The second year introduces essential ways to address landscape architectural problems, with an emphasis on the basic principles of design processes—analysis, programming and design at the site scale. 

Methods of analyzing landscapes and human behavior further provide the student with a logical basis for design decisions, while the use of computers for design, modeling and presenting (orally/graphically) design ideas is emphasized. Additional required coursework includes grading and drainage. After completing the second year, a student is equipped with enough rudimentary knowledge, skills and abilities to take on a range of landscape architectural problems.

This studio continues the core emphasis on process and design vocabulary from Design Studio I. The course is focused on the connections between landscape architectural design, place, and regional landscapes, along with the continued development of graphic, written, and oral communication skills.

Design studio emphasizing design process applied to site programming, landscape analysis, and site planning. Use of actual sites to emphasize relationships between landscape analysis processes, landscape topology, and landscape ecology. Low impact site development practices are stressed.

This course develops competency in solving problems relating to site grading, drainage systems, road alignment, and other aspects of site engineering and stormwater management.