Students matriculating prior to the fall semester 2015 in the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS) must complete the SEBS
general education requirements. In addition, students majoring in environmental planning and design must complete the major requirements described below.
Students matriculating fall 2015 or after and transfer students matriculating in 2016 and after must complete a goal-based Core Curriculum in place of general education requirements. The goal-based core is described here: http://sebs.rutgers.edu/core.
Courses are certified for the Core Curriculum by a faculty committee. A current list of certified courses can be found here: http://sebs.rutgers.edu/core.
Environmental planning and design major requirements are as described below.
For an up-to-date description of
environmental planning and design
major requirements, courses, and course sequences please refer to the program webpage at http://landarch.rutgers.edu/programEPDundergrad.html.
Major Requirements for all Students Regardless of Matriculation Date
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)
11:573:231 Fundamentals of Environmental Planning (3)
11:573:232 Fundamentals of Environmental Geomatics (3)
11:573:233 Fundamentals of Environmental Geomatics Laboratory (1)
11:216:351 Principles of Ecology (4) or 11:216:332 Plant Ecology (4)
B. OPTIONS (40.5-73)
1. Landscape 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)
11:573:444 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):
11:573:409 New Jersey Planning Practice (3)
11:573:411 Environmental Planning and the Development Process (3)
11:573:413 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):
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.
2. Environmental Geomatics (40.5-55)
Required courses (25.5-28)
01:960:401 Basic Statistics for Research (3) or equivalent
11:573:362 Intermediate Environmental Geomatics (3)
11:573:369 Analytical Methods for Environmental Geomatics (3)
11:573:371 Air-Photo Interpretation (3)
01:450:355 Principles of Cartography (4) or 11:573:322 Land Measurement and Mapping (3)
11:573:444 Watershed Management (3)
11:573:462 Advanced Environmental Geomatics (3)
11:573:474 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):
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.
3. Urban Forestry
Required Courses: 19 credits, 6 courses
11:705:456 Trees and the Environment (3)
11:216:351 Principles of Ecology (4) or 11:216:332 Plant Ecology (4)
01:119:103 Principles of Biology (4)
11:776:391 Diseases of Insects and Ornamental Plants (3)
11:216:403 Urban Forestry (3)
11:216:365 Arboriculture (3)
Unspecified Electives
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.
