,
DOUGLAS GODFREy,
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M.L.A., is a landscape architect working with Royston Hanamoto
Alley & Abey Abey.. B.L.A., M.L.A.U.D., is a senior urban designer wi th EDAW, a landscape architecture and urban design firm in San Francisco. His expertise includes urban design, master planning, and transport infrastructure design. He has taught at Texas A&M University, and is the recipient of several design awards. LEwIS KNIGHT,
M.L.A., is a registered landscape architect with more than 24 years of experience in both the private and public sectors of the profession. He is currently the historic landscape architect with the Presidio Trust. MICHAEL LAMB,
M.L.A., has more than 30 years of experience worldwide in the planning and design of mixed-use and urban design projects. He is a registered landscape architect in three states and past president of both the ASLA-NCC and the BSLA. He also taught at Harvard University Graduate School of Design and Radcliffe College. TIMOTHy COPPOLA,
GARy QUIN ELLIS,
A.S., horticulturist and author, is a managing partner of a small design/
build company. VERA GATES, B.S., is a landscape architect in private practice, specializing in the custom design of private gardens.
M.L.A., ASLA, is project ma nager for Moore Iacofano Goltsman, B erkeley. He has taught a variety of courses at UC Berkeley Extension for over 10 years. TIM GILBERT,
M.L.A., ASLA, CLIA, has more than 30 years of landscape architecture, city planning, and landscape and irrigation construction experience. He is currently a planning and design consultant for Bay Area jurisdictions, conservation nonprofits, and private clients, with a focus on environmental planning and mitigation. He has also taught at the University of Washington and Oklahoma State University, is a licensed C-27 contractor, and writes and does research on equitable public resource allocations, sustainable parks design, and irrigation technology. technology. DAVID MANDEL,
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B.A.,, is partner and horticulturist, 2M Ass ociates, Berkeley. She als o B.A. teaches at UC Davis and Merritt College. JANE E. MILLER,
M.L.A., is a landscape architect and partner with the design firm 2M Associates,, Berkel Associates Berkeley ey.. His expertise expertise includes includes the develo developmen pmentt of master master plans and reve revegetagetation plans for trail systems and parkways throughout California. PATRICK MILLER,
B.A., is a graduate of the UC Berkeley Extension Certificate Program in Landscape Architecture. She has extensive design experience in landscape architecture, architecture, construction materials, and graphic production. MARy SwANSON,
ADvISORY BOARD MEMBERS JIM CHAPPELL,
president presi dent of San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association (SPUR)
TIMOTHy COPPOLA,
wINST ON J. D ONG JR ., AASLA, community designer/ planner, Urban Ecology Ecology DAVID EVANS,
founding partner, SFE Urban Design and Landscape Architecture
SUSAN GOLTSMAN, KATHy HOwARD,
M.L.A., has been a landscape architect with the City and County of San Francisco since 1986, where he has designed numerous urban parks and other urban public open spaces throughout the city. He has taught at UC Berkeley Extension since 19 1986. 86. JOHN F. THOMAS,
B.S., is a s enior designer at EDAW with more than 10 years of B.S., professional experience. CLARK wILLIAMS,
principal, Tabor Coppola and past president of ASLA-NCC and the BSLA
MICHAEL LAMB, JC MILLER,
FASLA, FAS LA, founding principal, Moore Iacofano Goltsman (MIG) (MIG),, Inc.
project manager, Merrill-Morris Part ners, Inc.
historic landscape architect for Presidio Trust
ASLA, principal, Royston Hanamoto Alley & Abey
TITO PATRI,
owner, Tito Patri & Associates
professor of landscape architecture, College of Environmental Design, University of California, Berkeley CHIP SULLIVAN,
FREE OPEN HOUSES AND EXHIBITS
Prospective students are invited to attend one of our information sessions, held twice a year. At these free presentations, instructors and staff are on hand to discuss course content, job prospects, and any questions relating to the program.
STARTING THE PROGRAM
In order to begin the certificate program, simply enroll in one or more of the required foundation courses or electives that don’t have any prerequisites. You You may begin the certificate program during any of Extension’s three terms. Required courses must be taken for a letter grade; if a course is taken on a not-for-credit basis, it cannot be applied toward completion of the certificate. We recommend that you register for the program before completing Studio L1: Environmental Design by completing the Certificate Registration Form (available in the Extension catalog and online at www.unex.berkeley.edu/cert/cert.pdf) and submitting it with the $100 registration fee. The certificate is awarded after the Landscape Architecture Certificate Program office, upon request, reviews your records to determine that you have satisfactorily completed all the requirements.
