Maricopa Community Colleges  AGL189   19906-20005 
Official Course Description:   MCCCD Approval:  05/22/90  
AGL189      19906-20005 L+L 3 Credit(s) 6 Period(s)
Landscape Design
Basic principles of landscape design, including drafting and design techniques emphasizing working drawings for planting and sprinkler installation, detail views, symbol legends, codes, renderings and specifications. Prerequisites: None.
 
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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:
 
AGL189   19906-20005 Landscape Design
1. Identify and use drafting equipment. (I)
2. Develop and use a professional lettering style. (II)
3. Develop freehand sketching techniques. (III)
4. Use templates to develop symbol graphics. (IV)
5. Develop a landscape plot plan. (V, VI, VII)
6. Design and use scale drawings. (VI)
7. Develop landscape designs for blueprinting. (VII)
8. Identify and use local plant materials. (VIII)
9. Draw detail drawings of construction operations. (IX)
10. Write a set of specifications for a landscape design. (X)
11. Identify sprinkler system components. (XI)
12. Draw detail drawings of sprinkler components. (XII)
13. Develop a complete residential planting and sprinkler landscape design. (XIII)
14. Identify city landscape codes. (XIV)
15. Produce a colored landscape rendering. (XV)
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AGL189   19906-20005 Landscape Design
    I. Drafting Tools
        A. T-square, horizontal bar or machine
          1. HB, H & 2H pencils or lead--border
          2. Visible & hidden line widths
        B. Weight value for blueprints
        C. Equal lines or areas
        D. Determine scale to design
      II. Professional lettering style
        III. Freehand sketching techniques
            A. Freehand lines and circles
            B. Freehand landscape graphics
          IV. Commercial templates
              A. Graphics for shrubs, trees, and ground covers
              B. Graphics for hardscapes
            V. Landscape drawing
                A. Plot plans
                B. Freehand sketch of the plot plan
              VI. Scale drawing of structures
                VII. Landscape design for blueprints
                    A. Family wants and needs
                    B. Principles of design
                    C. Form, composition and function
                    D. Functional diagram
                  VIII. Local plant material design
                      A. Legend
                      B. Order of installation
                    IX. Detail drawings/construction operations
                        A. Tree planting
                        B. Shrub planting
                        C. Boulder placement
                        D. Brick headers
                        E. Concrete mow strip
                      X. Design specifications
                        XI. Sprinkling systems
                            A. Valves, pipe and fittings
                            B. Sprinkler heads, bubblers and drip system parts
                            C. Schematic design of automatic sprinkler control system
                          XII. Detail drawing
                              A. P.V.B. anti-siphon valve installation
                              B. Electric valve installation
                              C. Sprinkler head installation
                              D. Bubbler head installation
                              E. Drip system installation
                              F. Manual valve installation
                            XIII. Residential landscape design
                                A. Construction details
                                B. Sprinkler design with details
                                C. Landscape and sprinkler specifications
                              XIV. City codes on landscape construction
                                XV. Landscape rendering
                                    A. Colored rendered graphics
                                    B. Landscape rendering
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