Online - GA Sales Postlicense Course, with Instructor Maurie Van Buren

Online - GA Sales Postlicense Course, with Instructor Maurie Van Buren
Syllabus

House Styles At A Glance

Course Description

In this course, Ms. Van Buren discusses different house styles ranging from the single pen to the Greek Revival and the Ranch. This course presents the different characteristics for each style and the keys to their identification.

Course Outline

Intro
1. Intro
Colonial
1. Colonial
  Upon completion of this lesson, you should be able to:
  - Identify tabby and adobe as Colonial construction materials.
  - Identify planking, corner notching, and heavy timber framing as Colonial construction techniques.
  - Identify the Single Pen, the Double Pen, and the Hall and Parlor and their characteristics.
  - Identify the English Medieval and the Pennsylvania Dutch styles and their characteristics.
  - Identify the Dutch Colonial and French Colonial styles and their characteristics.
  - Identify the Early Georgian and the Late Georgian styles and their characteristics.
  - Identify the Charleston Single House style and its characteristics.
2. Colonial Lesson Test
3. Colonial Chapter Test
Antebellum
1. Antebellum
  Upon completion of this lesson, you should be able to:
  - Identify the Plantation Plain style and its characteristics.
  - Identify the Federal style, its characteristics, and its approximate dates of popularity.
  - Identify the Greek Revival style, its characteristics, and its approximate dates of popularity.
2. Antebellum Lesson Test
3. Antebellum Chapter Test
Victorian
1. Victorian
  Upon completion of this lesson, you should be able to:
  - Identify the Victorian Gothic, Italianate, and Steamboat Gothic styles and their characteristics.
  - Distinguish the difference between Shotgun, Saddlebag, and Pyramidal Roof houses.
  - Identify the Victorian Romanesque and the Second Empire styles and their characteristics.
  - Name the three main characteristics of early in-town neighborhoods and the predominate form of construction in the Victorian era.
  - Identify the Gabled Ell and Queen Anne styles and their characteristics.
2. Victorian LessonTest
3. Victorian Chapter Test
Historical Revival
1. Historical Revival
  Upon completion of this lesson, you should be able to:
  - Identify the Neo-Classical and English Tudor styles and their characteristics.
  - Identify the Early Georgian Revival, Late Georgian Revival, and Colonial Revival styles and their characteristics.
  - Identify the Dutch Colonial and Spanish Colonial styles and their characteristics.
  - Identify the Chateauesque, English Regency, and Neo-Baroque styles and their characteristics and classify them as the three different styles of "European Stucco" houses.
2. Historical Revival Lesson Test
3. Historical Revival Chapter Test
Arts and Crafts Movement
1. Arts and Crafts Movement
  Upon completion of this lesson, you should be able to:
  - Recognize the father of the American Arts and Crafts Movement and the movements characteristics.
  - Identify the Basic Bungalow style and its characteristics.
  - Identify the American Four-Square and the Front Gable Bungalow and their characteristics.
2. Arts and Crafts Movement Lesson Test
3. Arts and Crafts Movement Chapter Test
Contemporary Architecture
1. Contemporary Architecture
  Upon completion of this lesson, you should be able to:
  - Identify the Ranch style and its characteristics.
  - Identify the Split-Level and its characteristics.
  - Identify the Art Deco style and its characteristics.
  - Identify the California Contemporary (Contemporary Rustic) style and its characteristics.
2. Contemporary Architecture Lesson Test
3. Contemporary Architecture Chapter Test

House Interiors 1

Course Description

Ms. Van Buren discusses the separate parts of the wall, hall, and trim and their characteristics. This course also presents theses elements through the historical periods, highlighting their changes through each period.

Course Outline

Intro
1. Intro
Historical Periods
1. Historical Periods
  Upon completion of this lesson, you should be able to:
  - Identify the types of stairs, fireplaces, and mantlepieces found in the Colonial period.
  - Identify the types of stairs, fireplaces, and mantlepieces found in the Federal period.
  - Identify the types of stairs, fireplaces, and mantlepieces found in the Greek Revival period.
  - Identify the types of stairs, fireplaces, and mantlepieces found in the Victorian period.
  - Identify the types of stairs, fireplaces, and mantlepieces found in the Arts and Crafts period.
  - Identify the types of stairs and kitchens found in the Historical Revival period.
  - Relate the steps to making a plaster wall and the wall's components.
  - Identify the rules of thumb concerning wall coverings and fireplaces in the Colonial period.
2. Historical Periods Lesson Test
3. Historical Periods Chapter Test
Walls, Halls, and Trim
1. Walls, Halls, and Trim
  Upon completion of this lesson, you should be able to:
  - Identify the three parts of the wall and their locations.
  - Identify the three parts of the dado, their locations, and their functions.
  - Identify the characteristics of the field.
  - Identify the three parts of the cornice, their locations, and their functions.
  - Identify trumploi, Williamsburg shift, and lincrusta.
  - Identify the changes in the wall during the Victorian and Arts and Crafts periods.
2. Walls, Halls, and Trim Lesson Test
3. Walls, Halls, and Trim Chapter Test

House Interiors 2

Course Description

A continuation of House Interiors 1, Ms. Van Buren discusses interior features such as doors, door surrounds, and windows and rooms such as the kitchen and bathroom.

