HORT 458

Fall 2010 All Classes

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Tree Mgmt in the Urban Forest

Credit: 4 hours.

Application of woody plant physiology and anatomy to arboricultural technical skills in commercial and municipal settings. Topics include the benefits of trees to urban and landscape settings, how woody plants react to urban stresses, and tree care practices. Emphasis is placed on the development and improvement of professionalism, concentrating on marketing and promotion of horticultural expertise at the individual plant, urban and community forest levels. Students learn to plant, prune, fertilize and perform other tree care practices. Students conduct urban tree inventories and learn about municipal tree ordinances, and placing monetary value on individual privately-owned and civically-controlled trees. GIS and GPS technology are taught in the context of management tools for the urban forest. Includes field trips and field laboratory exercises. Fee required.

Prerequisite: NRES 201 and NRES 302 or HORT 301.

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HORT 458 class schedule data for fall 2010
CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
56770	Online	BSX	6:30PM -9:45PM	T	n.a.	Williams, D	Part of Term: XM Date Range: 08/24/10-12/07/10 Section Fee: OCE Tuition $343.00 per Bill Hour, and OCE Fees $50.00 per Bill Hour. Section Info: Academic Outreach restrictions and assessments apply, see http://www.outreach.uiuc.edu. Online scheduled class sessions require that each student have high speed internet access and either a headset with microphone or an external microphone and speakers so they may participate in the class discussions. No class on Nov. 23 (fall break). In addition to the online sessions, four labs will be held. These will be at two locations: Morton Arboretum in Lisle, IL (Aug. 28 from 9-1pm and Oct. 9 from 9-1pm) and at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus (Sept. 25 from10am to 2 pm; Nov. 1 from 10-2pm). Restriction(s): Restricted to BS: Horticulture -UIUC.
52138	Lecture-Discussion Lecture-Discussion	E1 E1	9:00AM -9:50AM 9:00AM -10:50AM	W MF	1103 Plant Sciences Laboratory 1103 Plant Sciences Laboratory	Williams, D Williams, D	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/23/10-12/08/10
56768	Online	XM	6:30PM -9:45PM	T	n.a.	Williams, D	Part of Term: XM Date Range: 08/24/10-12/07/10 Section Fee: Graduate - Urbana-Champaign OCE Tuition $339.00 per Bill Hour, Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign OCE Tuition $304.00 per Bill Hour, and OCE Fees $50.00 per Bill Hour. Section Info: Academic Outreach restrictions and assessments apply, see http://www.outreach.uiuc.edu. Online scheduled class sessions require that each student have high speed internet access and either a headset with microphone or an external microphone and speakers so they may participate in the class discussions. No class on Nov. 23 (fall break). In addition to the online sessions, four labs will be held. These will be at two locations: Morton Arboretum in Lisle, IL (Aug. 28 from 9-1pm and Oct. 9 from 9-1pm) and at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus (Sept. 25 from10am to 2 pm; Nov. 1 from 10-2pm). Restriction(s): Restricted to MS:Crop Sciences -UIUC, MS:Crop Sciences -UIUC, MS: Agricultural Educ -UIUC, MS:Nat Res Env Sci -UIUC, MS:Nat Res & Envrn Sci -UIUC, NDEG:Grad Nondegree-CE-UIUC, or NDEG:Undergrad Nondeg-CE-UIUC.