The structured Landscape Contracting LSCPE program is very different today from what it once was. This excerpt from the University Bulletin explains what the University sees as the landscape contracting program.

Landscape contracting involves constructing, establishing, and maintaining landscapes from small residential projects to large commercial and industrial projects, as well as producing plans for small-scale residential and commercial sites. Students develop skills in construction, site design, plant material usage, plant establishment, and landscape maintenance. Students are also educated in areas such as graphics, surveying, soils, turfgrass management, weed and pest management, and in business operations.

Students are encouraged to obtain on-the-job experience in landscape contracting by working with a landscape maintenance or construction firm, or other related business. Credits for this experience are available for those who choose to enroll in an internship. A wide variety of opportunities exist for landscape contracting graduates. The may be employed by design/build firms, landscape management firms, landscape management firms, nurseries, or garden centers. Others may choose to work for municipalities, golf courses, parks, or botanical gardens.

GENERAL EDUCATION: 45 credits
(21 of these 45 credits are included in the REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MAJOR)
(See description of General Education in front of Bulletin.)

FIRST-YEAR SEMINAR:
(Included in GENERAL EDUCATION course selection)

UNITED STATES CULTURES AND INTERNATIONAL CULTURES:
(Included in GENERAL EDUCATION course selection)

WRITING ACROSS THE CURRICULUM:
(Included in REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MAJOR)

ELECTIVES: 7-14 credits

REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MAJOR: 92-99 credits
(This includes 21 credits of General Education courses: 3 credits of GWS courses; 3 credits of GA courses; 3 credits of GQ courses; 9 credits of GN courses; 3 credits of GS courses)

COMMON REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MAJOR (ALL OPTIONS): 74 credits

PRESCRIBED COURSES (71 credits)
CHEM 110 GN(3), GEOSC 020 GN(3), HORT 101 GN(3), LARCH 060 GA(3), MATH 026 GQ(3) (Sem: 1-2)
ACCTG 211(4), BIOL 110 GN(4), B LAW 243(3), HORT 120(2), HORT 137(3), SOILS 101 GN(3), SPAN 001(4) (Sem: 3-4)
B A 250(3), HORT 138(3), HORT 408(4), MKTG 220(3), TURF 235(3) (Sem: 5-6)
A S M 217(3), ENGL 202D GWS(3), HORT 131(3), HORT 410W(3), HORT 468(2), LARCH 241(3) (Sem: 7-8)

ADDITIONAL COURSES (3 credits)
AG EC 101 GS(3), ECON 002 GS(3), ECON 004 GS(3), or ECON 014 GS(3) (Sem: 3-4)

REQUIREMENTS FOR THE OPTION: 18-25 credits

DESIGN/BUILD OPTION: (25 credits)

PRESCRIBED COURSES (23 credits)
ART 020 GA(3), E G 010(1), HORT 220(3) (Sem: 3-4)
HORT 269(3), HORT 464(4) (Sem: 5-6)
HORT 368(4), HORT 466(5) (Sem: 7-8)

ADDITIONAL COURSES (2 credits)
Select at least 2 credits from ENT 313(2), ENT 314(1), HORT 409(1), PPATH 318(2), TURF 238(3) (Sem: 5-6)