HORT 434

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Designing Urban Agriculture

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Credit: 2 hours.

Emphasizes the design process and principles related to food production in urban environments. Lecture topics will include assessing, planning, and transforming the landscape at multiple scales from regional to neighborhood to specific site. In group discussions students will critically review readings from peer-reviewed and popular literature. Students will engage in analysis and design of an existing site to integrate multiple functions, emphasizing the permanent infrastructure and perennial vegetation. Access to a computer that can be loaded with appropriate software (Sketchup) is necessary for mapping and design projects. Online lecture/discussion course.

2 undergraduate hours. 2 graduate hours. HORT 100 or CPSC 112 or equivalent introductory course in plant science, one course in Humanities & the Arts, and one course in Social & Behavioral Sciences. Prerequisite: Junior standing required.

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HORT 434 class schedule data for spring 2016
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	64278	Online	STL	6:30PM -8:00PM	M	n.a.	Lovell, S	Part of Term: B Date Range: 03/14/16-05/04/16
	64296	Online	XM	6:30PM -8:00PM	M	n.a.	Lovell, S	Date Range: 03/14/16-05/04/16 Section Fee: Graduate - Urbana-Champaign Online Per Hour Tuition $402.00 per Bill Hour, Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign Online Per Hour Tuition $359.00 per Bill Hour, and OCE Fees $50.00 per Bill Hour. Section Info: Study of design process and principles related to food production in urban environments. Lectures will cover topics for assessing, planning, and transforming the landscape at multiple scales from regional to neighborhood to site. Group discussions will critically review readings from peer-reviewed and popular literature. Students will engage in analysis and design of an existing site to integrate multiple functions, emphasizing the permanent infrastructure and perennial vegetation. Access to a computer that can be loaded with appropriate software is necessary for mapping and design projects. Junior standing, Introductory course in HORT or CPSC or other Plant Science, HORT 255 or other course in design or planning. Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning (CITL) restrictions and assessments apply, see http://online.illinois.edu. Online scheduled virtual class sessions require that each student have reliable high-speed Internet access and either a headset with microphone or an external microphone and speakers so they may participate in the class discussions. Wireless internet is not recommended. 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.