Motion: On
Motion: Off
Contrast: Standard
Contrast: High
Apply site-wide
Science helps us understand environmental change. Planning and design help communities visualize and respond to it.
The Department of Earth Sciences, Planning, and Design brings these disciplines together. Our students pursue degrees in either geosciences or landscape architecture, with each program maintaining its distinct curriculum and accreditation. So whether your goal is to study Earth’s systems, shape communities through planning, or design resilient landscapes, you’ll have the opportunity to develop specialized expertise while engaging with the broader environmental challenges that connect both fields. The world needs people who can bridge knowledge and action–here you’ll learn how.
News
URI lecture series explores regenerative landscapes through science, planning, and design - URI's 34th annual Landscape Architecture Lecture Series will bring three nationally recognized practitioners and scholars to campus this fall to explore how science, planning, and design can work together to create more resilient and regenerative landscapes.
Geology underfoot: Public invited to join field trips focused on Rhode Island landscape - URI is hosting the 117th annual New England Intercollegiate Geological Conference, Oct. 2-4, offering attendees the chance to get outside and experience geology in the field.