University of Georgia
School of Environmental Design
LAND 4710 Professional Practice
Spring Semester 2009
Tuesday – Thursday 3:30 P.M. to 4:45 P.M.
Student Learning Center Room 248
Instructor: Dale A. Hall, RLA, ASLA, AICP
Phone: 706-542-2916
E-mail: dahall@uga.edu
Office: 510C Caldwell
Office Hours: by appointment only
Course Objectives:
This professional practice course will introduce the ethical, financial, legal, management,
contractual and administrative issues encountered in numerous forms of landscape architecture
practice. Furthermore this course will clarify the procedures for licensure in landscape architecture.
Academic Integrity:
This course will be conducted in accordance with the UGA University Honor Code and Academic
Honesty Policy. All academic work must meet the standards contained in “A Culture of Honesty.”
Each student is responsible for becoming knowledgeable about these standards before performing
any academic work. Students should feel encouraged to learn and study together, however quizzes
and exams are to reveal the level of accomplishment of the individual student.
Examinations:
There will be three (3) exams throughout the semester as noted in the syllabus. Each exam will be
cumulative and will be worth 20% of your class grade.
Quizzes:
There will be at a minimum five (5) unannounced in–class assignments throughout the semester.
These unannounced in–class assignments will make up 20% of your class grade. In the event that
more than five (5) in-class assignments are given, the lowest scores may be dropped at the
discretion of the Instructor. Please note that there will not be makeups for missed assignments. If
you are scheduled for a sanctioned field trip and I am notified by your instructor a minimum of one
(1) week in advance, every effort will be made not to schedule in-class assignments on those days.
Required Text:
Sharky, Bruce G. 1994. Ready, Set, Practice: Elements of Landscape Architectural Professional
Practice. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Additional materials may be required and will be made available.
Additional Recommended Texts:
Rogers, Walter. 1997. The Professional Practice of Landscape Architecture. John Wiley & Sons,
Inc.
Beery, William E. 2002. Business Law for Landscape Architects. Pearson Custom Publishing.
McDonald, Brian T. 2006. Landscape Design Documentation. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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A few good books every Landscape Architect should own (and READ):
Smith, Hebert H. 1993. The Citizen’s Guide to Planning. American Planners Association.
Harris, Charles & Nicholas Dines. 1998. Time Saver Standards for Landscape Architecture.
McGraw Hill, Inc.
Leonard Hopper, RLA, FASLA. 2007. Landscape Architectural Graphic Standards. John Wiley &
Sons, Inc.
A few books every Business Manager should own (and READ):
Blanchard, Kenneth. 1982. The One Minute Manager. Blanchard Family Partnership and the
William Oncken Corporation.
Carnegie, Dale. 1936. How to Win Friends & Influence People. Schuster & Simon, Inc.
Lencioni, Patrick. 2002. The Five Dysfunctions of a Team. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Research Project:
Students will be assigned groups that are to research one of the following topics: ethics, innovation,
leadership, or management. Each student will be responsible to read one book on the assigned
topic and individually prepare a report on the chosen text. Specific requirements of the report will
be handed out at a later date. This individual report will be worth 20% of your final grade.
Text Examples (others may be used as approved by the Course Instructor):
Ethics
Carnegie, Dale. 1936. How to Win Friends & Influence People. Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Fox, Warwick. 2000. Ethics and the Built Environment. New York, New York. Routledge.
Innovation
Johnson, Spencer and Kenneth H. Blanchard. 1998. Who Moved My Cheese? An Amazing Way
to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life. Putnam Adult.
Osborne, David and Ted Gabler. 1992. Reinventing Government: How the Entrepreneurial Spirit
is Transforming the Public Sector. New York, New York. Penguin Group.
Leadership
Adamchik, Wally. 2006. No Yelling: The 9 Secrets of Marine Corps Leadership You Must Know
to Win in Business. James & Brookfield Publishers.