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TIME REQUIRED TO COMPLETE THE CURRICULUM
This is a professionally oriented program; consequently, standards and expectations of our students are extremely high. All courses in the program are demanding and require an extraordinary commitment of time and ene rgy. Spending 10 hours per week to complete homework in the foundation courses and more than 20 hours per week in the advanced courses is not uncommon. The majority of our students complete the required courses in four to five years of part-time study, taking one to three courses per term. A full-time, three-year course schedule is also available.
SUBSTITUTIONS AND WAIvERS
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Candidates may substitute an equivalent course or courses from another institution for one in this certificate program. The course must have been taken within the past 10 years with a B grade or better, cover substantially the same material as the required course, carry equivalent or more credit, and be from an accredited academic institution. To request a substitution, candidates should write to the Landscape Architecture office indicating which Extension course the substitution is being requested for and enclosing a course description, course outline, and official transcript indicating successful completion. In many cases a portfolio review will be required. The combined total of course substitutions and waivers should add up to no more than five courses.
PREPARATION FOR THE LICENSING EXAM
The State of California requires a license in order to practice and be recognized as a landscape architect. The regulating body of the profession is the Landscape Architects Technical Technical Committee (LATC), (LATC), which operates under the aegis of the California Department of Consumer Affairs’ Affairs’ Board of Architectural Examiners. The LATC administers the licensing exams, monitors professional practice in the state, and responds to public concerns. In order to ensure that UC Berkeley Extension’s Extension’s Landscape Architecture Certificate Program provides the necessary educational requirements for professional licensure, the LATC reviews the program every five years. This program has been continuously certified since its founding and is one of only two certified programs in landscape architecture in the nation (the other is at UCLA Extension).
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Upon completion of the program, a student will have successfully earned a portion of the qualification credit needed to take the landscape architecture licensing exam. Specifically,, if you have an undergraduate degree from an Specifically accredited university or college, four of the required six qualification credits are issued upon receipt of the certificate. The remainder of the qualification credits are completed by employment with a California licensed landscape architect, architect, or civil engineer. Note that the four qualification credits earned by receiving a certificate in landscape architecture from UC Berkeley Extension are the same as would be granted upon completion of an accredited academic degree program in landscape architecture.
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CURRICULUM
For complete descriptions of our courses and their prerequisites, visit the program Web site at extension.berkeley.edu/cert/land.html. Prerequisites
Students should be aware that if they do not have the proper prerequisites for any required course, they will not b e allowed to take that course. In particular, studio courses (Studios L1 through L5) need to be taken in the proper sequence with the required prerequisites.
Required Foundation Courses
Introduction to Landscape Architecture (fall, spring, summer) Principles and Elements of Design (fall, spring, summer) Gardens, Parks, and Urban Open Spaces I (fall) Gardens, Parks, and Urban Open Spaces II (spring) Landscape Graphics I (fall, spring) Landscape Graphics II (spring, summer) Spring Plants and Applications (or Summer Plants and Applications) (spring, summer) 10 |
Autumn Plants and Applications (fall) Studio L1: Environmental Design (fall) AutoCAD for Landscape Architecture: Level I (summer, fall)
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Studio L2: Project Planning and Design (fall) Construction Technology Technology I (spring) Construction Technology Technology II (summer) Planting Design (fall, spring) |
Advanced AutoCAD for Landscape Architecture: Level II (spring) Social Factors in Environmental Design (fall)
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CONTACT US
Professional Practice in Landscape Architecture (fall) Studio L3: Advanced Landscape Architectural Design (spring)
UC Berkeley Extension Landscape Architect Architecture ure Program: (415) 284-1070; .berkeley.edu/cert/land.html; .edu/cert/land.html; landarch@unex.
[email protected]. berkeley.edu edu extension.berkeley
Studio L4: Environmental Analysis and Design (fall)
For a free UC Berkeley Extension catalog, visit our online catalog at extension.berkeley.edu.
Studio L5: Site Planning Practicum (spring) Electives: 2 semester units
The curriculum. The courses.
ADvANCED COURSES ADvANCED
FOUNDATION COURSES Introduction to Landscape Architecture X25 (2 semester units in Landscape Architecture)
Spring Plants and Applications X444 (3 semester units in Landscape Architecture)
Studio L2: Project Planning and Design X406 (4 semester units in Landscape Architecture)
Social Factors in Enironmental Design X402 (2 semester units in Landscape Architecture)
Provides an orientation to landscape architecture as one of the environmental design professions and an exploration of the history of the field and the central ideas of the profession.
