The University of New Mexico

Program

The Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Planning + Design at the University of New Mexico is an undergraduate course of study connected to the graduate degrees in Community and Regional Planning and Landscape Architecture. Environmental Design is a systematic, creative way to influence and respond to dynamic changes occurring in neighborhoods, cities, and entire regions, throughout the world. Planners and landscape architects assist communities to formulate policies and plans to meet their social, economic, environmental, cultural and physical needs. Environmental design at UNM draws upon planning and landscape architecture to integrate human needs and natural systems.

In the American Southwest, human strategies for adapting to arid conditions have been evolving for thousands of years. They represent many different cultural perspectives, complex social histories, and rich practical learning that are vital for current and future survival. The Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Design at the University of New Mexico is an opportunity to engage in socially and environmentally relevant skill-building, and to address the issues of an evolving social and cultural landscape.

The Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Planning + Design is designed so that students complete a concentration in either Community and Regional Planning or Landscape Architecture. Students in the Bachelor’s of Environmental Design program take a total of:

  • 129 credits

For both the Planning and Landscape Architecture concentration, the core curriculum consists of:

  • 38 credits of UNM core courses as a prerequisite to the program
  • 39 credits of BAED core courses

Students in the Planning concentration complete an additional:

  • 15 credits of CRP core courses
  • 18 credits in a concentration area of either Environmental Planning or Community Planning
  • 18 credits of elective courses

Landscape Architecture concentration is no longer an option.