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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

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: FREC-2134

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 9

Average GPA: 3.79 (rounds to A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 71.62%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.06%

Alexander X Niemiera202484.9%11.8%2.9%0.2%0.1%0.1%3.799

Grade Distribution Over Time

1234GPA
Fall 2019Winter 2019Fall 2020Winter 2020Fall 2021Winter 2021Fall 2022Fall 2023Fall 2024Term050% W