<p>I'm currently enrolled in Community College and while taking the general education courses I'm trying to imagine what I might want to do after these 2 years. Among other possible majors I am interested in both landscape architecture and architecture. I have taken an architectural design course in high school but that is the extent of my knowledge in the classroom.</p>
<p>I don't feel like I understand enough about either after I have visited the ASLA and AIA websites. If anyone has any info on both or either one of these degrees I would really appreciate the info. Also it might be nice to hear from current students : )</p>
<p>I think it's more about what you'd like your legacy to be. Do you want to leave behind buildings or landscapes? Of course there's a lot of variety in landscape architecture, but I'd expect some interest in plants and gardening. With an interest in architecture I'd expect some interest in the shaping of interior space.</p>
<p>That helped me think about what I want and I suppose after some thought I would lean heavily towards landscape architecture. I really care about the open space that is shared by us all though I do have a particular interest in architectural forms. Is there ever a time when someone gets to fulfill the roles of a landscape architect and an architect in their career?</p>
<p>Hi,
One of the things my son did to determine which path he felt fit him best was to go to some of the college's websites and look at the curriculum requirements of each of the areas. By reading the brief synopsis of the course offerings (shoot you can just tell what is being taught by the titles really) it may help you to see what are the differences are. He is going into Landscape architecture at Virginia Tech so I know a bit more about what he is going to be taking. </p>
<p>mathmom's right, a bit of horticulture/hydrology in the later years, landscape design studios second year on, but Virginia Tech puts all of their design kids (industrial, interior, architecture and landscape) together for their first two semesters of 6 hour Foundation classes. They want them all to have the same base. Just from what I remember, it seems that the LARCH route, at least at Tech, offered a bit more room in the student's schedule to take related (or not) electives. It may not be that way everywhere.</p>
<p>Check out some of the schools that you saw on the ASLA and AIA sites and compare. He kind of zeroed in on just a couple from the getgo. If you go to Virginia</a> Tech | Invent the Future and then the College of Architecture and Urban Studies link, you can find an undergrad checklist of both program's 156 hours of credits. It really helped him to see what he did/didn't want. Good luck to you!</p>