Landscape Architecture/Regional and Community Planning

Head:

Dan W. Donelin

Director of graduate studies:

Dan W. Donelin - LA

Al Keithley - RCP

Academic Advisor:

Lisa Last

Graduate faculty:

Eric Bernard, MLA, Texas Tech University.
Laurence A. Clement, Jr., MLA, Kansas State University.
Dan W. Donelin, MLA, Michigan State University.
Lynn Ewanow, MLA, State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry.
Richard H. Forsyth, MLA, Harvard University.
Jeff Head, MLA, Kansas State University.
Timothy D. Keane, Ph.D., University of Michigan.
Melanie B. Klein, MLA, University of Colorado at Denver.
Dennis L. Law, MLA, Kansas State University.
Robert L. Page, MLA, Harvard University.
Stephanie A. Rolley, MCP, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Lee R. Skabelund, MLA, University of Michigan.
LaBarbara James Wigfall, MCRP, Harvard University.
William P. Winslow, III, MLA, University of Michigan.

The Department of Landscape Architecture/Regional and Community Planning offers a professional master of landscape architecture degree and a master of regional and community planning degree. The master of landscape architecture and master of regional and community planning are offered to nonbaccalaureate as well as post-baccalaureate students. Both the non-baccalaureate and postbaccalaureate masters’ degrees are accredited by their respective professional accrediting agencies. Graduates of the programs are in demand throughout the country in private practice, governmental service, and academic setting.

For more information

For additional information and application materials please contact:
Department of Landscape Architecture / Regional and Community Planning
MLA Program Director
Kansas State University
302 Seaton Hall
Manhattan, Kansas 66506-2909
785-532-5961
Fax: 785-532-6722
E-mail: la-rcp@ksu.edu (for post-bac MLA)
           mhersp@ksu.edu (for non-bac MLA)
Home Page: http://capd.ksu.edu/larcp/

Programs

Graduate Certificate

• •  Community Planning and Develpoment Graduate Certificate

Master of Landscape Architecture

• •  Landscape Architecture (M.L.A.)

Master of Regional and Community Planning

• •  Regional and Community Planning (M.R.C.P.)

Master of Science

• •  Community Development (M.S.)

Courses

Community Development

• •  CDPLN 601 - Orientation to Community Development
• •  CDPLN 610 - Introduction to Native Community Development
• •  CDPLN 611 - Building Native Communities and Economic Capacity
• •  CDPLN 612 - Indian Country Agriculture and Natural Resources
• •  CDPLN 613 - Youth Development in Native Communities
• •  CDPLN 614 - Wellness in Native Communities: Challenges and Opportunities
• •  CDPLN 615 - Role of Tribal Colleges in Economic Development
• •  CDPLN 620 - Ecological Economics
• •  CDPLN 621 - Sustainable Communities
• •  CDPLN 622 - Impact Analysis
• •  CDPLN 623 - Local Economic Analysis
• •  CDPLN 630 - Governance and the Community Development Process
• •  CDPLN 631 - Leadership for Change
• •  CDPLN 632 - Nonprofit Management
• •  CDPLN 633 - Grantwriting
• •  CDPLN 650 - Community Economic Development for the 21st Century
• •  CDPLN 655 - Land Development Planning
• •  CDPLN 699 - Special Studies in Community Development
• •  CDPLN 705 - Organizing for Community Change
• •  CDPLN 710 - Community Analysis
• •  CDPLN 715 - Principles and Strategies of Community Change
• •  CDPLN 720 - Community and Regional Economic Analysis
• •  CDPLN 725 - Community and Natural Resource Management
• •  CDPLN 880 - Topics in Community Development
• •  CDPLN 899 - Research in Community Development

