Dakota College at Bottineau Course Syllabus Course Prefix/Number/Title: Hort 138 Landscape Design II Course Description: In Landscape Design II, students will begin the design phase of the Landscape Design Process. Students will develop functional diagrams, preliminary designs and finally a master plan for a residential site. Students will utilize both conventional drawing skills and begin to work with CAD software to develop a finished product suitable for presentation. Course Objectives: Students will: Study the importance of and develop a functional diagram. Learn to utilize the principles of design. Become familiar with the form composition process. Learn the fundamentals of planting design. Develop a master plan. Instructor: Diann Beckman Office: Molberg Center Room 20 Office Hours: Monday-Friday 8:00 – 9:00 M,W 10:00-11:00 Phone: 701-228-5442 Email: [email protected]/Lab Schedule: Tu/Th 2:00-4:00 Molberg Conference Room Textbook: Residential Landscape Architecture Norman K. Booth and James E. Hiss Pearson Prentice Hall 5th edition ISBN: 0-13612697-9 Course Requirements: Attendance: Required. Points will be given for attendance Chapter Tests and Lab assignments will be given. Grading will be on a 90-80-70-60- grading scale. Tenative Course Outline: Week One Chapter 8 Functional Diagrams Week Two Chapter 9 Preliminary Design and Design Principles Week 3 Functional Design and Design Principles assignments Week 4 Chapter 10 Form CompositionWeek Five Test Chapters 8,9,10 Form Composition assignment Week Six Form Composition assignments Week Seven Chapter 11 Spatial Composition Composition assignments Week Eight Composition design assignments Week Nine Chapter 12 Material Composition and Master Plan Planting Design Assignment Week Ten Spring Break March 15th – 19th Week Eleven Review and Test Chapters 11 and 12 Week Twelve Chapter 13 Special Project sites Week Thirteen Chapter 14 Case studies Week Fourteen Chapter 15 Rendering Landscape designs in color Test Chapters 13-15Weeks 15-17 Final Project Developing a Master