Welcome to Plant Science and Landscape Architecture!

The Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture (PSLA) offers a number of undergraduate majors. 

• Undergraduate Programs
  • Agricultural Science and Technology
  • Bachelor of Landscape Architecture (B.L.A.) 
  • Plant Sciences
• Graduate programs
  • ​​​​​​​Extension Education (Master)
  •  Landscape Architecture (MLA)
  • Plant Science (MS or PhD in PLSC)
• ​​​​​​​Courses offered by this department may be found under the following acronyms:  AGST, PLSC, LARC. 

Undergraduate Programs Graduate Programs

Thank you for being part of our department! Please check out some student resources below.

If you have any additional questions please email Diana Cortez at dcortez@umd.edu. 

Undergraduate Students Graduate Students

Are you a PSLA Alumni? We want to hear from you!  The College of Agriculture and Natural Resources Alumni Network is one of the numerous academic networks within the University of Maryland Alumni Association that allows you to remain an active and engaged member of our community.

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We have gathered resources that we hope will be useful to you! Please check our Resources page for more information!

If you have any questions, suggestions, comments, please email us at psla@umd.edu.

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