Certificate in Holistic Landscape Design

Mission: The Certificate in Holistic Landscape Design program allows students to build upon their knowledge of medicinal and edible plants and apply this knowledge to building sustainable landscape solutions that benefit the earth and the human community.

The courses in the Certificate in Holistic Landscape Design program are offered on evenings and weekends. The program instructs students on permaculture concepts and cultivation of medicinal and edible plants. Students who complete the program will be able to develop sustainable landscapes that benefit the environment and provide utilitarian resources for the community as a whole.

Prerequisites

Applicants must have a minimum 2.75 cumulative GPA. Prior to enrolling, students must have completed 90 quarter credits (60 semester credits) of college-level coursework.

In order to be prepared for the concepts covered in the holistic landscape design program, coursework in the following areas is strongly recommended:

  • Biology – basic biological concepts desired, covering cell and plant biology, no labs required
  • Introduction to Botany – basic plant morphology and physiology, classification, plant evolution, and ecology, no labs required
  • Chemistry – survey-level to cover general inorganic and organic concepts, no labs required
  • Public Speaking coursework or experience
  • General Education material to round out the 90 college credits, including some Humanities, English, Natural Sciences and Social Sciences

Expected Learning Outcomes

Following are the learning objectives for students in the holistic landscape design program:

  • Ability to create a landscape design that enhances the natural landscape and reflects the health of all of the beings that utilize it, as well as the health of the planet
  • Apply sustainable landscape measures creatively, designing for biodiversity, therapeutic utility and aesthetics
  • Integrate permaculture techniques and principles for sustainably modifying land and implementing designs
  • Understand importance and elements of soil science and how to utilize this knowledge in horticultural methods
  • Enhance knowledge of practices that support seasonal and sustainable cultivation of food and medicinal plants
  • Practice therapeutic plant propagation and cultivation from native and analogue climates for landscape design as well as nursery or market production

The curriculum tables that follow list the tentative schedule of courses each quarter.

YEAR I

Fall

BO4123Soil Ecology

1

BO4127Mycology

1

BO4131Permaculture 1

3

BO4141Medicinal and Edible Plants in the Landscape 1

1

Total Credit Hours:6

Winter

BO4132Permaculture 2

3

BO4135Organic Greenhouse and Nursery Management

1

BO4137Horticulture Research and Grant Writing

1

BO4142Medicinal and Edible Plants in the Landscape 2

1

Total Credit Hours:6

Spring

BO4133Permaculture 3

3

BO4143Medicinal and Edible Plants in the Landscape 3

1

BO4809Holistic Landscape Design Internship

1

Total Credit Hours:5

Summer

BO4134Organic Seed Production

1

BO4138Biointensive IPM and Plant Health

2

BO4139Permaculture in a Global Context

1

BO4144Horticultural Business Practices

1

BO4810Holistic Landscape Design Practicum

1

Total Credit Hours:6

Total Requirements

Total Core Course Credits 23
Total Elective Credits    3
Total Requirements  26

Curriculum and course changes in the 2017-2018 Bastyr University Catalog are applicable to students entering during the 2017-2018 academic year. Please refer to the appropriate catalog if interested in curriculum and courses required for any other entering year.

Botanical medicine department electives include: Appalachia Field Course*, Botanical Studies in Costa Rica*, Cascade Herb Experience, Clinical Formulations and Applications of Botanical Medicine, Clinical Pharmacognosy, Flower Essences, Food and Medicinal Mushrooms, Foundations of Aromatic Medicine, Herbal Medicine in Italy*, Herbal Medicine throughout Oregon, Herbal Medicine Making for All, Herbs and Ayurvedic Medicine, Introduction to Biodynamic Agriculture, Introduction to Gemmotherapy, Island Herb Experience, New England Botanical Intensive*, Plant Identification and Medicinal Field Botany, Plants in Ceremony, Organic Gardening, and Southwest Herbal Experience*.

*These field courses generally run every other year.