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HORT-2134: Plants and Greenspaces in Urban Communities

Description: Modern concepts of sustainability changing plant use in urban settings. Fundamentals of urban plant systems in the context of urban ecosystem management. Philosophy and critical analysis of sustainability related to green infrastructure, including urban forests, green roofs, urban soils, urban wildlife, urban agriculture, and innovations merging plant and ecosystem functions with building and site engineering. Multi-disciplinary emphasis at site, regional, and global, scales.

Pathways: 4 Reasoning in Natural Sci., 11 Intercultural&Global Aware.

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: N/A

Required By: BSE-4554, FREC-4554, HORT-4554, HORT-4744, LAR-4554, SPIA-4554

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: FREC-2134

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 20

Average GPA: 3.47 (A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 46.59%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.12%

Alexander X Niemiera202384.2%12.1%3.3%0.3%0.1%0.1%3.788
Renee S Eaton200627.8%44.0%22.7%3.7%1.9%0.0%2.902
Susan D Day201846.7%42.3%9.8%1.0%0.0%0.2%3.339
James R Harris200859.2%32.7%2.0%4.1%2.0%0.0%3.381

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