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LARE Preparation Courses in Northern California

Freeman & Jewell Landscape Architecture is once again offering our popular series of preparatory courses for candidates taking the Landscape Architect Registration Examination. The courses are generally offered four times each year in Northern California, usually four to six weeks prior to the examination dates. Our classes have attracted students from 27 states, 3 Canadian Provinces, and Germany.

All of our courses are current with the 2006 exam format, and are updated every six months. We offer a class on the multiple choice sections in January and July.

Class Dates:

Section E_October 8-10 Fri-Sat-Sun 8:30-6:00 pm
Section C_Octoberl 22-24 Fri-Sat-Sun 8:30-6:00 pm
Section E_November 5-7 Fri-Sat-Sun 8:30-6:00 pm

Note: The October 8-10 class includes a refresher on basic grading techniques. This is our standard Section E Review class.

The November 5-7 class is an advanced review. Basic grading concepts will not be taught. Instead, more time will be spent on working, solving and discussing LARE style vignettes. Advance permission from the instructor is required to attend the November 5-7 class.

We have a strict maximum of 26 students per class to allow for individual one on one desk crits during vignette work periods. I have 10 years of experience in teaching LARE reviews and have helped over 1000 students prepare for the exam. Our students pass rates are exceptional. Over the past 3 years, they have exceeded the national average by 18 percentage points and the California average by over 21 percentage points in both performance sections.

Instructor: Ray Freeman, ASLA, RLA in California, Massachusetts, and North Carolina and CPESC (nationwide). Over 30 years experience in private practice, plus a few odd years in the public sector. Former lecturer at Harvard, UC Berkeley, UC Davis Extension, and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.

The classes cover exam formats, tips and tricks, and feature programmed instruction focusing on developing the skills needed to solve every known type of technical task required on these sections of the LARE. The format of the classes are lecture, question and answer, and studio-like work sessions with desk crits and review of each exercise or vignette done in class. In addition to a study guide, students will receive at least 21 problems in each course, of which about half will be worked in class.

Special Note: In both section E classes we include lectures on basic drainage, ponds and dams, and basin sizing methods. At least 4 vignettes in each Grading Class have pond problems of different forms and scales as part of the vignette.

To obtain a current copy of our brochure and registration form, please e-mail Rayfreeman3@comcast.net.

Location: Marin Headlands (15 minutes north of San Francisco). The setting is unmatched. Unfortunately, we won’t give you much time to enjoy the view. Inexpensive bunkhouse style accommodations at the facility are available, and there is a very reasonably priced shuttle service from SFO airport.

Cost: $445 per course.