Fall 2018 Course Syllabi

Dakota College at Bottineau Course Syllabus Course Prefix/Number/Title: FORS 260 Parks and Urban Greenspaces Number of credits : 3 Course Description: Students will explore the benefits of parks and innovative ways to incorporate parks and greenspace into cities. Topics include: building trails on abandoned tracks, establishing community gardens, removing parking, and adding rooftop gardens. Pre-requisites: None Course Objectives: Students will learn: How to implement community gardens, rain gardens, and rooftop gardens into a municipal forestry and parks plan. How to develop abandoned rail lines into an urban trail system. How urban forestry departments can best manage wooded river and stream corridors. How to manage trees along urban boulevards and parkways. Instructor: Eden McLeod Email: Use iMail within course Lecture/Lab Schedule: Online Textbook: Urban Green: Innovative Parks for Resurgent Cities Author: Peter Harnik ISBN - 13 : 978-1597266840