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Contracting
Landscape Contracting
Department
of Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning
Contact: Mike Davidsohn,
Program Coordinator
Office: 106 Hills North
Phone: 545-0969
The landscape contracting
industry needs people possessing the ability to design, build, and maintain
todays challenging landscape projects. Theory, knowledge, and practical
skills in the areas of horticulture, landscape construction, and small-scale
design are essential. In the classroom, the studio, the campus landscape
laboratory, as well as on local sites, matters of grading; construction
of walls, walks, terraces; the identification and use of woody and herbaceous
plants; and the design of small-scale residential and commercial projects
are addressed. Men and women graduates are supervising field crews for
landscape contracting companies or running their own businesses after
obtaining field experience.
Course of Study
| First Semester
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Credits |
| *ENVDES 335 Plant Materials I |
4 |
| *LDCONT 112 Introduction to Landscape Design |
4 |
| PLSOIL 102 Introductory Botany |
4 |
| PLSOIL 105 Soils |
4
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16 |
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| Second Semester (8 wks) |
Credits |
| ENGL 120 English Composition |
3 |
| ENT 104 Insects and Related Forms |
2 |
| ENVDES 193C MicrocomputerApplications |
2 |
| *LDCONT 104 Planting Design |
3 |
| PLSOIL 103 Plant Science |
2
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12 |
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| April through August |
Credits |
| LDCONT 198 Cooperative Work Training |
4 |
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| Third Semester |
Credits |
| ENT 105 Insects of Ornamentals |
3 |
| FOREST 332 Principles of Arboriculture |
3 |
| *LDCONT 107 Land Form |
4 |
| Math course by placement exam |
3 |
| MICBIO 104 Horticultural Plant Pathology |
3 |
| MICBIO 106 Microorganisms on WoodyPlants Lab |
1 |
| PLSOIL 231 Introductory Turfgrass Management |
2
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19 |
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| Fourth Semester |
Credits |
| LD ARC 294A Construction Materials |
3 |
| *LD ARC 294B Construction MaterialsPracticum |
1 |
| *LDARC 297M Business Concepts of Landscape Contracting |
3 |
| *LDCONT 213 Small Property Design |
4 |
| PLSOIL 255 Herbaceous Perennials |
3
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14 |
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Total: 65 credits
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* A grade of C or better
must be earned in these courses.
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