The forming and building of landscapes with emphasis on the values of "sustainability." Includes introduction to landscape engineering: grading, drainage, and roadway alignment.
Athena Title
Landscape Engineering Process
Prerequisite
LAND 2020
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student learning Outcomes
Students will be able to explain the relationships between contour lines, land forms, and water flow.
Students will be able to discuss the role grading and drainage play in landscape architectural design.
Students will be able to define the acceptable slope ranges needed for accessibility, water drainage, and erosion control.
Students will be able to identify landforms on a contour map and create scaled cross sections from a contour map.
Students will be able to prepare basic grading plans for roads, parking lots, and building swales.
Students will be able to calculate horizontal and vertical curves for roadway design.
Students will be able to calculate the amount of storm water runoff on a site and size drainage structures accordingly.
Students will be able to calculate cut and fill volumes for grading plans.
Students will be able to list the consequences of selecting either surface or subsurface drainage systems.
Students will be able to create grading plans that respond sensitively to the existing landscape as well as considering human use of the landscape.
Topical Outline
I-USGS MAP READING
II-BASIC SITE GRADING
A-Swale Grading and Construction
B-Road Grading with Crowns, Curbs and Swales
C-Parking Lot Grading
III-EARTHWORK CALCULATIONS
IV-STORMWATER MANAGEMENT
A-Q=CIA
B-WATER VELOCITY CALCULATIONS
C-PIPE SIZING
V-MODEL BUILDING
VI-ROAD ENGINEERING
A-HORIZONTAL CONTROL
B-VERTICAL CONTROL
Institutional Competencies Learning Outcomes
Analytical Thinking
The ability to reason, interpret, analyze, and solve problems from a wide array of authentic contexts.
