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.
With the exception of the first summer quarter classes of Introduction to Botany, Herbal Medicine Making for All and Organic Gardening, the courses in this certificate 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:
- Chemistry – survey-level to cover general inorganic and organic concepts, no labs required
- Biology – basic biological concepts desired, covering cell and plant biology, 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
YEAR I
Summer
| BO2101 | Introduction to Botany | 3 |
| BO3104 | Organic Gardening | 2 |
| BO3106 | Herbal Medicine Making for All | 1 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 6 |
Fall
| BO4123 | Soil Ecology | 1 |
| BO4127 | Mycology | 1 |
| BO4131 | Permaculture 1 | 3 |
| BO4141 | Medicinal and Edible Plants in the Landscape 1 | 1 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 6 |
Winter
| BO4132 | Permaculture 2 | 3 |
| BO4135 | Organic Greenhouse and Nursery Management | 1 |
| BO4137 | Horticulture Research and Grant Writing | 1 |
| BO4142 | Medicinal and Edible Plants in the Landscape 2 | 1 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 6 |
Spring
| BO4124 | Introduction to Biodynamic Agriculture | 2 |
| BO4133 | Permaculture 3 | 3 |
| BO4143 | Medicinal and Edible Plants in the Landscape 3 | 1 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 6 |
Summer
| BO4134 | Organic Seed Production | 1 |
| BO4138 | Biointensive IPM and Plant Health | 2 |
| BO4139 | Permaculture in a Global Context | 1 |
| BO4144 | Horticultural Business Practices | 1 |
| BO4810 | Holistic Landscape Design Practicum | 1 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 6 |
Total Requirements
| Total Core Course Credits & Hours |
30 |
| Total Elective Credits and Hours |
2 |
| Total Requirements |
32 |
Curriculum and course changes in the 2015-2016 Bastyr University Catalog
are applicable to students entering during the 2015-2016 academic year. Please refer to the appropriate catalog if interested in curriculum and courses required for any other entering year.
Current botanical medicine department electives: Appalachia Field Course*, Asian Medicinal Plant Horticulture, 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 Gemmotherapy, Plant Identification and Medicinal Field Botany, Organic Gardening (not for CHLD), and Southwest Herbal Experience*.
CHLD courses that can be taken as electives for other programs: Biointensive IPM and Plant Management, Horticultural Business Practices, Horticultural Research & Grant Writing, Intro to Biodynamic Agriculture, Mycology, Organic Greenhouse & Nursery Management, Organic Seed Production, and Soil Ecology.
*These field courses run every-other year.
**Not available as an elective for HS or CHLD students due to content being covered in core program courses.