| Spring 2010 Graduate Courses |
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LD ARCH 202 (5) Two hours of lecture and six hours of studio per week. PREREQUISITES: 201 or consent of instructor. A site design studio stressing the shaping and coordination of ideas from initial concept to complete design of open space in various contexts. Typical projects will be of an intermediate scale and might include a park, plaza, museum sculpture garden, playground, office park, or housing project. Modules on social factors and planting design are included. Extended Course Description To come. LD ARCH 204 (5) Three hours of lecture and six hours of studio per week. PREREQUISITES: 201 or consent of instructor. Special topics in the design and planning of the landscape. The focus of the studio varies from semester to semester. Possible topics include community design, educative environments, landscape as art, park design, or energy-conserving design. LD ARCH 205 (5) Three hours of lecture and six hours of studio per week. PREREQUISITES: 201 or consent of instructor. Application of environmental planning principles to a complex problem involving a variety of environmental criteria and desired land uses in a complex institutional and political setting. Student teams will identify needed data, assess environmental developmental problems, weigh competing uses, and prepare an environmental management plan. Extended Course Description To come. LD ARCH 206 (5) Three hours of lecture and six hours of studio per week. PREREQUISITES: 252 and graduate standing. This is a spring studio for students to work on final projects (theses and professional reports). The studio, including lectures by the instructor, is meant to train and assist students in thesis or professional project research and help them in finalizing their thesis or professional report topic. The course includes weekly exercises ranging from writing articles documenting, illustrating, and critiquing landscapes to finally producing a thesis or professional report. Extended Course Description To come. LD ARCH 222 (4) Three hours of lecture and two hours of laboratory per week plus three days of weekend field trips. This course presents an overview of relevant hydrologic, hydraulic, and geomorphic processes, to provide the planner and ecologist with insight sufficient to coordinate with technical specialists in the field of hydrology. In addition, relevant regulations and policies are reviewed. Extended Course Description To come. LD ARCH 223 (1) One hours of lecture/discussion per week plus two field trips (total of four days). Must be taken on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis. Introduction to the ecology, visual characteristics, land use, and design history of the major landscape regions in California. Extended Course Description To come. LD ARCH 225 (3) Three hours of lecture per week plus two one-day field trips. Introduction to the field of urban forestry, its history, and its role in contemporary towns and cities. Emphasis on planning and management of the urban forest, restoration of old parks, street trees, and community participation. Extended Course Description To come. LD ARCH 226 (2) Prerequisites: 121 (may be taken concurrently). The course investigates the process of developing schematic landscape design proposals into constructed landscapes. Emphasis will be placed on understanding the durability of materials and design details, the efficient use of materials, and the ability to evaluate how material selection and detailing can impact the environment. Field trips to construction sites, manufacturing facilities, and built landscapes will be included. Extended Course Description To come. LD ARCH 232 (3) Three hours of lecture per week and two field trips (total of three days). Visual and cultural analysis of landscapes, inventory procedures for "place" values, and problems related to sustainable design development, with special emphasis on highly valued places. Offered every third year. Extended Course Description To come. LD ARCH 251 (2) 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 252A (2) Two hours of session per week. PREREQUISITES: Proposal must be submitted prior semester and approved by LAEP Curriculum Committee. 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 (1) 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 255 (1) PREREQUISITES: Doctoral Student or 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 257 (1-3) Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies. One to three hours of seminar per week. Prerequisites: Graduate standing or consent of instructor. Research seminar on selected topics in landscape design. Seminars will focus on the theoretical foundations and practical applications of design and planning methods as well as emerging issues in the discipline. Seminars will include lectures by the faculty member offering the course, guest lecturers, student presentations, and discussions. Readings and requirements vary from year to year based on the topic and instructor. LD ARCH 257 SEC 1 Description to come. LD ARCH 257 SEC 2 Description to come. LD ARCH 258 (1) 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 (2) Hours to be arranged. PREREQUISITES: Graduate standing and appointment as a 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 asatisfactory/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. LD ARCH 296 (1–12) 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. LD ARCH 297 (2–3) Hours to be arranged. PREREQUISITES: Graduate standing and consent of instructor. Any combination of 295 or 297 may be taken for a total of six units maximum towards a 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. LD ARCH 299 (1–6) Hours to be arranged. PREREQUISITES: Graduate standing and consent of instructor. Course may be repeated for credit. 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 (2) Course may be repeated for credit. Hours to be arranged. Must be taken on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis. Prerequisites: Graduate standing and appointment as a Teaching Assistant. Supervised teaching experience in undergraduate courses. Regular meetings with faculty sponsor. See departmental sheet for other limitations. LD ARCH 601 (1–8) 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 (1–8) 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. |