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New Brunswick Undergraduate Catalog 2011–2013 School of Environmental and Biological Sciences Programs of Study Environmental Planning and Design 573 Graduation Requirements for the Major  

Graduation Requirements for the Major


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 and landscape industry options fulfill this requirement by way of applied problem-solving projects in upper-level courses.

Students in the environmental geomatics and environmental planning options may complete the requirement without formal credit through preapproved participation in 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)

  01:450:355  Principles of Cartography (4) or 11:372:322  Land Measurement and Mapping (3)

  11:372:444  Watershed Management (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)

   Urban Forestry (27.5-29.5)

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)

  11:550:221 Introduction to Site Design (3) or 11:550:231  Introduction to Environmental Design I (5)

  11:372:444  Watershed Management (3)

  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):

  11:372:409  New Jersey Planning Practice (3)

  11:372:411  Environmental Planning and the Development Process (3)

  11:372:413  Open Space Planning and Management (3)

  11:375:351  Land Planning and Utilization (3)

  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)

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)

   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 semester 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.

  11:372:322  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)

  11:550:237  Landscape Drawing (3)

  11:550:250  Computer-Aided Design for Landscape Architects (3)

  11:550:330  History of Landscape Architecture (3)

  11:550:331  Intermediate Landscape Architecture (5)

  11:550:332,432  Praxis Studio 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  Advanced Landscape Architecture (5)

  11:550:433  Architectural Design (3) or 11:550:438 Material Tectonics (3)

  11:550:441  Construction Implementation and Practice (4)

Electives (6-8): Two of the following science courses:

  11:372:444  Watershed Management (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 (28-30)

  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 9 credits from the following courses:

  11:370:350 Agricultural Entomology and Pest Management (3)

  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)

  11:776:302  General Plant Pathology (3)

  11:776:391  Diseases and Insects of Ornamental Plants (3)

  11:776:200  Modern Crop Production (3)

  11:776:202  Applied Physiology of Horticultural Crops (3)

  11:776:210  Principles of Botany (4)

  11:776:242  Plant Science (3)

  11:776:304  Turfgrass Management (4)

  11:776:310  Plant Propagation (3)

  11:776:401  Postharvest Physiology of Horticultural Crops (3)

  11:776:404  Soil Management for Sports and Landscape Applications (3)

  11:776:439  Nursery Crop Production (3)

  11:776:439   Nursery Crop Production (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.

 
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