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Effective Term:
Fall 2016 through Fall 2017

Course Number:
LAT 277
Course Title:
Landscape Technology Capstone
Credit Hours:
3
Lecture Hours:
10
Lecture/Lab Hours:
40
Lab Hours:
0

Course Description

Provides the opportunity to put landscape technology skills to use on a real-world landscape design/installation project in a team setting. Promotes the application and further development of learned skills and techniques in landscape technology program. Improves team-work, organization and project management skills. Must be in the last term of their program. Audit available.

Intended Outcomes for the course

Upon successful completion of the course students should be able to:

  • Manage client interactions on a landscape project.
  • Work with a diverse team to plan, stage and implement a landscape design/build project.
  • Provide leadership for their portion of a landscape project.
  • Communicate effectively with diverse stakeholders to complete a landscape project.

Aspirational Goals

Gain confidence and experience in working as a team member to design and implement a real world landscape design/build project.

Course Activities and Design

This course will not be a traditional lecture/lab-type course.  Pulling together the skills and expertise of diverse students to design and install a real world project with a client, naturally requires some built in flexibility.  The course will have the following framework:

  1. Initial assessment of the project by team members.
  2. Brainstorming (approaches and solutions)
  3. Team formation and assignments
  4. Project design, scheduling and organization
  5. Project implementation
  6. Project debriefing

To insure that learning is happening at every stage of the process, there will be check-ins at each of the outlined stages where the group will be asked explicitly, "What are we learning?" Outcome assessment strategies (see below) will be inserted in this framework at the designated times.

Outcome Assessment Strategies

Completion of assigned tasks.

Weekly team reports.

Weekly debriefings (wrap-ups) that highlight new learning as the process develops.

Reflection paper near the end of the term that includes evaluation of the team, the process and one's self.

Evaluation of the final project.

Course Content (Themes, Concepts, Issues and Skills)

  • Team work and efficieny
  • Organization and scheduling
  • Leadership