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Active as of Fall Semester 2010
I. General Information
1. Course Title:
Advanced Landscape Design
2. Course Prefix & Number:
HORT 2170
3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:
Credits: 4
Lecture Hours: 2
Lab Hours: 4
4. Course Description:
This course is the second in a series of landscape design laboratory experiences and is focused in advanced design applications for commercial and residential landscape design. The design projects in this course are at a higher level of difficulty and require greater analysis and integration of skills than Landscape Design I.
5. Placement Tests Required:
6. Prerequisite Courses:
HORT 2170 - Advanced Landscape Design
All Credit(s) from the following...
| Course Code | Course Title | Credits |
| HORT 2165 | Landscape Design | 4 cr. |
9. Co-requisite Courses:
HORT 2170 - Advanced Landscape Design
There are no corequisites for this course.
II. Transfer and Articulation
III. Course Purpose
Program-Applicable Courses – This course is required for the following program(s):
|
Name of Program(s)
|
Program Type
|
|
LANDSCAPE TECHNOLOGY
|
Diploma
|
IV. Learning Outcomes
1. College-Wide Outcomes
| College-Wide Outcomes/Competencies |
Students will be able to: |
| Demonstrate oral communication skills |
Propose and justify their landscape design solutions. |
| Assess alternative solutions to a problem |
Assess landscape situations, develop alternative solutions, and justify the solutions they include in their designs. |
| Apply abstract ideas to concrete situations |
Apply appropriate design principles to specific landscape problems. |
2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of
the course:
|
Expected Outcome
|
MnTC
Goal Area
|
|
Interview clients, survey/measure existing site, develop a plan, estimate costs, create a proposal and a presentation and then present design to the client.
|
|
|
Sketch plant materials, architectural elements, construction materials and inanimate objects.
|
|
|
Develop a plan view and a perspective sketch.
|
|
|
Analyze and complete estimate forms, job cost records and contract & proposal forms.
|
|
|
Demonstrate the different layouts, planting details and stamping & coloring techniques used in landscape design.
|
|
|
Select design construction materials.
|
|
V. Topical Outline
Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.
1. Lecture Sessions
1. Landscape Calculations
- The landscape takeoff
- Necessary calculations
- Sources of data
- Sequencer calculations
2. Pricing the proposed design
- Cost determinations
- Cost and price
- Estimates and bids
- Specifications
- Preparing the estimate
3. Presenting a proposal
- The purpose of the proposal
- Presentations take many forms
- Assist the clients-don’t sell them
- Closing the presentation
4. Advanced design techniques
- Enrichment
- Xeriscaping
- Flowers
- The outdoor room concept
5. Perspective drawing
- One point perspective
- To point perspective
- Isometric drawing
6. Rendering techniques
- Rendering tools
- Pastels
- Pencils
- Color choice
- Charcoal and chalk
- Fixatives
7. Landscape maintenance
- Maintaining Landscape Plants
- Plant injuries
- Care of the lawn
- Winterizing the landscape
2. Laboratory/Studio Sessions
1. Designing hardscapes
- Drafting guest parking and turnarounds
- Designing
- Patios
- Walks and drives
- Backs
2. Designing gardens
- Designing
- Curvilinear gardens
- Geometric gardens
- Understanding focalization
3. Organizing the planting plan
- Selecting plants
- Labeling plants on a plan
- Creating symbols for plants
- Creating a plant list
- Final/finished plant list
- Key to plants with their symbols
4. Drawing techniques for perspectives
- Pencil sketches
- Pencil selection and techniques
- Tracings
- Paper choices and techniques
- Construction details
- Prospective grids
- Digital imagery
I. General Information
1. Course Title:
Advanced Landscape Design
2. Course Prefix & Number:
HORT 2170
3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:
Credits: 4
Lecture Hours: 2
Lab Hours: 4
4. Course Description:
This course is the second in a series of landscape design laboratory experiences and is focused in advanced design applications for commercial and residential landscape design. The design projects in this course are at a higher level of difficulty and require greater analysis and integration of skills than Landscape Design I.
5. Placement Tests Required:
6. Prerequisite Courses:
HORT 2170 - Advanced Landscape Design
All Credit(s) from the following...
| Course Code | Course Title | Credits |
| HORT 2165 | Landscape Design | 4 cr. |
9. Co-requisite Courses:
HORT 2170 - Advanced Landscape Design
There are no corequisites for this course.
II. Transfer and Articulation
III. Course Purpose
1. Program-Applicable Courses – This course is required for the following program(s):
|
Name of Program(s)
|
Program Type
|
|
LANDSCAPE TECHNOLOGY
|
Diploma
|
IV. Learning Outcomes
1. College-Wide Outcomes
| College-Wide Outcomes/Competencies |
Students will be able to: |
| Demonstrate oral communication skills |
Propose and justify their landscape design solutions. |
| Apply abstract ideas to concrete situations |
Apply appropriate design principles to specific landscape problems. |
2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of
the course:
|
Expected Outcome
|
MnTC
Goal Area
|
|
Interview clients, survey/measure existing site, develop a plan, estimate costs, create a proposal and a presentation and then present design to the client.
|
|
|
Sketch plant materials, architectural elements, construction materials and inanimate objects.
|
|
|
Develop a plan view and a perspective sketch.
|
|
|
Analyze and complete estimate forms, job cost records and contract & proposal forms.
|
|
|
Demonstrate the different layouts, planting details and stamping & coloring techniques used in landscape design.
|
|
|
Select design construction materials.
|
|
V. Topical Outline
Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.
1. Lecture Sessions
1. Landscape Calculations
- The landscape takeoff
- Necessary calculations
- Sources of data
- Sequencer calculations
2. Pricing the proposed design
- Cost determinations
- Cost and price
- Estimates and bids
- Specifications
- Preparing the estimate
3. Presenting a proposal
- The purpose of the proposal
- Presentations take many forms
- Assist the clients-don’t sell them
- Closing the presentation
4. Advanced design techniques
- Enrichment
- Xeriscaping
- Flowers
- The outdoor room concept
5. Perspective drawing
- One point perspective
- To point perspective
- Isometric drawing
6. Rendering techniques
- Rendering tools
- Pastels
- Pencils
- Color choice
- Charcoal and chalk
- Fixatives
7. Landscape maintenance
- Maintaining Landscape Plants
- Plant injuries
- Care of the lawn
- Winterizing the landscape
2. Laboratory/Studio Sessions
1. Designing hardscapes
- Drafting guest parking and turnarounds
- Designing
- Patios
- Walks and drives
- Backs
2. Designing gardens
- Designing
- Curvilinear gardens
- Geometric gardens
- Understanding focalization
3. Organizing the planting plan
- Selecting plants
- Labeling plants on a plan
- Creating symbols for plants
- Creating a plant list
- Final/finished plant list
- Key to plants with their symbols
4. Drawing techniques for perspectives
- Pencil sketches
- Pencil selection and techniques
- Tracings
- Paper choices and techniques
- Construction details
- Prospective grids
- Digital imagery