Course Outline

Intro
1. Intro
Doors and Door Surrounds
1. Historical Periods
  Upon completion of this lesson, you should be able to:
  - Identify the types of doors found in the Colonial and Federal periods and their characteristics.
  - Identify the types of doors found in the Greek Revival period, their characteristics, and the rule of thumb concerning lockboxes.
  - Identify the types of doors found in the Victorian and Arts and Crafts periods and their characteristics.
  - Identify the types of doors found in the Historical Revival period and their characteristics.
  - Identify the way in which early doors were locked and why that has changed.
  - Identify the escutcheon plate and determine a room's importance based on it.
2. Historical Periods Lesson Test
3. Door Surrounds & Interior Passages
  Upon completion of this lesson, you should be able to:
  - Identify and distinguish between the three types of trim.
  - Identify the three most common types of corner block.
  - Identify and distinguish the three types of interior passages.
4. Door Surrounds & Interior Passages Lesson Test
5. Doors and Door Surrounds Chapter Test
Windows
1. Windows
  Upon completion of this lesson, you should be able to:
  - Identify the types of windows found in the Colonial period, their characteristics, and the rule of thumb concerning the size of glass panes.
  - Identify the types of windows found in the Classical, Federal, and Greek Revival periods, their characteristics, and the rule of thumb concerning the the placement of the window near the chimney.
  - Identify the types of windows found in Victorian period and their characteristics.
  - Identify the types of windows found in Historical Revival, Arts and Crafts, and Contemporary periods and their characteristics.
  - Relate what can be discovered by the size, shape, type, and placement of windows.
2. Windows Lesson Test
3. Windows Chapter Test
Kitchens
1. Kitchens
  Upon completion of this lesson, you should be able to:
  - Identify the placement of early kitchens in relationship to the house.
  - Identify the types of storage found in early houses.
  - Identify the changes made to kitchens through technology.
2. Kitchens Lesson Test
3. Kitchens Chapter Test
Bathrooms
1. Bathrooms
  Upon completion of this lesson, you should be able to:
  - Relate the evolution of the toilet and the flushing mechanism.
  - Relate the evolution of the tub and shower.
2. Bathrooms Lesson Test
3. Bathrooms Chapter Test

Marketing Historic Properties

Course Description

In this course, Ms. Van Buren discusses marketing historic property, including: characteristics of historic properties, historic designations, standards of rehabilitation, supply and demand in the historic property market, and creative and correct ads.

Course Outline

Intro
1. Intro
Characteristics of Historic Properties
1. Characteristics
  Upon completion of this lesson, you should be able to:
  - Distinguish the six main features that make a building historic.
2. Characteristics Lesson Test
3. Characteristics Chapter Test
Historic Designations
1. Historic Designations
  Upon completion of this lesson, you should be able to:
  - Identify the benefits of the National Register of Historic Places.
  - Understand how properties are nominated to the National Register.
  - Name the three types of locally designated districts.
2. Historic Designations Lesson Test
3. Historic Designations Chapter Test
Standards of Rehabilitation
1. Standards of Rehabilitation
  Upon completion of this lesson, you should be able to:
  - Identify the ten Standards of Rehabilitation.
2. Standards of Rehabilitation Lesson Test
3. Standards of Rehabilitation Chapter Test
Supply and Demand in the Historic Property Market
1. Supply and Demand in the Historic Property Market
  Upon completion of this lesson, you should be able to:
  - Identify the different types of markets for historic properties.
2. Supply and Demand Lesson Test
3. Supply and Demand Chapter Test
Creative and Correct Ads
1. Creative and Correct Ads
  Upon completion of this lesson, you should be able to:
  - Identify a correct historic property advertisement.
2. Creative and Correct Ads Lesson Test
3. Creative and Correct Ads Chapter Test

New Home Styles

Course Description

In this course, Ms. Van Buren discusses new home styles, including: identifying and describing styles, new trends and old traditions, communities with character, and inside the new home.

Course Outline

Introduction
1. Introduction
Identifying and Describing Styles
1. Identifying and Describing Styles
  Upon completion of this lesson, you should be able to:
  - Identify the Traditional styles of architecture and their characteristics.
  - Identify the European styles of architecture and their characteristics.
  - Identify the Country styles of architecture and their characteristics.
  - Identify the Victorian styles of architecture and their characteristics.
  - Identify the Contemporary styles of architecture and their characteristics.
2. Identifying and Describing Styles Lesson Test
3. Identifying and Describing Styles Chapter Test
New Trends & Old Traditions
1. New Trends & Old Traditions
  Upon completion of this lesson, you should be able to:
  - Name new and traditional types of home construction.
  - Identify the goal of windows in new homes.
  - Distinguish the different types of porches and their characteristics.
2. New Trends & Old Traditions Lesson Test
3. New Trends & Old Traditions Chapter Test
Communities With Character
1. Communities With Character
  Upon completion of this lesson, you should be able to:
  - Identify the elements of a traditional neighborhood development.
  - Recognize the importance of a neighborhood entrance.
  - Name different social and community areas in a traditional neighborhood development and their importance.
  - Recognize the importance of landscaping.
2. Communities With Character Lesson Test
3. Communities With Character Chapter Test
Inside the New Home
1. Inside the New Home
  Upon completion of this lesson, you should be able to:
  - Identify the characteristics of kitchens and the reasons for their importance.
  - Recognize the characteristics of bathrooms and the reasons for their importance.
  - Distinguish the characteristics of private spaces and entertaining spaces.
  - Name the elements used to open the floor plans of new homes.
2. Inside the New Home Lesson Test
3. Inside the New Home Chapter Test