Landscape Architecture (B.L.A.)
Inspiring creative communities.
Landscape architecture is a challenging field that offers many career paths.
Landscape architects analyze, plan, design, manage and nurture the built and natural environments. They have a significant impact on communities and quality of life by designing parks, campuses, streetscapes, trails, plazas and other projects that help define a community.
Cultural and scientific knowledge is applied to the use and arrangement of natural and man-made elements with concern for resource conservation, stewardship and the environment. Graduates work in a wide variety of areas in the industry as designers and planners in public and private practice and as environmental designers and managers.
Is it for you?
This program will be a good fit if you:
- Enjoy the outdoors.
- Like to draw.
- Are interested in the natural environment.
- Are creative and imaginative.
- Enjoy working with your hands.
Career Opportunities
Explore possible career opportunities with this degree:
- Landscape architect
- Landscape contractor
- Community and urban planner
- Landscape construction manager
- Landscape artist
Recent Employers
Graduates have gone on to work at employers such as:
- Confluence Landscape Architecture
- James Valley Landscape Solutions
- State of South Dakota Conservation Forestry
- U.S. Forestry Service
- Kerry’s Landscaping
Internship Opportunities
We have provided the following internship opportunities:
- TerraSite Design – Rapid City
- Confluence – Sioux Falls
- Studio Outside – Dallas, Texas
- Vireo – Omaha, Nebraska
- Ayers Saint Gross – Baltimore, Maryland
Clubs & Organizations
We offer the following extracurricular clubs to participate in:
- American Society of Landscape Architects Student Chapter
- Landscape Architecture Club
