Course Description

New Home Styles is a 6 hour continuing education course for agents taught by Maurie Van Buren. 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

1. Introduction
   1. Introduction
2. 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
3. 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
4. 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
5. 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