<p>Hi,
One of the things my son did to determine which path he felt fit him best was to go to some of the college’s websites and look at the curriculum requirements of each of the areas. By reading the brief synopsis of the course offerings (shoot you can just tell what is being taught by the titles really) it may help you to see what are the differences are. He is going into Landscape architecture at Virginia Tech so I know a bit more about what he is going to be taking. </p>
<p>mathmom’s right, a bit of horticulture/hydrology in the later years, landscape design studios second year on, but Virginia Tech puts all of their design kids (industrial, interior, architecture and landscape) together for their first two semesters of 6 hour Foundation classes. They want them all to have the same base. Just from what I remember, it seems that the LARCH route, at least at Tech, offered a bit more room in the student’s schedule to take related (or not) electives. It may not be that way everywhere.</p>
<p>Check out some of the schools that you saw on the ASLA and AIA sites and compare. He kind of zeroed in on just a couple from the getgo. If you go to [Virginia</a> Tech | Invent the Future](<a href=“http://www.vt.edu%5DVirginia”>http://www.vt.edu) and then the College of Architecture and Urban Studies link, you can find an undergrad checklist of both program’s 156 hours of credits. It really helped him to see what he did/didn’t want. Good luck to you!</p>