All students must complete the SEBS core requirements appropriate for students majoring in environmental planning and design (Areas I through VII below), plus the additional major requirements (Area VIII A below, and one of the options described in Area VIII B below).
I. School Mission: Interdisciplinary Critical Analysis (3 credits)
One 3-credit Junior/Senior Colloquium (See the Degree Requirements chapter for a description of this requirement.)
II. Introductory Life and Physical Sciences
A. Life Sciences (4 credits)
01:119:103 Principles of Biology (4) or equivalent
B. Physical Sciences (3 credits)
01:460:100 Planet Earth (3) or 01:460:101 Introductory Geology I: Physical (3) or 01:450:101 Earth Systems (3)
Students who have completed another course in the list of physical sciences courses in the Degree Requirements chapter may substitute a course in physical geography.
III. Humanities and the Arts (6 credits)
See suggested courses in the Degree Requirements chapter.
IV. Multicultural and International Studies (6 credits)
See suggested courses in the Degree Requirements chapter.
V. Human Behavior, Economic Systems, and Political Processes (9 credits)
See suggested courses in the Degree Requirements chapter. Microeconomics is recommended for students in the landscape industry option.
VI. Oral and Written Communication (6 credits)
See suggested courses in the Degree Requirements chapter.
VII. Experience-Based Education (0-3 credits)
Students in the landscape architecture option fulfill this requirement by way of applied problem-solving projects in upper-level courses.
Students in the environmental geomatics, environmental planning, and landscape industry options may complete the requirement without formal credit through option-related summer employment or volunteer service with an appropriate public agency, private industry, or nonprofit organization. If a student elects to meet this requirement without applying for credit, then it is the student's responsibility to provide his or her academic adviser with written documentation of work experience for approval prior to graduation. Students also may fulfill the experience-based education requirement by completing at least 3 credits from the following courses:
11:015:497,498 George H. Cook Scholars Program (BA,BA)
11:199:___ Cooperative Education
11:300:487 Student Teaching (9)
11:372:493,494 Special Problems in Environmental Resources (BA,BA)
11:704:483,484 Research Problems in Applied Ecology (BA,BA)
VIII. Proficiency in Environmental Planning and Design (57-81 credits)
A. REQUIRED COURSES (15)
Quantitative Skills (4)
01:640:115 Precalculus College Mathematics (4) or equivalent
Professional Ethics
Ethical aspects of environmental planning and design are incorporated into several upper-level courses through the use of case studies and applied problems.
Additional Requirements (11)
11:372:231 Fundamentals of Environmental Planning (3)
11:372:232 Fundamentals of Environmental Geomatics (3)
11:372:233 Fundamentals of Environmental Geomatics Laboratory (1)
11:704:351 Principles of Ecology (4) or 11:704:332 Plant Ecology (4)
B. OPTIONS (40.5-73)
1. Environmental Geomatics (40.5-55)
Required courses (25.5-28)
01:960:401 Basic Statistics for Research (3) or equivalent
11:372:362 Intermediate Environmental Geomatics (3)
11:372:369 Analytical Methods for Environmental Geomatics (3)
11:372:371 Air-Photo Interpretation (3)
11:372:374 Global Positioning Systems (1.5) or 01:450:355 Principles of Cartography (4) or 11:372:322 Land Measurement and Mapping (3)
11:372:442 Applied Principles of Hydrology (3)
11:372:462 Advanced Environmental Geomatics (3)
11:372:474 Advanced Remote Sensing (3)
11:670:202 Elements of Climatology (3) or 11:670:306 Weather, Climate, and Environmental Design (3)
An additional concentration, minor, or certificate program selected from the following (15-27):
Concentration in Landscape Architecture (18-21)
Courses selected from the landscape architecture-option requirements (see VIII B4 below).
Approved Certificate Programs (15-24)
Environmental Planning (21)
Historic Preservation (15)
International Agriculture/Environment (21-23)
Social Strategies for Environmental Protection (24)
Urban Planning (24)
Approved Minor Programs (18-27)
Agroecology (21-24)
Entomology (19-26)
Environmental and Business Economics (21-23)
Environmental Policy, Institutions, and Behavior (18)
Geography (18)
Marine Sciences (18)
Meteorology (18)
Natural Resource Management (20-25)
Plant Science (18-20)
Science and Agriculture Teacher Education (24-27)
Individualized 18-24 credit concentrations may be developed with the approval of the student's adviser. Students must obtain adviser approval for individualized concentrations during the first term of the junior year.
