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Course Requirements:
Students need to buy a drawing kit (one is available in the bookstore).
Grading Scale:
100-90% = A, 90-80% = B, 70-80% = C, 60-70% = D, below 60% failing
Course Outline:
Week One
Introduction to tools and equipment
Week Two
Preface and Chapter One
“The Typical Residential Site”
Lab: Tool Identification
Week Three
Chapter Two
“Developing Outdoor Rooms”
Lab: Lettering skills
Field trip to the International Peace Garden.
Minimum ID required is an official birth certificate and photo ID. A passport or passport card is
preferred.
Week Four
Chapter Three
“Sustainable Design”
Lab; Tree and Plant symbols
Week Five
Test Chapters 1-3
Chapter 4 “Design process Overview”
Lab: Video “Landscape Design Process”
Video “The art of Landscape Design”
Week Six
Chapter Four continued
Lab: Quiz Lettering skills and tree and plant symbols
Week Seven
Chapter Five
“Meeting the Client”
Lab: Hard-scape and soft-scape design symbols