# Environmental and Sustainability Sciences and Landscape Architecture, BS (Boston)
**Source**: https://catalog.northeastern.edu/undergraduate/science/marine-environmental/environmental-sustainability-sciences-landscape-architecture-bs/
**Parent**: https://catalog.northeastern.edu/undergraduate/arts-media-design/architecture/
Complete all courses listed below unless otherwise indicated. Also complete any corequisite labs, recitations, clinicals, or tools courses where specified and complete any additional courses needed beyond specific college and major requirements to satisfy graduation credit requirements.
## Universitywide Requirements
All undergraduate students are required to complete the [Universitywide Requirements](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/undergraduate/university-academics/university-wide-requirements/).
## NUpath Requirements
All undergraduate students are required to complete the [NUpath Requirements](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/undergraduate/university-academics/nupath/).
## Environmental and Sustainability Sciences Requirements
Course List
| Code | Title | Hours |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Environmental and Sustainability Sciences Required Courses | | |
| *Core Courses* | | |
| [EEMB 2302](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=EEMB%202302 "EEMB 2302") and [EEMB 2303](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=EEMB%202303 "EEMB 2303") | Ecology and Lab for EEMB 2302 | 5 |
| [ENVR 1200](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=ENVR%201200 "ENVR 1200") and [ENVR 1201](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=ENVR%201201 "ENVR 1201") | Dynamic Earth and Lab for ENVR 1200 | 4 |
| or [ENVR 2200](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=ENVR%202200 "ENVR 2200") | Earth's Changing Cycles | |
| [ENVR 1400](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=ENVR%201400 "ENVR 1400") and [ENVR 1401](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=ENVR%201401 "ENVR 1401") | Foundations in Environmental and Sustainability Sciences and Lab for ENVR 1400 | 5 |
| [ENVR 2515](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=ENVR%202515 "ENVR 2515") | Sustainable Development | 4 |
| Complete one course from each category: | | |
| *Skills* | | *4-5* |
| [ENVR 1500](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=ENVR%201500 "ENVR 1500") and [ENVR 1501](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=ENVR%201501 "ENVR 1501") | Introduction to Environmental, Social, and Biological Data and Lab for ENVR 1500 | |
| [ENVR 3300](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=ENVR%203300 "ENVR 3300") and [ENVR 3301](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=ENVR%203301 "ENVR 3301") | Geographic Information Systems and Lab for ENVR 3300 | |
| *Earth, Oceans, and Environmental Change* | | *4-5* |
| [ENVR 2310](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=ENVR%202310 "ENVR 2310") and [ENVR 2311](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=ENVR%202311 "ENVR 2311") | Earth Materials and Lab for ENVR 2310 | |
| [ENVR 3125](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=ENVR%203125 "ENVR 3125") | Global Oceanic Change | |
| [ENVR 3600](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=ENVR%203600 "ENVR 3600") | Oceanography | |
| [ENVR 5150](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=ENVR%205150 "ENVR 5150") | Climate and Atmospheric Change | |
| [ENVR 5600](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=ENVR%205600 "ENVR 5600") | Coastal Processes, Adaptation, and Resilience | |
| [ENVR 5670](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=ENVR%205670 "ENVR 5670") | Global Biogeochemistry | |
| *Conservation, Restoration, and Management* | | *4* |
| [EEMB 2400](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=EEMB%202400 "EEMB 2400") | Introduction to Evolution | |
| [EEMB 3460](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=EEMB%203460 "EEMB 3460") | Conservation Biology | |
| [EEMB 4001](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=EEMB%204001 "EEMB 4001") | Landscape and Restoration Ecology | |
| [ENVR 5220](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=ENVR%205220 "ENVR 5220") | Ecosystem-Based Management | |
| [ENVR 5700](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=ENVR%205700 "ENVR 5700") | Streams and Watershed Ecology | |
| *Sustainable Planning and Development* | | *4* |
| [ENVR 3150](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=ENVR%203150 "ENVR 3150") | Food Security and Sustainability | |
| [ENVR 3200](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=ENVR%203200 "ENVR 3200") | Water Resources | |
| [ENVR 5210](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=ENVR%205210 "ENVR 5210") | Environmental Planning | |
| [ENVR 5350](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=ENVR%205350 "ENVR 5350") | Sustainable Energy and Climate Solutions | |
| [ENVR 5450](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=ENVR%205450 "ENVR 5450") | Applied Social-Ecological Systems Modeling | |
| [ENVR 5800](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=ENVR%205800 "ENVR 5800") | Climate Adaptation and Nature-Based Solutions | |
| *Environment and Society* | | *4* |
| [ENVR 5750](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=ENVR%205750 "ENVR 5750") | Urban Ecology | |
| [POLS 2395](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=POLS%202395 "POLS 2395") | Environmental Politics and Policy | |
| [PPUA 5260](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=PPUA%205260 "PPUA 5260") | Ecological Economics | |
| [SOCL 2485](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=SOCL%202485 "SOCL 2485") | Environment, Technology, and Society | |
## Landscape Architecture Requirements
Course List
| Code | Title | Hours |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [ARCH 1110](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=ARCH%201110 "ARCH 1110") | Fundamental Architectural Representation | 4 |
| [ARCH 1120](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=ARCH%201120 "ARCH 1120") | Fundamental Architectural Design | 6 |
