Ranked 9th in the nation for undergraduate landscape architecture, the undergraduate program, accredited by the American Society of Landscape Architects, features four years of intensive, increasingly complex studio instruction. Service learning is incorporated throughout the four-year program, and students are required to complete a professional internship during their time at WVU. They are also encouraged to study abroad in programs like WVU’s Disegno Italia.
Another advantage for WVU’s landscape architecture students is the co-location of their program in a college with extensive offerings in areas such as horticulture, soil science and community development. The Davis College’s Horticulture program offers a landscape management emphasis in its major, along with a minor.
WVU’s Landscape Architecture program recently received approval to offer a master’s program in the discipline. It will begin accepting graduate students in the fall of 2010.