Course Description
Approaches to perceiving and interpreting the landscape. Topics include tools for reading the landscape such as, visual assessment techniques, use of maps, field work, and/or on-site photography.
Athena Title
Reading the Landscape
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall, spring and summer
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student Learning Outcomes
- To develop an understanding that landscapes are composed of many interacting layers of information.
- To become aware of the variety of ways that information about landscapes can be collected and recorded.
- To develop a comprehension of the ways that we filter, order and interpret that information Skills.
- To develop an ability to collect and record information about landscapes in several ways including writing, drawing and photography.
- To develop an ability to critically evaluate the relationships between the built landscape and sustainability values.
- To develop an active curiosity about landscapes and the many ways that they can be perceived and interpreted.
Topical Outline
- -Evaluation process of landscape data
- -Critical and aesthetic landscape evaluation
- -Collection and recording of landscape data
- -Interpretation of existing condition information
- -Execution of proper information collection & recording techniques
Institutional Competencies
Analytical Thinking
The ability to reason, interpret, analyze, and solve problems from a wide array of authentic contexts.
