| Course ID: | LAND 1500. 3 hours. |
| Course Title: | Design and the Environment |
Course
Description: | The built environment and its effects on natural systems. Focus is on the design of the built environment as an ongoing activity integrating ecological, social, and cultural values. Topics include land use patterns and policies, development and resource management, community design issues, and strategies for improving environmental integrity and quality of life. |
| Oasis Title: | Design and the Environment |
| Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in LAND 1500E |
Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | Describe, understand, interpret, and critique the designed/built
environment from a variety of cultural, artistic, and scientific
perspectives
• Understand the impact and role the designed/built environment
has upon our knowledge of the human condition
• Gain an understanding of the cultural, physical, and aesthetic
impacts “man” has had on the natural and built environment
• Learn how thoughtful design can mitigate “man’s” impacts at
a variety of project scales
• Gain an understanding of landscape architectural design
thinking and practice |
| Topical Outline: | Week 1 Course Introduction
Week 2 Human Habitat and Sustainability
Week 3 Climate
Week 4 Water
Week 5 Land
Week 6 Vegetation
Week 7 The Visual Landscape
Week 8 Site Spaces
Week 9 Structures
Week 10 Circulation
Week 11 Landscape Planting
Week 12 Site Planning
Week 13 The Planned Environment and Community Planning (two
chapters)
Week 14 Urban Design
Week 15 The Regional Landscape |
| Honor Code Reference: | This class recognizes the importance of the University Honor Code and Academic
Honesty Policy. Students will be judged on their work as individuals and in team
assignments. Students should strive to produce original ideas and solutions to the
in-class exercises. In cases where team work is assigned, the student groups
should complete their assignments and equally share the workload. |