Environmental design includes the fields of architecture, landscape architecture, and urban and planning design, as well as research pertaining to these fields. The bachelor in environmental design curriculum is a design studio-based education, which requires the completion of design-based studio experiences every semester, along with a number of complementary courses, general electives, and environmental-design electives. At any time students may declare an emphasis in architectural design, landscape architecture design, urban and planning design, or design studies, they must declare an emphasis during their third-level studio. All graduates from the undergraduate program earn a bachelor in environmental design degree with an emphasis in architectural design, landscape architecture design, urban and planning design, or design studies. <br>In the core, bachelor in environmental design students take a sequence of courses, which emphasize the knowledge, methods, and practices, common to the fields of architecture, landscape architecture, and urban and planning design. As the established design professions are increasingly collaborating on complex design issues related to the designed environment, the mix of core courses reflects these trends.