Landscape Architecture

• •  LAR 500 - Site Planning and Design
• •  LAR 501 - Landscape Architecture Seminar I
• •  LAR 510 - Landscape Architecture Tech Module I
• •  LAR 520 - Landscape Architecture Tech Module II
• •  LAR 530 - Landscape Architecture Tech Module III
• •  LAR 540 - Landscape Architecture Tech Module IV
• •  LAR 550 - Landscape Architecture Tech Module V
• •  LAR 560 - Landscape Architecture Tech Module VI
• •  LAR 610 - Landscape Architecture Field Trip
• •  LAR 635 - Golf Course Planning and Design
• •  LAR 645 - Professional Internship Report
• •  LAR 646 - Community Planning and Design
• •  LAR 647 - Land Construction III
• •  LAR 648 - Landscape Architecture Specialization Studio
• •  LAR 650 - Landscape Architecture Seminar II
• •  LAR 652 - The Small Community in the Plains States
• •  LAR 655 - Landscape Architecture Professional Internship
• •  LAR 660 - Landscape Rehabilitation of Disturbed Lands
• •  LAR 700 - Project Programming
• •  LAR 703 - Landscape Architecture Off-Campus Studio
• •  LAR 704 - Environmental Landscape Planning and Design
• •  LAR 705 - Master’s Project and Report
• •  LAR 709 - Computer Applications in Landscape Architecture
• •  LAR 710 - Microcomputer Applications in Landscape Architecture
• •  LAR 720 - Public Lands and Natural Resources Law
• •  LAR 725 - Landscape Architecture Research Methods
• •  LAR 731 - Landscape Plant Field Studies I
• •  LAR 732 - Landscape Plant Field Studies II
• •  LAR 735 - Advanced Golf Course Planning and Design
• •  LAR 741 - Problems in Landscape Architecture
• •  LAR 742 - Topics in Italian Landscape Architecture
• •  LAR 744 - Community Planning and Design
• •  LAR 745 - Professional Practice
• •  LAR 746 - Urban Design Studio I
• •  LAR 748 - Natural Systems and Site Analysis
• •  LAR 749 - Planting Design
• •  LAR 750 - Landscape Architecture Seminar III
• •  LAR 752 - Landscape Architecture Materials and Methods
• •  LAR 756 - Design of Parks and Recreation Areas
• •  LAR 757 - Design for Special Populations
• •  LAR 758 - Land Resource Information Systems
• •  LAR 759 - Landscape Resource Evaluation
• •  LAR 760 - Composite Landscape Architecture Design Studio I
• •  LAR 761 - Composite Landscape Architecture Design Studio II
• •  LAR 762 - Composite Landscape Architecture Design Studio III
• •  LAR 763 - Composite Landscape Architecture Construction I
• •  LAR 764 - Composite Landscape Architecture Construction II
• •  LAR 765 - Composite Landscape Architecture Construction
• •  LAR 860 - Advanced Planting Design
• •  LAR 870 - Advanced Landscape Architecture
• •  LAR 880 - Advanced Landscape Architecture Construction
• •  LAR 898 - Thesis Proposal Writing
• •  LAR 899 - Research in Landscape Architecture

Regional and Community Planning

• •  PLAN 630 - Computer Applications in Planning and Design
• •  PLAN 631 - Computer Applications in Planning I
• •  PLAN 632 - Computer Applications in Planning II
• •  PLAN 633 - Computer Applications in Planning III
• •  PLAN 650 - Housing and Development Programs
• •  PLAN 655 - Land Development Planning
• •  PLAN 660 - Community Development Planning
• •  PLAN 661 - Community Development Workshop
• •  PLAN 699 - Special Studies in Planning
• •  PLAN 715 - Planning Principles
• •  PLAN 716 - Seminar in Planning
• •  PLAN 717 - Seminar in Grant Preparation
• •  PLAN 721 - Infrastructure Planning and Financing
• •  PLAN 731 - Solid Waste Planning and Management
• •  PLAN 740 - Small Community and Rural Area Planning
• •  PLAN 745 - Urban Design and Preservation Planning Theory
• •  PLAN 746 - Urban Design and Preservation Studio
• •  PLAN 747 - Urban Design and Preservation Field Study
• •  PLAN 748 - Urban Visual Analysis
• •  PLAN 752 - Physical Processes of Plan Implementation
• •  PLAN 753 - Planning Law
• •  PLAN 765 - Growth Management