Landscape Architecture Summer Seminar


Prospect Park, F.L. Olmsted, Landscape Architect

A Career Discovery
Purdue University Summer 2001


The Landscape Architecture Program at Purdue University invites you to attend A Career Discovery Seminar in Landscape Architecture. The program is designed to give high school students an opportunity to look into the educational and career opportunities in Landscape Architecture while spending an enjoyable week at Purdue's West Lafayette Campus. Living and eating in the dormitories, working in a studio environment, and a variety of field trips and campus activities will offer students a real university experience.

Sessions will be held June 17-22, July 8-13, and July 15-20, 2001. Qualified participants will be selected on a first come, first-serve basis.

What Will the Seminar Cover?


The Career Discovery Seminar is designed to expose the student to a career in Landscape Architecture. This week-long seminar will cover the following topics:

Two field trips are planned, one to look at how landscape architects have shaped the city environment, and one to see how landscape architects have helped to preserve and interpret the natural landscapes in our national and state parks. Visits will feature distinguished professionals talking about their work. Students will explore and sketch some of the most famous places and landscapes in Indiana.

Students will also be exposed to using computers to create designs and solve elementary problems. AutoCAD, Photoshop, and Pagemaker will be integrated into a hands-on design problem.

College Credits and Scholarships


Two college credit hours will be offered to students who are or will be admitted to Purdue in Pre-Landscape Architecture and successfully complete the seminar requirements. These credit hours will be applied to LA 101 - Survey of Landscape Architecture.

The Wolfe Landscape Architecture Discovery Scholarship is available to camp participants based on academic performance and financial need. The scholarship would cover room and board and tuition. Call to request the application form. These forms are due to the Horticulture Department by May 21, 2001.

Who is Eligible?


You are eligible if you are entering your junior or senior year in high school, or have graduated from high school and are entering Purdue in the fall and are interested in investigating a career in landscape architecture.

How Do I Register?


Interested students are encouraged to return an application form to Purdue University by May 28, 2001. See your guidance counselor for an application or contact Kim Wilson at: (765) 494-1308 or wilson@hort.purdue.edu.

The registration fee for the Landscape Architecture Summer Seminar is $500. This amount covers room and board and tuition for the one-week seminar. All supplies will be furnished. Because of the limited space, applicants are asked to send fees with the registration form to guarantee a place in the seminar.

Seminar participants will be housed and have their meals inWiley Hall, one of Purdue's finest residence halls. Student counselors will live with participants at the hall.

Questions?


Call or e-mail Kim Wilson at: (765) 494-1308 or wilson@hort.purdue.edu

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Return application by May 28, 2001 to: Purdue University, Conference Division, 1586 Stewart Center Room 116, West Lafayette, IN 47907-1586
Questions? contact Kim Wilson at (765) 494-1308 or e-mail at wilson@hort.purdue.edu


Last Update: 04/2/2001
Web Author: Steven Rhodes