| Fall 2008 Graduate Courses |
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Offered Course List | Fall 2008 Lower- and Upper-Division Courses LD ARCH 201 Two hours of lecture and six hours of studio per week. Prerequisites: LD ARCH 110, 134A, 134B, or consent of instructor. Through lectures, studio problems, research projects, and discussion, this course will explore the challenge and potential incorporating ecological factors in urban contexts. The course focuses on the interaction of landscape science (hydrology, geology, etc.) with the necessities and mechanisms of the human environment (urban design, transportation, economics, etc.). Lectures and research projects will particularly emphasize innovative and forward thinking solutions to the ecological problems of the human environment. Throughout the semester, reading and discussion sessions will highlight the connections between the broader concerns of the global ecological crisis and landscape design and planning. Extended Course Description To come. LD ARCH C203 SEC 1 Formerly LD ARCH 203. Three hours of lecture and six hours of studio per week. Prerequisites: C250/CIty and Regional Planning C240; previous design studios. This interdisciplinary studio focuses on the public realm of cities and explores opportunities for creating more humane and delightful public places. Problems will be at multiple scales in both existing urban centers and in areas of new growth. Skills in analyzing, designing, and communicating urban design problems will be developed. Studio work will be supplemented with lectures, discussions, and field trips. Visiting professionals will present case studies and will serve on reviews. Also listed as City and Regional Planning C243. Extended Course Description To come. LD ARCH 203 SEC 2 Three hours of lecture and six hours of studio per week. Prerequisites: Previous design studios and City Planning 240. This interdisciplinary studio focuses on the public realm of cities and explores opportunities for creating more humane and delightful public places. Problems will be at multiple scales in both existing urban centers and in areas of new growth. Skills in analyzing, designing, and communicating urban design problems will be developed. Studio work will be supplemented with lectures, discussions, and field trips. Visiting professionals will present case studies and will serve on reviews. Extended Course Description To come. LD ARCH 221 One and one-half hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory per week. Discussion and critique of the application of quantitative methods to environmental assessment, analysis, and evaluation in environmental planning. Topics to include geographical information systems and data bases, remote sensing, and multivariate analysis. This course emphasizes computer applications and data analysis. Extended Course Description To come. LD ARCH 227 Three hours of seminar per week. Prerequisites: LD ARCH 220, 222, 201 (or comparable course work), ESPM 115A or Geology 117 with consent of instructor. This course reviews the underlying goals and assumptions of river and stream restoration projects, reviews techniques employed in these efforts, and emphasizes strategies for evaluation of project success. The course focuses on geomorphic and hydrologic analyses relevant to restoration and enhancement of aquatic and riparian habitat in freshwater systems. Format: lectures by instructor, guest lectures, presentation of student independent projects, and field trips. Course requirement: independent term project involving original research. Extended Course Description To come. LD ARCH 228 Two hours of seminar bi-weekly. Prerequisites: Open to all graduate students interested in the field. Course may be repeated for credit. Must be taken on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis. This course consists of (1) presentation by students of proposals, progress reports, and final results of their independent research projects, and (2) reviews of recently published research papers in the field. Students review recent issues of specific journals for all papers relevant to environmental river planning, management and restoration, and report on the papers to the seminar, broadly reviewing all the relevant papers and going into depth on one. Emphasis is on research methods and new findings. Oral presentation skills are also critiqued. Requirement: one or two oral presentations, accompanied by a 2-page handout. Extended Course Description To come. LD ARCH C231 Three hours of lecture per week. This course will examine emerging trends in environmental planning and policy and the basic regulatory framework for environmental planning encountered in the U.S. We will also relate the institutional and policy framework of California and the United States to other nations and emerging international institutions. The emphasis of the course will be on regulating "residuals" as they affect three media: air, water, and land. Also listed as City and Regional Planning C251. Extended Course Description To come. LD ARCH C241 Formerly Interdepartmental Studies 241. Three hours of lecture/seminar and two hours of laboratory per week. The components, structure, and meaning of the urban environment. Environmental problems, attitudes, and criteria. Environmental survey, analysis, and interview techniques. Methods of addressing environmental quality. Environmental simulation. Also listed as City and Regional Planning C241. Extended Course Description To come. LD ARCH C250 Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. Theories and patterns of urban form throughout history are studied with emphasis on the role of planning and design in shaping cities and the relationship between urban form and social, economic, and geographic factors. Using a case study approach, cities are evaluated in terms of various theories and performance dimensions. Also listed as City and Regional Planning C240. Extended Course Description To come. LD ARCH 251 Two hours of seminar per week. The focus will be on debate and discussion of central ideas in landscape architecture and environmental planning, drawing on primary literature over many decades of thought. This is not a history course, but it will include some literature that goes back to the early years of the field. This course covers the breadth of thinking in the field, including both environmental planning and landscape design as well as other sub disciplines. Each week students will lead a debate on a different theoretical issue. Extended Course Description To come. LD ARCH 252B Two hours of session per week. Prerequisites: LD ARCH 252A. Students learn research methods including social factors, historical/archival, design exploration, master planning, theoretical, and scientific field work. Students develop a conceptual framework, survey instrument, literature review, and detailed work plan. A full committee and funding proposal due on the last day of class. Extended Course Description To come. LD ARCH 253 One and one-half hours of lecture per week. Course may be repeated for credit. Must be taken on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis. Invited lectures on current research, planning practice, and design projects. Out of approximately 14 presentations per term, typically two or three would be by department faculty, two or three by graduating students, the remainder by outside speakers. Extended Course Description To come. LD ARCH 254 One to five hours of seminar per week. Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. Designed to be a forum for presentation of student research, discussions with faculty researchers and practitioners, and examination of topical issues in landscape architecture and environmental planning. Topics will be announced at the beginning of each semester. Extended Course Description To come. LD ARCH 255 Prerequisites: Doctoral student of consent of instructor. Course may be repeated for credit. Must be taken on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis. Designed to be a forum for presentation of doctoral student research, discussions with faculty researchers and environmental planning practitioners, and examination of topical issues in environmental planning. Topics will be announced at the beginning of each semester. Extended Course Description To come. LD ARCH 258 Two hours of seminar every other week. Course may be repeated for credit. Must be taken on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis. This seminar studies California water issues from an interdisciplinary perspective, building upon the established California Colloquium on Water, to increase understanding and appreciation of water resources and contribute to informed decision-making about water in California. Each semester four distinguished scholars in the fields of humanities, natural sciences, engineering, social sciences, law, and environmental design present lectures to students, faculty, and the general public. Students in the seminar attend the colloquium lectures, complete background readings, and meet for two hours on alternate weeks in the seminar session to discuss issues raised by the colloquium presentations and related readings. Course requirements: attendance at colloquia, attendance and participation in seminars, completion of course readings, brief written critiques of lectures, and a short presentation of literature relevant to colloquium topics. Extended Course Description To come. LD ARCH 295 Hours to be arranged. Prerequisites: Graduate standing and appointment as research assistant. Any combination of 295 or 297 may be taken for a total of six units maximum toward the M.L.A. degree. Must be taken on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis. Supervised experience on a research project in landscape architecture and/or environmental planning. Regular meetings with faculty sponsor required. See departmental sheet for other limitations. Extended Course Description To come. LD ARCH 296 Hours to be arranged. Three hours per unit. Prerequisites: Advancement to Ph.D. candidacy/ Course may be repeated for credit. Must be taken on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis. Open to qualified students who have been advanced to candidacy for the Ph.D. degree and are directly engaged upon the doctoral dissertation. Extended Course Description To come. LD ARCH 297 Hours to be arranged. Prerequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor and sponsor. Any combination of 295 or 297 may be taken for a total of six units maximum toward the M.L.A. degree. Must be taken on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis. Supervised experience relative to specific aspects of practice in landscape architecture and/or environmental planning. Regular meetings with faculty and outside sponsor as well as final report required. See departmental information sheet for other limitations. Extended Course Description To come. LD ARCH 298 Hours to be arranged. Course may be repeated for credit. Special group studies. Topics to be announced at the beginning of each semester. Extended Course Description To come. LD ARCH 299 Course may be repeated for credit. Hours to be arranged. Prerequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor. Research work conducted preparatory to completion of the thesis or professional project as well as other approved research. A maximum of six units will be counted toward the M.L.A degree. The six units allows for four units maximum for thesis or professional project research, and two units maximum for other approved research. See departmental information sheet for other limitations. LD ARCH 300 Hours to be arranged. Graduate standing and appointment as a Teaching Assistant. Course may be repeated for credit. Must be taken on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis. Supervised teaching experience in undergraduate courses. Regular meetings with faculty sponsor. See departmental sheet for other limitations. Extended Course Description To come. LD ARCH 301 Two hours of seminar/discussion per week. Prerequisites: Graduate student standing. Must be taken on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis. This course presents general pedagogical principles and methods adapted to teaching in the fields of landscape architecture, environmental planning, and environmental sciences. The format varies from week to week, but involves presentations by faculty and experienced graduate student instructors (GSIs), guided discussions, sharing of teaching experiences for current GSIs, discussion of readings on effective teaching, viewing of videos, and presentation by GSIs of sections for upcoming weeks. Required of all graduate students to be eligible for appointment as GSIs; may be taken concurrently with first GSI position for entering students. Topics include learning objectives, lesson plans, active learning, group learning, classroom diversity, assessing student learning, giving constructive feedback, teaching in the studio environment, engaging students through field exercises, grading, and composing effective tests. Extended Course Description To come. LD ARCH 601 Course does not satisfy unit or residence requirements for master's degree. Hours to be arranged. Must be taken on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis. Prerequisites: Last semester of residence in M.L.A. program. Individual study for final degree requirements in consultation with adviser. LD ARCH 602 Course may be repeated for credit. Course does not satisfy unit or residence requirements for doctoral degree. Hours to be arranged. Must be taken on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis. Prerequisites: For candidates for doctor's degree. Individual study in consultation with the major field adviser, intended to provide an opportunity for qualified students to prepare themselves for the various examinations required of candidates for the Ph.D. |