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Landscape Design I
Course: AGL189

First Term: 2000 Fall
 Lec + Lab   3 Credit(s)   6 Period(s)   5.1 Load  
Subject Type: Occupational
Load Formula: S


Description: Beginning landscape design with emphasis on developing drawing and drafting skills needed to create freehand drawings, landscape graphics, detail views, symbols, legends, lettering specifications and drafting standards. Introduction to basic principles of landscape design.



MCCCD Official Course Competencies
1. Identify and use drafting equipment. (I)
2. Develop and use a professional lettering style. (II)
3. Develop and apply freehand sketching techniques. (III)
4. Use templates to develop symbol graphics. (IV)
5. Determine the proper scale to use in drawing a landscape design. (VI)
6. Determine the information needed to develop a plot plan, including local codes and ordinances. (VII)
7. Describe the use of simple landscape compliments. (VIII)
8. Identify and use graphics for plants. (VIII)
9. Write a set so specifications for a landscape design. (IX)
10. Develop and draw the necessary information on the legend. (X)
11. Prepare working drawing for a landscape, ready for blue lining, and including plat plan, legend, and title. (XI)
12. Use basic design principles to develop a complete residential landscape plan. (XII)

MCCCD Official Course Competencies must be coordinated with the content outline so that each major point in the outline serves one or more competencies. MCCCD faculty retains authority in determining the pedagogical approach, methodology, content sequencing, and assessment metrics for student work. Please see individual course syllabi for additional information, including specific course requirements.
 
MCCCD Official Course Outline
I. Drafting Tools.
A. T-square, horizontal bar or machine.
1. HB, H & 2H pencils or lead--border.
2. Visible & hidden line widths.
B. Weight value for blueprints.
C. Equal lines or areas.
D. Determine scale to design.
II. Professional lettering style.
III. Freehand sketching techniques.
A. Freehand lines and circles.
B. Freehand landscape graphics.
IV. Commercial templates.
A. Graphics for shrubs, trees, and ground covers.
B. Graphics for hardscapes.
V. Landscape drawing.
A. Plot plans.
B. Freehand sketch of the plot plan.
VI. Scale drawing of structures.
VII. City Codes on Landscape Construction.
VIII. Detail Drawings and Construction Operations.
A. Tree planting.
B. Shrub planting.
C. Boulder placement.
D. Brick headers.
E. Concrete mow strip.
IX. Design Specifications.
X. Plant Material Graphics.
A. Legend.
B. Order of installation.
XI. Landscape Design for Blueprints.
A. Plot Plan.
B. Legend.
C. Title block.
XII. Development of Landscape Designs.
A. Design principles.
B. Form, composition and function.
C. Functional diagram.
 
MCCCD Governing Board Approval Date: 6/27/2000

All information published is subject to change without notice. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of information presented, but based on the dynamic nature of the curricular process, course and program information is subject to change in order to reflect the most current information available.