| Course ID: | LAND 2310. 3 hours. 2 hours lecture and 2 hours lab per week. |
| Course Title: | Introduction to Sustainability |
Course
Description: | The range of natural processes and materials relevant to landscape architecture (e.g., climate, geomorphology, geology, hydrology, soils, and vegetation communities.) The relationship between these materials and natural processes. Exercises will include some conceptual manipulation of these materials. |
| Oasis Title: | Introduction to Sustainability |
Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | Students will be able to develop an understanding that science
and scientific principles provide a critical underpinning for
planning and design decisions.
Students will be able to identify and assess consequences and
interdependence of human activity and natural systems.
Students will be able to assess the availability of
environmental resources and the need to sustain them in the
future.
Students will be able to identify the environmental policies
affecting sustainability of the built environment.
Students will be able to assess the environmental impact of
various land use and landscape design decisions.
Students will be able to critically evaluate environmental
problems and solutions.
Students will be able to demonstrate an appreciation for
interdisciplinary collaboration and an ability to integrate
information from a variety of sources. |
| Topical Outline: | LAB TOPICS
Ecosystem Services on campus
Site Inventory and Suitability Analysis
Watershed Walk
Stream Restoration
Erosion Control Construction Site Visit
A Land Ethic
Plant Communities on Campus
Sustainable Agriculture |