Landscape Architecture Registration Exam Prep Course
Please register using the form link below. Payment cannot be accepted until July 1. All registrants will be notified with registration confirmation and payment instructions.
WHERE
Friday through Sunday, July 12-14, 2013
8:30 am to 6:30 pm on Friday, Saturday & Sunday
WHEN
NC State College of Design
50 Pullen Road, Raleigh
Leazar Hall
WHAT
Section 4: Grading, Drainage & Construction Documentation
Additional detail below.
Coffee and refreshments included. Breakfast and lunch on your own. (Several places to eat within easy walking distance.)
HOTEL BLOCK
Doubletree by Hilton Raleigh | BrownstoneThe hotel is within walking distance, two-tenths mile from the College.
Block rates start at $139.
1707 Hillsborough Street
Raleigh, NC 27605
Telephone: 919.828.0811
COURSE FEE
$425.00
PAYMENT
Registration and PaymentCOURSE DESCRIPTION
Grading, Drainage & Construction Documentation
Section 4 Bootcamp
Through lecture, group discussion, and practice exercises, this intensive three day course focuses on preparing students to take Section 4: Grading, Drainage & Construction Documentation of the Landscape Architects Registration Examination. The course includes a look at how this section of the LARE is organized, what material is typically covered on the exam, and strategy tips for the various question formats taking into consideration the peculiarities of the new computer interface introduced in December 2012. The course covers the fundamentals of grading and drainage, and problem solving techniques applied to example exercises using the new Advanced Item Type problem format. Exercises will be of difficulty equal to or greater than those on the LARE. At lease half will be worked in class and reviewed during the course. Each student will receive a course syllabus containing approximately 340 pages of information pertinent to Section 4, a minimum of 30 AIT type exercises which involve graphical solutions of grading and drainage problems, and at least 100 multiple choice questions. Desk crits while working are part of the class.
The program includes:
- Overview of the Exam and Section 4
- Basic Exam Preparation Techniques
- A Short Refresher on Grading & Drainage
- Solving Watershed Planning Problems
- Grading Flat and Sloping Planes
- Grading Swales and Directing Surface Drainage
- Roadway Grading
- Foundation Systems and Setting Finish Floor Elevations
- Accessibility Requirements and the LARE
Students will complete timed AITs and tests typical of those on Section 4 of the LARE. The class takes a programmed approach to Section 4, with lectures covering concepts and techniques applicable to specific grading and drainage applied skills, followed by a timed AIT which tests the skills taught. Individual feedback will be given to students as they work. Each AIT will then be reviewed by the class as a whole. The instructor will provide tips on how to break problems down and conceptualize a plan of attack for developing solutions. The first two three days will generally follow this format. Sunday will focus on material moved into Section 4 from Section D of the pre-2012 exam.
For questions regarding course content, please email instructor Ray Freeman: rayfreeman3@comcast.net
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
This course would benefit candidates for the LARE who are taking the exam for the first time, are experiencing difficulty passing Section 4 of the LARE and feel that a very intensive studio-like class would help, and/or need a refresher on grading skills and their application to drainage systems.
INSTRUCTOR
Ray Freeman, RLA (NC, MA, CA), CPESC, ASLA
Mr. Freeman is a principal of Freeman & Jewell Landscape Architecture and has more than 36 years of experience as a Landscape Architect. His specialty areas include site planning, layout and grading plans, sedimentation control, storm drainage and storm water management design, pond design, environmental permitting, specifications, and construction detailing. Mr. Freeman has taught this section of the LARE review since the Spring of 2000. He also taught Site Engineering for Landscape Architects in the Landscape Architecture program at the University of California at Berkeley from 1995-1999. He served as a full-time lecturer at the California State Polytechnic University at San Luis Obispo in the fall quarter of 2008. Mr. Freeman currently teaches Site Engineering for Landscape Architects at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, and Construction Materials: Design in Detail at the University of California at Berkeley.
Mr. Freeman’s LARE review classes have attracted students from 45 states, 5 Canadian Provinces, Washington DC, and Puerto Rico.
