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Environmental Issues in the United States (11:372:202),
3 Credits
Semester Taught: Spring
"Major trends in contemporary environmental concerns. Analysis of environment as a system of interrelated natural and man-made resources, people, and social institutions. Public policies designed to cope with environmental-human needs."
Land Measurement and Mapping (11:372:322), 3 Credits
Semester Taught: Fall
"Principles of surveying and mapping. Measurement of distances, angles, and direction. Use of tripod level, transit, compass, plane table, and personal computer."
Required for the Landscape Industry Option; 11:372:322 or 11:372:374 Required for the Environmental Geomatics and Landscape Architecture Options
Fundamentals of Environmental Planning (11:372:231), 3 Credits
Semester Taught: Spring
"Principles of environmental planning related to the planning process. Special emphasis on natural principles, policy issues, and social concerns impacting land use outcomes."
Required for ALL Environmental Planning and Design Options
Fundamentals of Environmental Geomatics (11:372:232), 3 Credits
Semester Taught: Fall
"New technologies to make better use of geospatial data for environmental and natural resource analysis and management. Basic concepts, definitions, and examples of different applications used in an environmental planning and management context."
Required for ALL Environmental Planning and Design Options
Fundamentals of Environmental Geomatics Laboratory (11:372:233), 1 Credits
Semester Taught: Fall
"Experience in the basics of GIS using ArcView."
Required for ALL Environmental Planning and Design Options
Intermediate Environmental Geomatics (11:372:362), 3 Credits
Semester Taught: Spring
"Concepts and techniques for the manipulation and analysis of geospatial data. Emphasis on environmental and natural resource management applications. Instruction in desktop geographic information system software."
Required for the Environmental Geomatics Option
Analytical Methods for Environmental Geomatics (11:372:369), 3 Credits
Semester Taught: Spring
"Statistical concepts and related quantitative techniques for the analysis of problems in environmental and natural resource management, with emphasis on gathering, processing, and analyzing spatial information."
Required for the Environmental Geomatics Option
Air-Photo Interpretation (11:372:371), 3 Credits
Semester Taught: Fall
"Interpretation and analysis of aerial photography and remotely sensed imagery for environmental and natural resource management. Photogrammetry, mapping, geology, land forms, hydrology, soils, vegetation, and cultural features."
Required for the Environmental Geomatics Option
New Jersey Planning Practice (11:372:409), 3 Credits
Semester Taught: Fall of odd numbered years
"Practice of planning, including land use, environmental, transportation, and other planning fields; structure of planning for all levels of government, covering planning history, legislation (with a focus on the Municipal Land Use Law), intergovernmental relationships, and the various participants in the planning process. Includes a team-based field project."
One of several elective courses required for the Environmental Planning Option
Environmental Planning and the Development Process (11:372:411), 3 Credits
Semester Taught: Fall of even numbered years
"Comprehensive examination of the relationship of environmental planning to land development; fundamental principles of environmental planning and assessment; analysis of environmental considerations critical to the land-developmment process using case studies. Includes a team-based field project."
One of several elective courses required for the Environmental Planning Option
Watershed Management: An Interdisciplinary Perspective (11:372:444), 3 Credits
Semester Taught: Spring
"Problems and challenges of watershed management with respect to particular New Jersey watersheds. Review of current comprehensive watershed management and storm water management policy."
Advanced Environmental Geomatics (11:372:462), 3 Credits
Semester Taught: Spring
"Advanced and applied analysis of geospatial data. Emphasis on environmental and natural resource management applications. Instruction in state-of-the-art geographical information system software."
Required for the Environmental Geomatics Option
Advanced Remote Sensing (11:372:474), 3 Credits
Semester Taught: Spring
"Principles of satellite remote sensing and digital image analysis for environmental and natural resource applications. Instruction in state-of-the-art digital image processing/analysis software."
Required for the Environmental Geomatics Option