Fall 2018 Course Syllabi

Week 12 Chapter 20 - River and Stream Corridors Week 13 Chapter 21 - Cemeteries Chapter 22 - Boulevards and Parkways Week 14 Chapter 23 - Decking Highways Chapter 24 - Closing Streets and Roads Weeks 15 and 16 Chapter 25 - Removing Parking Chapter 26 - Adding Hours Rather than Acres Relationship to Campus Theme: “Nature, Technology, and Beyond” Parks and Urban Greenspaces deals with how to manage our urban natural resources. The latest ideas and technology will be used when considering greenspaces such as rooftop gardens and ways to effectively collect urban runoff and channel it into rain gardens. This class looks beyond the common idea of our urban forest being just the street trees, and into new ways to manage all components of our urban forests. Classroom Policies: This three credit, online course requires the following to build and engage a classroom community of learners: Log in to the course a minimum of three times per week. Complete and submit coursework on time. Pace yourself, and make sure that all assignments are completed by the end of the semester. Late work may not be submitted and will earn 0 points. Communicate with the instructor. Reading the assigned texts is the student’s responsibility and is essential to success in this course. This academic environment is open and harassment free.