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The Landscape Studies program at Smith, the first in a liberal arts undergraduate college in the United States, joins architecture, landscape architecture, landscape history and theory, art, art history, and literature with the sciences and social sciences to investigate critical issues.

How is our environment formed by both human activities and natural processes?

How have landscape architects, horticulturists, engineers, and urban, regional, and environmental planners reshaped the spaces in which we live?

How can literature and the visual arts help us to see, understand; and shape the landscape?

What historical and public policy issues affect landscape design?

How do our dreams, ideologies, and necessities influence our actions on the landscape?

What stewardship is needed for us to be both inspired and sustained by the world around us?

Students study the great landscapes of history throughout the world, as well as local communities, to better understand the evolving relationship of humans to both natural and built environments. Smith’s long liberal arts tradition of searching for multiple perspectives informs and enriches its Landscape Studies courses.

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