Presents a study of the design applications of trees, shrubs, and ground ground covers used in landscaping in Northern California, with an emphasis on plants valued for their spring foliage, color, blooms, or fruit.
Builds on knowledge acquired in Studio L1 and applies it to find solutions at the preliminary design phase for projects at a variety of scales.
Principles and Elements of Design X412.1 (4 semester units in Architecture)
Summer Plants and Applications X445 (3 semester units in Landscape Architecture)
Participants explore social factors in landscape design, such as the interaction of people and place, the relationship between designers and users, and methods of incorporating social research and data into the design process.
Teaches principles that are the foundation of good design: balance, harmony, rhythm, emphasis, contrast, and proportion. Students also learn how these principles interact with scale, form, color, and texture. Gardens, Parks, and Urban Open Spaces I X416 (3 semester units in Landscape Architecture)
Examines the development of the built environment and focuses on the interrelationship of landscape architecture, architecture, architecture, and urban design from primitive societies to the present. Gardens, Parks, and Urban Open Spaces II X418 (3 semester units in Landscape Architecture)
Continues to explore the interrelationship between landscape architecture, architecture, and urban design and examines the history of landscape architecture as a profession profession.. Landscape Graphics I X15 (1 semester unit in Landscape Architecture)
Introduces graphic communication methods unique to landscape architectural analysis, design, and client presentation. Landscape Graphics II X17 (1 semester unit in Landscape Architecture)
Continuation of Landscape Graphics I emphasizes sharpening visual thinking skills for applications where drawing is used to communicate ideas and images. Participants explore illustration techniques for plans and elevations.
Presents a study of the design applications of trees, shrubs, and ground ground covers used in landscaping in Northern California, with an emphasis on plants valued for their summer foliage, color, blooms, or fruit. Autumn Plants and Applications X446 (3 semester units in Landscape Architecture)
Presents a study of the design applications of trees, shrubs, and ground ground covers used in landscaping in Northern California, with an emphasis on plants valued for their autumn foliage, color, blooms, or fruit. Studio L1: Enironmental Design X116 (2 semester units in Landscape Architecture)
Provides an introduction to site-specific design projects, both large- and small-scale. Participants are introduced to basic design vocabulary and approaches and to concepts of spatial order, scale, complexity, perception, and visual thinking. AutoCAD for Landscape Architecture: Leel I X428 (2 semester units in Landscape Architecture)
Introduces participants to CAD techniques to create landscape architectural drawings using a computer. Software specific to the needs of landscape architects, such as Architectural Desktop and Land Desktop, is explored on a limited basis.
Construction Technology Technology I X404 (4 semester units in Landscape Architecture)
Covers grading, drainage, and erosion control. Participants learn about structures appropriate to grading solutions (retaining walls, curbs, etc.) and develop grading skills for both earth forms and hard surfaces. Construction Technology Technology II X405 (4 semester units in Landscape Architecture)
Covers drainage conveyances, irrigation systems design, and technical design and specification of structures, with an emphasis on design criteria, materials and methods of construction, and designer designer-contractor -contractor documentation requirements. Planting Design X401 (3 semester units in Landscape Architecture)
Provides an overview of the history of planting in environmental design and explores concepts of site analysis, client/user analysis, and schematic design through discussions of such concepts as plant massing, proportion, texture, scent, illusion, and seasonal changes. Adanced AutoCAD for Landscape Architecture: Leel II X433 (2 semester units in Landscape Architecture)
Lectures, demonstrations, and one-on-one assistance reinforce students’ ability to create landscape architectural designs using AutoCAD 2006 for Windows. This course expands on topics covered in AutoCAD for Landscape Architecture: Level I.
Professional Practice in Landscape Architecture X427 (2 semester units in Landscape Architecture)
Explores the role of the la ndscape architect in contemporary society by examining current forms of practice and emerging trends in the profession. Key topics include contractual relationships, ethical responsibilities, office management, and promotion. Studio L3: Adanced Landscape Architectural Design X408 (6 semester units in Landscape Architecture)
Provides instruction in advanced landform and planting design, design detailing, preparation of working drawings, and presentation graphics. Builds on knowledge acquired in Studio L1 and Studio L2. Studio L4: Enironmental Analysis and Design X407 (4 semester units in Landscape Architecture)
Emphasizes a multidisciplinary design approach by integrating data from the natural sciences, economics, sociology, and other fields that influence the design and development of the landscape. Studio L5: Site Planning Practicum X409 (6 semester units in Landscape Architecture)
Provides detailed guidance on the preparation of a comprehensive set of contract documents for a site planning project. Participants focus on such issues as marketing, project management controls, licensing, and construction administration.
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