2. Environmental Planning (52-60)
Required courses (19-20)
11:372:381 Introduction to Systems Thinking and the Systems Approach (3)
11:372:442 Applied Principles of Hydrology (3)
11:550:221 Introduction to Site Design (3) or 11:550:231 Introduction to Environmental Design I (5)
11:550:232 Introduction to Environmental Design II (5) or two of the following courses (6): 11:550:230 Environmental Design Analysis (3); 11:550:330 History of Landscape Architecture (3); 10:975:316 Urban Design and Site Planning (3)
11:670:202 Elements of Climatology (3) or 11:670:306 Weather, Climate, and Environmental Design (3)
Electives (33-40)
Five additional courses from the following (15):
10:762:250 Introduction to Urban Housing (3)
10:762:305 Principles of Public Policy (3)
10:762:306 Principles of Urban Planning (3)
10:762:315 Designing Cities (3)
10:762:316 Urban Design and Site Planning (3)
10:762:335 Administrative Issues in Environment and Land-Use Planning (3)
10:762:420 GIS for Public Health and Planning (3)
10:762:444 American Land (3)
10:762:474 Tourism Planning (3)
10:762:478 History of Planning Thought (3)
10:762:481 Housing and Economic Analysis (3)
11:372:409 New Jersey Planning Practice (3)
11:372:411 Environmental Planning and the Development Process (3)
11:375:351 Land Planning and Utilization (3)
Adviser-approved course(s) in planning
An additional concentration, minor, or certificate program selected from the following (18-25):
Concentration in Landscape Architecture (18-21)
Courses selected from the landscape architecture option requirements (see VIII B4 below), in addition to 11:550:231.
Approved Certificate Programs (18-24)
Environmental Geomatics (18)
Historic Preservation (15)
International Agriculture/Environment (21-23)
Social Strategies for Environmental Protection (24)
Urban Planning (24)
Approved Minor Programs (18-25)
Agroecology (21-24)
Environmental and Business Economics (21-23)
Environmental Policy, Institutions, and Behavior (18)
Geography (18)
Marine Sciences (18)
Meteorology (19)
Natural Resource Management (20-25)
Plant Science (18-20)
Individualized 18-24 credit concentrations may be developed with the approval of the student's adviser. Students must obtain adviser approval for individualized concentrations during the first term of the junior year.
3. Landscape Architecture (72-73)
Required Courses (66)
It is expected that students will perform at least at a satisfactory level in each department course. Therefore, only one course grade of D from the following list of required courses will be accepted toward graduation.
11:550:237 Landscape Drawing (3)
11:372:322 Land Measurement and Mapping (3)
11:550:231,232 Introduction to Environmental Design I,II (5,5)
11:550:233-234 Landscape Plants I,II (3,3)
11:550:250 Computer-Aided Design for Landscape Architects (3)
11:550:330 History of Landscape Architecture (3)
11:550:331,332 Intermediate Landscape Architecture I,II (5,5)
11:550:337 Design Communication (3)
11:550:340 Planting Design (4)
11:550:341 Landscape Architecture Construction I: Site Engineering (4)
11:550:342 Landscape Architecture Construction II: Materials and Structures (3)
11:550:431,432 Advanced Landscape Architecture I,II (5,5)
11:550:433 Architectural Design (3)
11:550:441 Construction Implementation and Practice (4)
Electives (6-8): Two of the following science courses:
11:372:442 Applied Principles of Hydrology (3)
11:375:102 Soils and Society (3)
11:375:360 Soils and Water (4)
11:704:403 Urban Forestry (3)
11:776:202 Applied Physiology of Horticultural Crops (3)
11:776:304 Turfgrass Management (4)
11:776:404 Soil Management for Sports and Landscape Applications (3)
An adviser-approved substitute
4. Landscape Industry (49-53)
Required courses (30)
11:372:322 Land Measurement and Mapping (3)
11:550:221 Introduction to Site Design (3) or 11:550:231 Introduction to Environmental Design (5)
11:550:233-234 Landscape Plants I,II (3,3)
11:550:235 Herbaceous Plants and Landscape (3)
11:550:238 Landscape Management and Maintenance (3)
11:550:239 Planning and Planting the Residential Environment (3)
11:550:340 Planting Design (4)
11:776:211 Introduction to Horticulture (3)
Electives (19-23)
A total of 7-9 credits from the following courses:
11:370:350 Agricultural Entomology and Pest Management (3)
11:770:301 General Plant Pathology (3)
11:770:391 Diseases of Urban and Forest Trees (1.5)
11:776:200 Modern Crop Production (3)
11:776:210 Principles of Botany (4)
11:776:242 Plant Science (3)
11:776:310 Plant Propagation (3)
11:776:401 Postharvest Physiology of Horticultural Crops (3)
11:776:439 Nursery Crop Production (3)
Two of the following science courses (6-8):
11:372:442 Applied Principles of Hydrology (3)
11:375:102 Soils and Society (3)
11:375:360 Soils and Water (4)
11:704:403 Urban Forestry (3)
11:776:202 Applied Physiology of Horticultural Crops (3)
11:776:304 Turfgrass Management (4)
11:776:404 Soil Management for Sports and Landscape Applications (3)
An adviser-approved substitute science course
Two of the following courses (6):
10:975:440 Introduction to Real Estate (3)
11:373:231 Introduction to Marketing (3)
11:373:361 Land Economics (3)
11:373:241 Introduction to Management (3)
33:010:272 Introduction to Financial Accounting I (3)
An adviser-approved substitute business course
IX. Unspecified Electives (0-35.5 credits)
In addition to courses meeting the above requirements, students can take any other courses offered by the university, for which they meet the course eligibility requirements, to bring their total number of credits to the minimum of 128 required for graduation.