| [LARC 2130](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=LARC%202130 "LARC 2130") | Sustainable Urban Site Design | 6 |
| [LARC 2230](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=LARC%202230 "LARC 2230") | Introduction to Sustainable Site Planning and Design | 4 |
| [LARC 2330](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=LARC%202330 "LARC 2330") | Cities, Landscape, and Modern Culture | 4 |
| [LARC 2340](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=LARC%202340 "LARC 2340") | Cities, Landscape, and Contemporary Culture | 4 |
| [LARC 2430](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=LARC%202430 "LARC 2430") | Plants, People, and Landscape Change | 4 |
## Landscape Architecture Electives
Course List
| Code | Title | Hours |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Complete three of the following: | | 12-14 |
| [ARCH 3351](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=ARCH%203351 "ARCH 3351") | Architecture Topics Abroad: Theory | |
| [ARCH 3352](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=ARCH%203352 "ARCH 3352") | Architecture Topics Abroad: Drawing | |
| [ARCH 3370](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=ARCH%203370 "ARCH 3370") | Advanced Topics in Architectural History | |
| [ARCH 3450](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=ARCH%203450 "ARCH 3450") | Advanced Architectural Communication | |
| [ARCH 4850](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=ARCH%204850 "ARCH 4850") | Urban and Architectural History Abroad | |
| [LARC 2240](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=LARC%202240 "LARC 2240") | Sustainable Site Construction and Detailing | |
| [LARC 2440](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=LARC%202440 "LARC 2440") | Planting Design | |
| [LARC 3170](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=LARC%203170 "LARC 3170") | Landscape Planning and Urbanism Studio | |
| [LARC 5210](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=LARC%205210 "LARC 5210") | Landscape Ecology | |
| [LARC 5220](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=LARC%205220 "LARC 5220") | Sustainable Landscape Practices | |
| [LARC 5310](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=LARC%205310 "LARC 5310") | Urban Landscape Seminar | |
| [SUEN 6210](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=SUEN%206210 "SUEN 6210") | Implementation and Visualization for Urban Environments 1 | |
| [SUEN 6220](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=SUEN%206220 "SUEN 6220") | Implementation and Visualization for Urban Environments 2 | |
## Capstone/Integrative Course
Course List
| Code | Title | Hours |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Complete one of the following: | | 4 |
| [ENVR 4997](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=ENVR%204997 "ENVR 4997") | Senior Thesis | |
| [LARC 5120](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=LARC%205120 "LARC 5120") | Comprehensive Design Studio | |
| [LARC 5210](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=LARC%205210 "LARC 5210") | Landscape Ecology | |
| [ENVR 4050](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=ENVR%204050 "ENVR 4050") | Solving Emerging Environmental Challenges through Capstone | |
## Environmental and Sustainability Sciences and Landscape Architecture Major Credit Requirement
Complete a minimum of 84 semester hours in the major.
## Program Requirements
132 total semester hours required
## Four-Years, Two Co-ops
| Year 1 | | | | | | | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| [LARC 2430](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=LARC%202430 "LARC 2430") | 4 | [ARCH 1110](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=ARCH%201110 "ARCH 1110") | 4 | Elective | 4 | Elective | 4 |
| [ENVR 1400](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=ENVR%201400 "ENVR 1400") and [ENVR 1401](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=ENVR%201401 "ENVR 1401") | 5 | [ARCH 1120](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=ARCH%201120 "ARCH 1120") | 6 | [ENGW 1111](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=ENGW%201111 "ENGW 1111") | 4 | Elective | 4 |
| [ENVR 2200](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=ENVR%202200 "ENVR 2200") | 4 | [EEMB 2302](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=EEMB%202302 "EEMB 2302") and [EEMB 2303](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=EEMB%202303 "EEMB 2303") | 5 | | | | |
| Elective | 4 | [EEAM 2000](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=EEAM%202000 "EEAM 2000") | 1 | | | | |
| | 17 | | 16 | | 8 | | 8 |
| Year 2 | | | | | | | |
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| [LARC 2130](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=LARC%202130 "LARC 2130") | 6 | [LARC 2340](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=LARC%202340 "LARC 2340") | 4 | Elective | 4 | Co-op | 0 |
| [LARC 2230](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=LARC%202230 "LARC 2230") | 4 | [ENVR 3300](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=ENVR%203300 "ENVR 3300") and [ENVR 3301](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=ENVR%203301 "ENVR 3301") | 5 | Elective | 4 | | |
| [LARC 2330](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=LARC%202330 "LARC 2330") | 4 | LARC elective | 4 | | | | |
| ENVR elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | | | | |
| | 18 | | 17 | | 8 | | 0 |
| Year 3 | | | | | | | |
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| Co-op | 0 | ENVR elective | 4 | [ENGW 3314](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=ENGW%203314 "ENGW 3314") | 4 | Co-op | 0 |
| | | ENVR elective | 4 | Elective | 4 | | |
| | | ENVR elective | 4 | | | | |
| | | LARC elective | 4 | | | | |
| | 0 | | 16 | | 8 | | 0 |
| Year 4 | | | | | | | |
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | | | | |
| Co-op | 0 | [ENVR 2515](https://catalog.northeastern.edu/search/?P=ENVR%202515 "ENVR 2515") | 4 | | | | |
| | | Capstone | 4 | | | | |
| | | ENVR elective | 4 | | | | |
| | | LARC elective | 4 | | | | |
| | 0 | | 16 | | | | |
| Total Hours: 132 | | | | | | | |