Blanchard, Ken, et. al. 1999. Leadership by the Book: Tools to Transform Your Workplace. New
York, New York. William Morrow and Company, Inc.
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Management
Blanchard, Kenneth. 1982. The One Minute Manager. Blanchard Family Partnership and the
William Oncken Corporation.
Coxe, Weid. 1987. Success Strategies for Design Professionals: Superpositions for Architecture
and Engineering Firms. McGraw-Hill Book Company.
Lencioni, Patrick. 2002. The Five Dysfunctions of a Team. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Administrative Details:
• All quizzes and exams will be hand graded, so it is essential that all students write legibly.
Writing utensils will not be made available by the Class Instructor.
• If you are not present you are responsible for obtaining any materials distributed in class.
• Please turn off all electronics devices (cell phones, iPods) while in class.
• Class Instructor reserves the right to eject disruptive students from class.
• Class Instructor reserves the right to revise the syllabus as the semester progresses.
Grading Scale:
A
93-100%
A90-92.9%
B+
87-89.9%
B
83-86.9%
B80-82.9%
C+
77-79.9%
C
73-76.9%
C70-72.9%
D
60-69.9%
F
Below 60%
Class Schedule detailed on the following pages.
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Class Schedule:
This schedule is subject to change at the Instructor’s discretion.
Tuesday
January
Week
1
13th – Class #2
2
Ethics
• Chapter 3
Forms of Professional Practice
• Chapter 4
20th – Class #4
Guest Lecturer
• Topic: Professional Organizations
3
27th – Class #6
Guest Lecturer
• Topic: Organizational Management
Tuesday
rd
3 – Class #8
4
February
Week
5
Business Plans
• Chapter 9
10th – Class #10
Financial Planning & Personnel Management
• Chapter 9 (continued)
Exam Review
17th – Class #12
Marketing
• Chapter 6 and 10
24th – Class #14
Record keeping
• Chapter 11
The Life of the Project
• Chapter 12
6
7
8
Thursday
8 – Class #1
Introduction to Professional Practice
• Chapters 1 and 2
15th – Class #3
Professional Organizations/Allied
Professions
• ASLA, CLARB, APA
th
22nd – Class #5
Professional Continuum
• Chapter 5 (pages 40-46 only)
Professional Service
• Chapter 7
29th – Class #7
Organizational Perspectives
• Chapter 8
Thursday
5 – Class #9
th
Guest Lecturer
Topic: EEO and AA
12th – Class #11
Exam #1
19th – Class #13
Guest Lecturer
• Topic: Marketing
26th – Class #15
Guest Lecturer
• Topic: Planning & Zoning
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Tuesday
rd
3 – Class #16
Legal Issues – Torts & Dispute Resolutions
• Chapter 13 & Assigned Reading #1
10th
Spring Break – No Class
17th – Class #18
Legal Issues – Property
• Assigned Reading #3
March
Week
9
10
11
24th – Class #20
12
31st – Class #22
13
Exam #2
Thursday
5 – Class #17
Legal Issues - Property
• Assigned Reading #2
12th
Spring Break – No Class
19th – Class #19
Bonds
• Chapter 13
Exam Review
26th – Class #21
Professional Image
th
Contracts
• Chapter 14
Tuesday
7th – Class #24
Contracts
• Chapter 14 (continued)
14th – Class #26
Contract Administration
Chapter 16
21st– Class #28
MLA Student Presentations
28th – Class #30
Course Evaluations
Exam Review
April
Week
13
14
15
16
Thursday
2 – Class #23
nd
Contracts
• Chapter 14 (continued)
9th – Class #25
Technical Specifications
• Chapter 15
16th – Class #27
Guest Lecturer
Topic: Development Perspectives
23th – Class #29
MLA Student Presentations
17
Exam #3 in May - time and date to be announced.
*Note: The University will operate a Monday class schedule on Thursday, April 30. This is done to equalize the
class minutes between MWF and TTH classes and to provide an equal number of class meetings for courses which
may meet only once per week.
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