{"id":4704,"date":"2026-07-07T16:09:25","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T20:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/espd\/?page_id=4704"},"modified":"2026-07-13T10:35:41","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T14:35:41","slug":"admission","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/espd\/academics\/bla\/admission\/","title":{"rendered":"Admission"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bachelor of Landscape Architecture<\/h1>\n\n\n<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-menu-wrapper\"><nav id=\"\" class=\"cl-menu  \" data-name=\"BLA\" data-show-title=\"0\"><ul id=\"menu-bla\" class=\"cl-menu-list cl-menu-list-no-js\"><li id=\"menu-item-4608\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-4608\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/espd\/academics\/bla\/\">Overview<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-4610\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-4610\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/espd\/academics\/bla\/curriculum\/\">Curriculum<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-4717\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-4717\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/espd\/academics\/bla\/admission\/\">Admission<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-4609\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-4609\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/espd\/academics\/bla\/internships\/\">Internships<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-4643\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-4643\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/espd\/academics\/bla\/outreach-projects\/\">Outreach Projects<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/nav><\/section>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Admission<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Admission to the BLA program is selective and limited to approximately 20 students each year to maintain the high level of individualized instruction and studio-based learning that defines the program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To enter the lower-division design sequence, students must receive departmental approval. Approximately half of these spots are reserved for first-year students who maintain a minimum 2.5 GPA and earn no grade below a C in LAR courses. The remaining spots are allocated to URI students transferring from other majors.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Admission to the upper-division (junior) design sequence requires submission of a portfolio showcasing your lower-division work, alongside your academic transcript and a written essay.<\/p>\n\n\n<a class=\"cl-button   prominent\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/espd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2336\/Landscape-Architecture-Major-application.26_27.pdf\" title=\"\">program application (PDF)<\/a>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bachelor of Landscape Architecture Admission Admission to the BLA program is selective and limited to approximately 20 students each year to maintain the high level of individualized instruction and studio-based learning that defines the program. To enter the lower-division design sequence, students must receive departmental approval. Approximately half of these spots are reserved for first-year [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":0,"parent":4342,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-4704","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/espd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/espd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/espd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/espd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/espd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4704"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/espd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4704\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4716,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/espd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4704\/revisions\/4716"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/espd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/espd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}