Apr 02, 2025  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

LARC 230 - Introduction to Construction Materials and Methods

Credit(s): 3
CONSTRUCTION MATS & MTDS
Component: Studio
This course is an introduction to many of the key materials and methods used in landscape design and construction and an introduction to understanding landforms and site manipulation. Topics include material characteristics and uses, methods of construction, basic principles of landscape detailing and construction documentation conventions, basic landform signatures, contours and grading principles. Through lectures, site visits and practical exercises, students are introduced to the drafting and graphic communication skills typically used in construction documentation.
Repeatable for Credit: N Allowed Units: 3 Multiple Term Enrollment: N Grading Basis: Student Option
Sustainability
Sustainability Connections Course Typically Offered: Fall
General Education Objectives: