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DesignIntelligence Ranks ESF among the top Landscape Architecture Schools
In its 7th annual survey of America’s Best Architecture and Design Schools, LA ranks 12th for undergraduate programs, 9th for graduate programs.
Landscape Journal receives 2008 Communications Category Honor Award from the American Society of Landscape Architects.
The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching named George W. Curry as the 2008 New York Professor of the Year. Co-sponsored by the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), the award honors the country's outstanding undergraduate teaching faculty for their excellence in teaching and positive influence on the lives and careers of their students.
Onondaga County and the City of Syracuse proclaimed December 11th, 2008 as George W. Curry Day in recognition of his "passion and achievements in the areas of landscape architecture, urban design, historical preservation and public service" as well as for his inspiration of students at SUNY ESF.
The Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that demand for landscape architecture services will grow by an astonishing 16% by 2016, making ours the fastest growing of all design professions.
The Department of
Landscape Architecture
Since 1911 the Landscape Architecture program at SUNY-ESF has been educating practitioners and teachers, designers and planners, advocates and policy makers, who have contributed their careers to a viable, sustainable integration of natural and cultural communities. Today the program is stronger than ever. The reasons listed below are just a few of the many examples that show how ESF's program in Landscape Architecture offers many unique opportunities to its students.
Size and Diversity of Faculty
The SUNY-ESF program is the second largest in the United States, with 15 full-time faculty supported by several adjunct professors and visiting instructors. Faculty interests range from materials and construction to regional planning, from ecological planning to urban design, from theoretical landscapes to historic preservation.
Areas of Study
The large and diverse faculty offer not only a wide range of foundation courses necessary for professional preparation, but also four strong areas of study that encourage in-depth exploration in ecological design and planning, community design and planning, and cultural landscape conservation.
Relationship to Syracuse University
SUNY-ESF and Syracuse University reside on the same campus together. Students at SUNY-ESF may take courses from Syracuse University at no additional cost. This allows each institution to contribute to the programs of the other. As a result, students in landscape architecture not only benefit from the broad range of environmental science programs at SUNY-ESF, but also from the architecture, interior design, visual and performing arts, geography, anthropology, art history, foreign languages, and other programs at Syracuse University.
International Connections
Since 1970 the Landscape Architecture program has required a semester of off campus study for BLA candidates, and graduate
students are stronglyencouraged to take advantage of this program as well.The Department of Landscape Architecture is well traveled and has developed long-term contacts throughout Europe, Latin America,East Asia, and elsewhere. In recent years, graduate students have conducted independent research in Switzerland, Russia, Italy, Mexico, Czechoslovakia, Wales, Northern Ireland, Indonesia, Spain, and Canada.
