Our STEM-certified curriculum pairs studio courses with history, technology, planting design, environmental science, and professional practice courses to support the comprehensive learning experience of the student. Students engage in a variety of hands-on, project-based courses, often on interdisciplinary teams with the BS Architecture students, that encourage them to seek sustainable solutions to complex urban environments on topics ranging from small sites to parks to urban infrastructure and coastal resilience. Boston, the home of Frederick Law Olmsted, is an ideal city in which to study landscape architecture and we take advantage of our location by interacting frequently with many local landscape professionals, city officials, and community groups as well as take frequent visits to the parks, rivers, beaches, and public spaces the city and surrounding area has to offer.
The Bachelor of Landscape Architecture is a four-year program and includes a required one semester co-op, which allows students to gain real-world experience in landscape architecture that aids them in both their academic development and in professional advancement. There are also numerous opportunities to take semesters or summer courses abroad. Students may also be interested in our combined majors with Environmental Engineering or Environmental and Sustainability Sciences.
Learning Outcomes
Students who graduate from Northeastern University with a degree in architecture, architectural studies or landscape architecture will be able to:
- Utilize design processes and two- and three-dimensional representation skills for deciphering, communicating, and shaping the built environment.
- Analyze the reciprocal influences among global socio-cultural and historical contexts, built environments, and the communities that inhabit them.
- Apply knowledge of design methods that ensure sustainability, resilience, health, safety, and welfare in the built environment.
- Acquire skills of communication and collaboration necessary for managing complex projects and working with diverse constituents.
- Demonstrate knowledge of fundamental constructions systems and how building technologies impact the built environment.
- Employ research methods to analyze and decipher complex environments.
- Identify the diverse range of professional practices and regulations applicable to designing the built environment.
- Understand the ethical responsibilities involved in designing the built environment.
The Bachelor of Landscape Architecture is currently non-accredited but undergoing initial candidacy review in Fall 2026. Please refer to Northeastern University’s Professional Licensure Disclosure page for state-by-state eligibility for licensure.
