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2008 LARE Seminars
 

When:	Site Design - Section C October 10-12, 2008 Grading, Drainage & Stormwater Management - Section E September 12-14,2008 Repeated on October 24-26, 2008
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: An Intensive 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 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 100 pages of information pertinent to Section E of the exam. Desk crits while working are part of the class.

The program includes

• Overview of the Exam and Section E

• Spot Elevations and Contours

• Ridges, Valleys and Watersheds

• Interpolation

• Standard Symbology and Terms for Grading and Drainage

• Accessibility Requirements

• Rules of Thumb and Critical Gradients

• Grading Processes and Procedures

• Storm Drainage and Stormwater Management

• Effects of Urbanization on Watersheds

• Practical Techniques for Solving Vignettes

• Basic Exam Preparation Techniques

Site Design
An Intensive Review of Section C

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 75 pages of information pertinent to Section C of the LARE.

The program includes:

• Overview of the exam and Section C

• Graphic Conventions for Section C

• Pre-exam planning and preparation for the LARE

• Planning standards used in the Site Design section

• Typical types of problems encountered in Section C

• Site Analysis and Programming

• Vehicular and Pedestrian Circulation Systems

• Site Planning

• Accessibility Requirements

• Setting priorities in solving vignettes

• Implications of scale in using LARE design standards