An introduction to planting design issues based upon ecological, functional and aesthetic design principles. Instruction includes the identification of plant materials appropriate for use in California including trees, shrubs, vines and herbaceous plants. A grade of C or better is required to advance within the sequence. Concurrent enrollment required. Total credit limited to 8 units, with a maximum of 4 units per quarter.
Instruction is by lecture, laboratory, or a combination.
Corequisites may be required. A grade of C or better is required to advance within the sequence. Concurrent enrollment required. How the landscape has guided human activity and habitat patterns on the regional and global scales, and how these patterns have in turn changed the natural landscape. Emphasis on major periods of urbanization, agricultural expansion, and development of recreation, conservation and open space systems, along with projections for the future.