Educational Mission
The mission of the Department of Landscape Architecture is to foster sustainable relationships between people and their environment. Fundamental to this commitment is the belief that design skills forged from a deep understanding of the intrinsic physical and aesthetic characteristics of natural processes is the best way to help people conserve, rebuild and steward the natural and cultural places within which their lives and communities unfold.
The Department pursues this mission through teaching, carrying out research, and actively working with communities to develop and apply place-based solutions to local and regional landscape issues. Specifically, the department:
Teaches students to use ecological thinking as the basis for artistic design.
Develops new knowledge about the interrelationships between human and natural systems through scholarly and applied research.
Helps communities and public groups understand, shape and manage local places using participatory thinking and incremental planning.
Collaborates with other professionals within and outside of the University to seek effective design solutions to landscape issues.
Fosters design literacy based on ecology, technology, history, behavior, place theory and art.
Teaches students a working knowledge of Minnesota's natural and cultural ecosystems.
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