Continuing Education

Ecological Landscape Design

Gainful employment information as required by the Federal Department of Education

The courses for this 36-credit certificate program should be taken in the following order: Tools (T), then Design Studio (DS) and then Management (M).

AE2004 Soils (3 cr.) (T)
AE3107 Environmental Geology (T)
BY2235 Plant Communities (T)
IT3220 Computer Aided Design (T)*
OH2118 Woody Plant Identification I (2 cr.) (T)
OH2220 Woody Plant Identification II (2 cr.) (T)
OH3117 Herbaceous Plant Materials (2 cr.) (T)
OH3130 Major Native Landscapes (DS)
OH3205 Site Analysis and the Design Process (DS)
OH3213 Landscape Graphics (2 cr.) (DS)*
OH3216 History of Landscape Architecture (2 cr.) (M)
OH3217 Herbaceous Plant Materials II (2 cr.) (T)
OH4215 The Built Environment (DS)
OH4125 Ecological Landscape Management (M)

or

OH4230 Landscape Contracting and Bidding (M)

This course involves some chemistry.

* These courses require some experience/familiarity with computers and basic software packages.

Gainful Employment Information

Certificate in Ecological Landscape Design
Cost of Program 2011-12

Tuition & Fees

$18,002.00

Books & Supplies

$1,500.00

Living Allowance*

$10,842.00

Total Costs

$30,344.00

*Based on a full-time resident program, most students are non-resident part-time

Length of Program

Intended time to complete

4 semesters--two years based on a traditional 15 week semester

% of graduates who completed on time

70%

Employment (SOC codes)

The US Department of Labor’s Standard Occupational Classification code that the Certificate in Ecological Landscape Design prepares students to enter:

17-1012.00 Landscape Architects
 http://www.onetonline.org/link/summary/17-1012.00

Because the Ecological Landscape Design Certificate has several courses that provide training, the following would be of interest as well:

37-1012.00 Supervisors - Landscaping, Lawn Service & Groundskeeping Workers
http://www.onetonline.org/link/summary/37-1012.00

37-3011.00 Landscaping & Groundskeeping Workers
http://www.onetonline.org/link/summary/37-3011.00

For more information go to: http://www.onetonline.org

Debt

Median program graduate debt:

$11,000

Federal Loans

$9,500.00

Private educational loans

$1500.00

% of graduate that took federal loans

50%

% of students successfully repaying federal loans

100%