Faculty of Agriculture Novi Sad Program: Landscape Architecture The Program offers a 4-year curriculum, leading to the degree Bachelor of Landscape Architecture (BLA).

 The Landscape Architecture Program at the Agricultural Faculty, University of Novi Sad was founded in 2005 and the first generation of students enrolled in October  Altogether enrolled 84 students.  The courses are performed by the academic staff of Agricultural Faculty, Faculty of Architecture, Academy of Arts.  The Landscape Architecture Program was formed from the Horticulture Program founded in 1973  The Landscape Architecture Curriculum consists of four categories of courses:  general courses 6  production courses 16  technical design courses 10  art courses 2  All the courses are one semestral.

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE Study courses No. of workhours per week No. of credits First year III Botany 02. Sociology 03. Active principles of ornamental plants 04. Plant physiology 05. Mathematics Total Geodesy 07. Descriptive Geometry and elements of greenspace drawing 08. Principles of economy 09. Machines in landscape architecture Total11+830

Second year IIIIV 10. Art 11. Urbanism and spatial planning 12. Basics of computer graphics 13. Soil science 14. History of landscape architecture Total Lawns 15. Basics of architecture and constructing 16. Fruit growing and viticulture 17. Floriculture Total10+830

Third year VVI 18. Conifers in landscape architecture 19. Greenhouse plant production 20. Landscape ecology 21. Seed management of ornamental trees and shrubs 22. Elective Total Broadleaves in landscape architecture 24. Ornamental plant protection 25. Interior floriculture 26. Nursery production of ornamental trees and shrubs 27. Elective Total

Fourth year VIIVIII 27. Design of green spaces 28. Marketing in landscape architecture 29. Site management 30. Shaping of green spaces in floriculture 31. Practical training Total Establishment and maintenance of greenery 33. Arrangements 34. Landscape management 35. Agroforestry and biotechnique of landscape greenery 36. Practical training 37. B.Sc. degree thesis day professional practice Total credits11+12

ELECTIVE COURSES III YEARVVINo. of credits 01. Accounting and taxation 02. Pharmaceutical and aromatic herbs 03. Game management and wildlife protection 04. Soil reclamation 05. English language Land management 07. Irrigation 08. Agronomy and vegetable farming 09. Devastated lands and recultivation 10. Fertilization of greenery 11. English language

FORESTS OF VOJVODINA COMMERCIAL FORESTS NATIONAL PARKS FOREST PROTECTED AREAS Area haArea ha Forest area haForest area ha % Of forests 6.37% Of forests 6.37% Forest area per capita 0.07 haForest area per capita 0.07 ha

 Vojvodina is dominant agriculture area  Harmonize demands of agriculture, forestry, natural protection  Establishment of different greenery types in landscape (shelterbelts, eco networks, eco corridors, buffer zones, agroforestry production systems  Spatial planning is not simple

Horticulture  established in 1973 within Institute of fruit production and viticulture  first generation started in 1974/1975 school year  6 employees in lecturing  from 1974 till students graduated B.Sc degree  from 1988 till 1999 were not new generations of students  in 1999 started new generation of students that studied subjects in accordance with new program

Course Descriptions First-year courses are:  Botany - focuses on grass vegetation, colours and forms of herbaceous plants  Plant physiology - focuses on mineral nutrition  Geodesy - GIS and implementation of GPS, geodesy network and cadastre.  Descriptive Geometry with the elements of greenspace drawing - the students learn to draw, to use and read technical documentation of landscape spaces and to develop tidiness, technical precision and consistency in the implementation of technical regulations and standards for drawing in this discipline  Principles of economy – the study of the basic economic principles  Machines in landscape architecture - includes all types of machines used in nurseries, establishment and maintenance of landscape and urban greenery

Second-year courses are:  Urbanism and spatial planning – characteristics of urbanism in historical development, spatial planning and its goals. Development of spatial planning. Development of settlements in Vojvodina and Serbia. Legislation in spatial planning  Basics of computer graphics - computer aided design of green spaces by modern computer programmes  Soil science – the study of soil types supporting the production and establishment of urban and landscape greenery  History of garden and landscape architecture - basic knowledge of the significance and the history of development of gardening art, conditions affecting the origin, development and disappearance of garden compositions. Chronological and dialectic development of garden and park creativity in the particular cultural spheres of the world.  Lawns - significance and classification of lawns, basic principles of lawn establishment. The criteria of plant species selection in the lawn agro-phytocenoses. The ratio of plant species in the mixtures. Composition and calculation of mixture ingredients.  Basics of architecture and constructing – knowledge related to the development

 of architecture and constructing and their relationship. The role of building technique in architecture (construction materials, construction systems and parts of buildings), Architectural composition and the typology of residential, public and production buildings  Fruit growing and viticulture - studies fruit trees and vine crop in the landscape, forms, colour  Floriculture - study of flower species and varieties applied in parks, gardens and special- purpose features, as well as landscapes in general: annual flower species, perennials, bulb species, tuberous species and rhizomes, ornamental grasses and ferns.

Third-year courses are:  Conifers in landscape architecture - deals with conifers in green spaces.  Greenhouse plant production - the technology of nursery stock production of ornamental trees, shrubs and flowers in glasshouses and plastic-covered greenhouses  Landscape ecology - biosphere, diversity, landscapes...  Seed management of ornamental trees and shrubs - fundamentals of seed management, seed collection, seed storage, sowing...  Broadleaves in landscape architecture - deals with broadleaf trees in green spaces.  Ornamental plant protection – the study of the most important diseases and insect pests on ornamental trees and shrubs and flowers, as well as weeds and methods of suppression  Interior Floriculture - production, cultivation and tending of house plants  Nursery production of ornamental trees and shrubs - technology of production of ornamental tree and shrub planting material

Fourth-year courses are:  Design of green spaces - design of green spaces, park, square, yard, block greenery, etc.  Marketing in landscape architecture – the aim of the course is to develop the marketing approach  Site management- students are introduced to the documentation necessary for the beginning and termination of works on the establishment of greenery  Shaping of green spaces in floriculture – the aim of the course is the application of modern trends in the creation of green-floral spaces  Establishment and maintenance of greenery – introduction to the works undertaken during the establishment and tending of greenery  Arrangements - basic styles of arrangement, significance of colour, forms; tools and equipment  Landscape management - landscape planning, methods and principles; landscape elements, the original and secondary structure of landscapes  Agroforestry and biotechnique of landscape greenery - agroforestry systems (design, establishment), as landscape elements in agricultural regions, phyto-remediation, eco- network, eco- corridors, buffer zones, zones of restoration, cores of biodiversity...

Practical training  in the nurseries, enterprises for the design, establishment and maintenance of green spaces.