What is the mission of the Program of Landscape Architecture – Service Component?
Our mission is to be a regional leader in sustainable planning and site design. Our mission can be accomplished by providing municipalities objective, multi-disciplinary state-of-the-art planning expertise. We promote and encourage collaborative research with an emphasis on “real world” projects as they apply to sustainable development. Does the Program of Landscape Architecture have other components? Yes, a teaching component. Our program is the only nationally accredited Program of Landscape Architecture in the state. We have four tenured faculty members, three adjunct instructors and eighty students majoring in landscape architecture.Do you work with other agencies and groups when you develop plans? Yes. Some of the groups we work with include: The Department of Environmental Protection, Department of Transportation, United States Department of Agriculture, National Park Service and the Green Valley Institute Are you the only state group that offers land-planning expertise? No, ther
