Academic Units

Undergraduate - Landscape Design and Eco-Management

Jala Makhzoumi Coordinator of Landscape Design and Eco-Management Program

BS in Landscape Design and Eco-Management and the Diploma of Ingénieur Agricole

This is a specialized program offered by FAFS for training students in the design, implementation, and management of landscapes in natural, rural, and urban settings.

Curriculum for the BS Degree in Landscape Design and Eco-Management, and Diploma of Ingénieur Agricole1

Year I

First Semester
Credits
ARCH 100 Basic Design
4
LDEM 200 Landscape Technical Drawing
4
ENGL 203 Academic English
3
LDEM 209 Plant Biology
4
Humanities Elective  
3
   
Total
18
       
Second Semester
Credits
ARCH 112 Descriptive Drawing
3
ENGL 204 Advanced Academic English
3
LDEM 202 Landscape Design I
6
LDEM 211 Landscape Horticulture I
3
Humanities Elective  
3
   
Total
18
       
Summer Session
Credits
ACCT 210 Financial Accounting
3
LDEM 250 Computer Aided Design
3
   
Total
6
       

Year II

First Semester
Credits
CHEM 202 Introduction to Environmental Chemistry
3
LDEM 215 Introduction to Landscape Pests
3
LDEM 216 Landscape Design II
6
LDEM 217 Soils in the Landscape
3
MATH 204 Mathematics for Social Sciences
3
   
Total
18
       
Second Semester
Credits
ARAB 201A, 201B or higher2
3
BIOL 252 Ecology
4
LDEM 212 Landscape Horticulture I 
3
LDEM 246 Landscape Design III
6
   
Total
16
       

Year III

First Semester
Credits
LDEM 290 Professional Practice
3
LDEM 203 Environment and Sustainable Development
3
LDEM 204 Ecological Landscape Design I
6
Humanities Elective
3
   
Total
15
       
Second Semester (AREC)
Credits
AGSC 227 Surveying and Irrigation Principles
1
AGSC 265 Soil Fertility and Fertilizers
3
LDEM 228 Ecological Landscape Design II
6
LDEM 229 Turfgrass Culture, Machinery, and Management
3
LDEM 230 Water in the Environment
3
   
Total
16
       

Year IV

First Semester
Credits
LDEM 241 Final Year Project: Landscape Design
6
LDEM 245 Irrigation Methods for Landscape Design
3
LDEM 295 Landscape Seminar
1
MNGT 215 Management of Organizations
3
Humanities Elective
3
   
Total
16
       
Second Semester (AREC)
Credits
LDEM 227 Applied Plant Protection in Landscape
3
LDEM 242 Final Year Project: Landscape Implementation and Management
6
LDEM 296 Landscape Seminar
1
STAT 210 Elementary Statistics for the Sciences 3
FAFS Elective   3
   
Total
16
       

1 A minimum of 139 credits are required for graduation.
2 Dependent on Arabic Placement Test.

 
 
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