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University of Guelph
Course Profile
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59-343
Landscape Construction I
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A project-based course to explore the design
process for user interfaces to computers.
Calendar
description.
Course goals: what you will learn
Objectives:
- To expose students to the technical, integral parts of
landscape architecture.
- To develop an understanding of the technical aspects of
landscape architecture through exposure by way of lectures,
readings, studio exercises and campus trips.
- To demonstrate the interrelationship between the technical and
design aspects of professional landscape architecture.
- To develop a 'sense' for technical procedures and the
treatment appropriate for each project.
- To develop suitable technical graphic techniques including an
introduction to computer-aided drafting.
Planning your Program
- Prerequisites:
59-242
- Co-requisites and concurrent courses: none
- Exclusions: none
- Post-requisites:
59-344
- Opportunities created:
- Requirements fullfilled:
- Who should take this course:
Course structure: how you will learn
- lectures
- readings
- studio excercises
- campus trips
- Representative Text:
- Harris, C. and N. Dines Time Saver Standards for Landscape
Architecture, McGraw Hill, 1989.
- 59-343 - a Course Companion
- References
- Landphair, H.C. and Fred Klatt, Jr. Landscape Architecture
Construction. Elsevier North Holland Inc., 1979.
- Handbook of Landscape Architectural Construction, The
Landscape Architecture Foundation, 1985.Designing the User
Interface (2nd edition) Ben Shneiderman (Addison Wesley)
Previous Course Work
- sample assignments/outcomes from previous sections (projects,
assignments, exams)
Course Home Page
Instructor:
Ron
Stoltz
School of
Landscape Architecture,
Ontario
Agricultural College
University of Guelph
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