LA 3160
Site Engineering
This course exposes students to the fundamentals of site engineering and its relationship to best environmental practices. Lectures and short vignettes are provided to students and worked-through within the class period. These projects deal with site grading, earthwork estimating; storm water management, site layout, and essential associated professional skills. This course receives more credit than typical for the meeting pattern due to substantial academic activity outside of instructional hours.
Topics
- Identify landforms and understand the three-dimensional qualities of landscape and how those qualities directly affect the designs that you create.
- Understand the correct terminology, concepts and conventions used by Engineers, Landscape Architects and Contractors to achieve the desired built outcomes.
- Prepare basic site grading plans to enhance their designs.
- Complete calculations related to soil estimation and storm-water management.
- Layout a landscape design on site.
Official roster learning outcomes
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027