Learning Abroad Center

Learning Abroad in Landscape Architecture

Study Landscape Architecture and learn from industry experts. Gain an international perspective on Landscape Architecture. Pick up language and culture skills by studying in another exciting part of the world.

Department Recommendations

Prospective Landscape Architecture Students

Ensure that the Landscape Architecture courses you propose taking abroad meet University of Minnesota Landscape Architecture course requirements (some may not). Your academic adviser will work with the Landscape Architecture Program Director to help you try to obtain approval once you are admitted to the Landscape Architecture program.

Landscape Architecture Track

Be sure to meet with your academic adviser to fill out an Academic Planning Form.

Internship Requirement

Consult with your academic adviser to discuss how to fulfill your internship requirement. This should be done during the planning process prior to the study abroad experience.

Liberal Education

You can fulfill liberal education requirements while abroad. Decide early which requirements you want to satisfy through courses taken abroad, so you don't fulfill them on campus. Consult the Learning Abroad Center's U Credit Abroad Search to find courses that have already been evaluated, or to submit courses online to be evaluated for liberal education requirements.

Landscape Design & Planning Track

Be sure to meet with your academic adviser to fill out an Academic Planning Form.

Best time to go abroad

  • Any summer or May session
  • Possibly a semester with careful and early planning
  • Year 3 spring semester or Year 4 fall semester

Internship Requirement

Consult with your academic adviser to discuss how to fulfill your internship requirement. This should be done during the planning process prior to the study abroad experience.

Liberal Education

You can fulfill liberal education requirements while abroad. Decide early which requirements you want to satisfy through courses taken abroad, so you don't fulfill them on campus. Consult the Learning Abroad Center's U Credit Abroad Search to find courses that have already been evaluated or to submit courses online to be evaluated for liberal education requirements.

Be aware that study abroad courses may not meet multiple requirements

  • Some University of Minnesota courses are approved to meet multiple requirements. For example, one course may count toward your liberal education requirements AND meet a requirement in your major. Study abroad courses may not meet multiple requirements. 

Upon Return from Study Abroad

  • Meet with your academic adviser to discuss the study abroad return process and to go over re-entry resources to help you make your learning abroad experience a meaningful component of your academic and career pathway.

Programs

Africa

Senegal

Wakanda & Black Liberatory Futures: Exploring Afrofuturism in Senegal

  • Summer Session 2024, Dakar, Senegal; open to all students
  • Immerse yourself in Senegal's cultural environment and meet with Senegalese community members in a variety of industries and learn innovative, creative ways to help heal our communities, promote abolitionist principles, and advance collective liberation
  • Using historical and modern-day research methods, Afrofuturist and Pan-Africanist movements, community engagement, and cross-disciplinary approaches, engage in the design research process to tackle emerging community issues that directly oppress Black communities throughout the United States
  • This program is led by Terresa Moses, Assistant Professor of Graphic Design and Director of Design Justice in the College of Design and Simone Gbolo, Statewide Director Louis Stokes North Star STEM Alliance, Office for Equity and Diversity. This course is approved for DES 4403/5503.
  • Consult with your academic adviser to see if this program will meet major or minor degree requirements

Asia and Oceania

Australia

Study & Intern in Sydney

  • This program is available each semester
  • Students complete a 6-credit internship, which allows them to integrate with Australians, experience the local culture first-hand, and gain professional skills
  • Students to focus on job training, career networking, and resume building in an international setting

University of Melbourne (available through IFSA Australia)

  • Offered each fall and spring semester, academic year, and calendar year
  • Students may choose from courses throughout the university, including those in garden history and contemporary design, soil and water resources, turf grass science and management, and landscape studies

Singapore

Design & Food in Singapore

  • Winter Break 2024, Singapore; open to all students
  • Immerse yourself in Singapore, ranked as one of the world's best cities for street food. This course is an experiential introduction to principles of service design applied to the food industry in Southeast Asia
  • You will explore markets, farms and stores while engaging with local universities, companies, and organizations
  • This program is led by Barry Kudrowitz and Carlye Lauff, both professors in the department of product design in the College of Design, and is approved for PDES Major/Minor elective credit
  • This course can be tied to three Sustainable Development Goals: #2 Zero Hunger, #3 Good Health and Well-Being, and #11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
  • Consult with your academic adviser to see if this program will meet major or minor degree requirements

Europe

Greece

Capturing Greece: Color, Light, & Form

  • May Term 2024, Athens & Greek Islands, Greece; open to all students
  • Immerse yourself in Greece’s unique cultural environment to expand your vision and creativity. Travel to Athens and Tinos to observe and experience water, stone, and structure in a fresh way
  • Explore ancient architectural forms, uniquely evolved historic villages, and references to mythological and symbolic imagery
  • This program is led by Frances (Fancy) Trice is the Graphic Design Program Director in the College of Design, and is approved for the Arts & Humanities Liberal Education Core
  • Consult with your academic adviser to see if this program will meet major or minor degree requirements

Ireland

University Study in Ireland - University College Dublin

  • Offered each fall semester, spring semester, and academic year
  • Students may choose from classes throughout the university, including those in such subjects as horticulture, sports turf management, landscape management, and social & therapeutic horticulture

Italy

Design in Sicily

  • The Design in Sicily is a 7-week program offered in Siracusa, Italy during Summer Session. A College of Design instructor accompanies the program and teaches a 3-credit studio course open to all students. Earn 6-7 credits as you make Sicily your classroom. Consult with your academic adviser to see if this program will meet major or minor degree requirements
  • Engage in the design process with local and international designers through coursework and a collaborative practicum
  • Create visual projects in response to your Italian experience, honing your own sensibilities as a designer in the rich visual culture of Italy
  • Engage with the theme of how meaning is created through both the still and the moving image, and you will engage in hands-on explorations through a variety of forms of visual representation including drawing from observation and imagination, illustration, photography, video, and collage

United Kingdom, England

Study & Intern in London

  • Offered each fall and spring semester, academic year, and summer term
  • Students may take coursework plus a for-credit internship

University of Sussex (available through IFSA United Kingdom)

  • Offered each fall semester, spring semester, and academic year
  • Students enroll in courses in one of twelve colleges; seven are devoted to the arts and social sciences and five to the sciences and engineering

Additional Options to Consider

LAC Global Seminars

  • 3-week, 3-credit programs at the 3000-level led by University of Minnesota faculty and staff over winter break or May session.
  • Explore an exciting location and topic, Fulfill Liberal Education requirements, or earn major/minor credit.

LAC Freshman Seminars

  • Combine on-campus instruction during the spring semester with a study abroad component during spring break, on a 3 credits, 1xxx level Seminar.
  • Freshman Seminars Abroad are designed specifically for first-year students as an introduction to study abroad, an opportunity to explore an exciting location and topic, and likely fulfill a liberal education requirement.

Additional LAC Seminars

  • Check out additional LAC Instructor-led Seminars that might run over winter break, spring break, May, and summer sessions. They vary in length, dates, and content so students can find one that best fits their academic and professional goals.

Intensive Language Programs

  • Begin your language study or work toward completing requirements for a language minor.
  • Complete a semester of language on a short-term program or explore options to complete two or more semesters of language on semester-long program.