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2010 LARE Seminars
 

When:	Grading & Drainage: Section E (Regular) April 9-11, 2010 Site Design: Section C April 23-25, 2010 Grading & Drainage: Section E (Advanced) April 30-May 2, 2010
Location:	YMCA Point Bonita Conference Center Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Marin County A map and directions will be furnished upon enrollment.
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Grading & Drainage: Section E Bootcamp
Landscape Architects Registration Examination Through lecture, group discussion, and practice exercises, this intensive three day course focuses on preparing students to take Section E: Grading & Drainage of the Landscape Architects Registration Examination. The course includes a look at how the performance sections of the LARE are organized, what material is typically covered on the exam, strategy tips on attacking the vignettes and how the vignettes are evaluated by the licensing boards. The course covers the fundamentals of grading and drainage, intermediate-level concepts for grading and problem solving techniques applied to example exercises. Exercises of increasing difficulty will be given and reviewed during the course, ultimately reaching the level of the actual exam vignettes. Each student will receive a course syllabus containing approximately 130 pages of information pertinent to Section E and a minimum of 20 exercises and vignettes. Desk crits while working are part of the class.

Section C Bootcamp
Landscape Architects Registration Examination Through lecture, group discussion, and practice exercises, this intensive two day course focuses on preparing students to take Section C: Planning & Site Design of the LARE. The course includes an overview of Section C of the exam, the fundamentals of planning and design related skills necessary to pass this section, and problem solving techniques applied to example exercises. Each student will receive a course syllabus containing approximately 90 pages of information pertinent to Section C of the LARE.

Grading & Drainage: An Advanced Review of Section E
Landscape Architects Registration Examination Through lecture, group discussion, and practice exercises, this intensive three day course focuses on preparing students to take Section E: Grading & Drainage of the Landscape Architects Registration Examination. The course includes a brief review of factors critical to passing the performance sections of the LARE, strategy tips on attacking the vignettes and how the vignettes are evaluated by the licensing boards. Fundamentals of grading will not be reviewed. Instead this class will focus on building and reinforcing skills essential to successfully completing section E vignettes as currently occur on the LARE. There will be significant time dedicated to grading dams, ponds, headwalls and other common stormwater management facilities. Every vignette will be equal to or exceed the difficulty of exam vignettes. Each student will receive a course syllabus containing approximately 130 pages of information pertinent to Section E of the exam, 14 vignettes (some 2-part) and 9 smaller exercises. Desk crits while working are part of the class.