NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COLLEGE

COURSE SYLLABUS

COURSE AND INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION

Course title:

Landscape Design

Course prefix, number, and section number:

HALT 1422-0100

Semester/Year of course:

Spring/2022

Semester start and end dates:

01/18/22 – 05/14/22

Modality (Face to face/Synchronous or Asynchronous online/Hybrid):

Face to face

Class meeting location, days, and times:

Gainesville campus, Henry Spaeth Agriculture Center bldg. 1600, Rm 1604, Wednesday, 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm

Lab meeting location, days, and times:

Gainesville campus, Henry Spaeth Agriculture Center bldg. 1600, Rm 1604, Wednesday, 8:00 pm – 9:40 pm

Semester credit hours:

4.00

Course description:

A study of the principles and elements of landscape design. Topics include client interview, site analysis, plan view, scale, plant selection, basic drawing and drafting skills, and plan preparation. 48 lecture hours + 32 laboratory hours.

Course prerequisites:

Required course materials:

REQUIRED TEXT

Designing the Landscape; 3rd Edition; Tony Bertauski, Publisher: Waveland Press, Inc.,

 ISBN-10: 1-4786-3957-1 / ISBN-13: 9781478640141

OPTIONAL TEXT

Best of Texas Landscape Guide, Texas Nursery and Landscape Association., Order online: http://www.tnlaonline.org/services/best_of_texas

Name of instructor:

David Castagno

Office location:

NA

Telephone number:

NA

E-mail address:

dcastagno@nctc.edu

Office hours for students:

By appointment or after class

SYLLABUS CHANGE DISCLAIMER

The faculty member reserves the right to make changes to this published syllabus if it is in the best interest of the educational development of this class. Any such changes will be announced as soon as possible in person and/or in writing.

SUMMARY OF COURSE ASSIGNMENTS

List of graded assignments:

    800 possible points

Final grade scale:

720-800 points - A

640-719 points - B

560-639 points - C

480-559 points - D

Fewer than 480 points – F

Late work policy:

The lab for this class will be very important for your understanding and experience in landscape design, and attendance in labs is extremely important. We have many things to cover throughout the labs, and several assignments will need to be completed. Because the assignments are so important and build on each other, no assignment or project will be accepted late. Most of your assignments and tasks will take several hours to complete. It is imperative that you allocate plenty of time to complete deliverables. If for some absolutely necessary reason you need to be absent during a lab, you need to get your project to me prior to or at the beginning of the scheduled lab time – send it by someone else prior to or during the class. There are no make-up labs. If you miss a lab, it is your responsibility to learn the material on your own and to get the notes you missed from a classmate.

SEE CANVAS FOR THE COMPLETE COURSE CALENDAR, OUTLINE, DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF GRADED WORK, AND OTHER RELATED MATERIAL.

COURSE POLICIES

Academic Integrity Policy:

Scholastic dishonesty shall constitute a violation of college rules and regulations and is punishable as prescribed by Board policies. Scholastic dishonesty shall include, but not be limited to cheating on a test, plagiarism, and collusion.

Plagiarizing, copying answers from another student’s exam constitutes academic dishonesty and will result in swift disciplinary action. This action will take the form of failing that assignment and/or the entire course. In addition, a letter will be written to the Vice President of Instruction

Attendance Policy:

Regular and punctual attendance is expected of each student.  I keep written records of absences and late arrivals.  For every three absences, regardless of the excuse, the student’s final grade will drop by one letter.

Three instances of tardiness (entering class late) will constitute one absence. Students who come late and leave early on the same class day will be counted absent. Students arriving more than 15 minutes late for class will be counted as absent.

Students who come to class late need to make sure that they are counted as present on the roster; see the instructor after class to have the roster updated.  If the student fails to have the roster updated, and there is no record of attendance, the student will be counted as absent.

If a student has been unjustifiably absent or tardy a sufficient number of times to preclude meeting the course’s objectives, the student may be dropped from this class by the Registrar upon recommendation of the instructor.  Also, if a student does not participate in online activities for a consecutive three weeks, the student will be dropped from the CANVAS roster (blocked in CANVAS) and might be dropped from the class.

The instructor will not provide class notes to those who are absent. As a student, it is your responsibility to obtain the missed materials and notes from a classmate.

Withdrawal Policy

A student may withdraw from a course on or after the official date of record. It is the student’s responsibility to initiate and complete a Withdrawal Request Form.

Last day to withdraw from the course with a “W” is:

            April 4, 2022

Student Learning Outcomes:

At the conclusion of the course a student will be able to: Demonstrate procedures utilized in the development of a landscape plan; develop a landscape design; and perform a site analysis and incorporate the information into the final design.

Core Objectives:

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