Q. I am currently at a County College but am preparing to transfer to Rutgers next year for Landscape Architecture. What can I do to make the most of my time here?
FIRST, as you consider what classes to take, you should know how Rutgers sees them. Using http://njtransfer.org/ you can look up the exact equivalency between Cook/SEBS and your specific County College.
SECOND, you also need to be very aware of the required courses for the major. These are posted online at:
http://catalogs.rutgers.edu/generated/nb-ug-0507/pg21061.html
Here are my favorites. These three classes fulfill both major requirements AND college requirements (thus getting your more bang for the buck) and are often available at county colleges:
01:119:103 Principles of Biology (4)
01:460:101 Introductory Geology I: Physical (3)
01:640:115 Precalculus College Mathematics (4)
Other SEBS requirements can be found online at: http://www.cookcollege.rutgers.edu/core/2003/
Of these I would encourage you to focus first on the communications (i.e. English), and put off the humanities until last (since History of LA counts as one of these classes). A careful investment of your time should help fulfill many of these requirements before you leave County College.
Regardless of how much time you put in at county college, you will probably need to put in 3 full years here, beginning with a fall semester. Our program is sequenced in a way that generally requires 6 consecutive semesters of design studios.
FINALLY, you should know that we use a limited enrollment process. After the first fall semester of landscape architecture classes, students submit materials from the landscape architecture studio as part of a portfolio. The limited enrollment process limits the number of students taking most further landscape architecture classes.
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