UC Davis General Catalog, 2006-2008 - General Catalog - UC Davis

258 Environmental Geology
Environmental Management Option
Agricultural and Resource Economics
176...................................................... 4
Economics 100 or Agricultural and Resource
Economics 100A.................................... 4
Environmental Science and Policy 161, 169,
or 171 ............................................... 3-4
Environmental Science and Policy 179...... 3
Agricultural and Resource Economics 106 or
Sociology 106 or Statistics 108 ............... 4
Management of a natural resource, choose
two courses from one of the following three
groups ............................................... 6-8
Animal Resources: Agricultural
Management and Rangeland Resources
135, or Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation
Biology 110, 111, 120, 122, 151, 154,
or Environmental Science and Policy 123.
Forest and Rangeland Resources:
Agricultural Management and Rangeland
Resources 131, 134.
Air, Water, and Soil Resources:
Environmental and Resource Sciences 131,
or Hydrologic Science 103, 122, 141, or
Soil Science 118, or Environmental Science
and Policy 151 and 151L, 155 and 155L.
Unrestricted Electives....................... 26-68
Total Units for the Degree ................... 180
Major Adviser. M. Holyoak (Environmental Science
and Policy)
Minor Program Requirements:
The faculty for Environmental Biology and Management
offers a minor in Recreation for students in
Physical Education, Psychology, Sociology, or
Human Development; students in Landscape Architecture
desiring to specialize in recreation area
design; Community and Regional Development students
wishing to work in educational and therapeutic
recreation; Environmental Policy Analysis and
Planning students seeking careers in public recreation
policy analysis and management; Agricultural
and Managerial Economics students wishing to go
into the administration of commercial recreation
enterprises; and those students in Plant Science interested
in park landscape construction and maintenance.
UNITS
Recreation....................................... 18-20
Agricultural and Resource Economics 147,
176................................................... 3-4
Environmental Planning and Management
134...................................................... 4
Recreation policy analysis (see adviser)..... 4
Agricultural and Resource Economics 112,
Community and Regional Development 163,
Political Science 183, 189 ...................... 4
Internship in Recreation Management,
Environmental Science and Policy 192...... 4
Minor Adviser. M. Holyoak (Environmental Science
and Policy)
Courses. Questions pertaining to courses in Environmental
Biology and Management should be
directed to the Environmental Biology and Management
advising office in 2134 Wickson Hall. See also
Environmental Policy Analysis and Planning listing
following Environmental Horticulture.
Environmental
Geology
(College of Letters and Science)
The minor in Environmental Geology examines the
multidisciplinary factors of geology and related
earth science fields, and planning and resources oriented
programs. Students in the minor are encouraged
to participate in internship programs that assist
them in solidifying the Environmental Geology minor
with their Geology major or other major field areas
that include geologic components.
The minor is sponsored by the Department of Geology
in 174 Physics/Geology Building.
Minor Program Requirements:
UNITS
Environmental Geology ................... 22-24
Geology 130, 134, and Environmental and
Resource Sciences 186 ........................... 9
Soil Science 118.................................... 4
Hydrologic Science 141 or Civil and
Environmental Engineering 142 ............... 3
Two courses chosen from Environmental
Science and Policy 160, 171, 179, Geology
135, Hydrologic Science 144, 146 ...... 6-8
Minor Adviser. K. Versosub, (Geology) 378 Physics/Geology
Building; (530) 752-6911
Environmental
Horticulture
(College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences)
Faculty. See Plant Sciences, on page 419.
The Program. Students of Environmental Horticulture
learn how plants improve the environment and
the quality of our lives. Plants are used to revegetate
and restore disturbed landscapes, control erosion,
and reduce energy and water consumption. The
ornamental use of plants to improve the aesthetic
quality of urban and rural landscapes, recreational
areas, and commercial sites is an important aspect
of the study of environmental horticulture.
Students interested in Environmental Horticulture can
obtain a B.S. degree in Environmental Horticulture
and Urban Forestry and may specialize in Floriculture/Nursery
Management, Urban Forestry, Landscape
Management/Turf or Plant Biodiversity/
Restoration. Students can develop an individual
major with the help of an Environmental Horticulture
faculty adviser and approval of the College's Individual
Major Committee. A minor in Environmental Horticulture
or Landscape Restoration is available to
students in other majors.
Career Alternatives. Opportunities in this field
include growing and/or managing plants in a variety
of settings, consulting as an urban, landscape, or
restoration horticulturist, business ownership, working
for public agencies or private landscape firms/
corporations, park management and landscape contracting.
Students are encouraged to develop internships
on or off campus to augment their activities in
the classroom and laboratory.
Minor Program Requirements:
UNITS
Environmental Horticulture .............. 23-25
Environmental Horticulture 6 and 105 ...... 8
Plant Biology 171 .................................. 4
Select three courses from Environmental
Horticulture 100, 120, 125, 130,
133............................................... 11-13
Minor Advisers. J.A. Harding or D.W. Burger
(Plant Sciences)
Related Undergraduate Programs. See the
undergraduate majors in Environmental Horticulture
and Urban Forestry, on page 259, Agricultural Management
and Rangeland Resources, on page 124,
Crop Science and Management, on page 187, and
Plant Biology, on page 413.
Graduate Study. For graduate study related to
this field, see the M.S. degree program in Horticulture
and Agronomy, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degree
programs in the graduate groups of Plant Biology,
Ecology, and Genetics. Also see Graduate Studies,
on page 97 in this catalog.
Related Courses. See Plant Biology and Plant Sciences.
Courses in Environmental
Horticulture (ENH)
Questions pertaining to the following courses should
be directed to the instructor or to the Plant Sciences
Advising Office in 1224 Plant and Environmental
Sciences Building (530) 752-7738.
Lower Division Courses
1. Introduction to Environmental
Horticulture/Urban Forestry (3)
Lecture—3 hours. Introduction to the use of plants to
enhance the physical, visual and social environment.
The use of ecological principles in developing sustainable,
low maintenance landscape systems will
be presented. Career opportunities will be discussed.
GE credit: SciEng, Wrt.—I. (I.) Burger
6. Introduction to Environmental Plants (4)
Lecture—1 hour; discussion—2 hours; laboratory—3
hours. Classification, nomenclature and variation of
environmental plants. The use of floral and vegetative
characteristics and terminology to key unknown
plants. Characteristics of plant groups and basics of
climate, soils and plant selection. Identification of
150 common landscape plants.—I. (I.) Young
Upper Division Courses
100. Urban Forestry (4)
Lecture—2 hours; laboratory—3 hours; term paper.
Prerequisite: Biological Sciences 1C or Plant Sciences
2. Principles and practices of planning and
managing urban vegetation. Basics of tree
appraisal, natural resource inventory, and development
of long term urban forest management plans.
—I. (I.) Harding
101. Trees of the Urban Forest (2)
Lecture—1 hour; laboratory—2 hours. Prerequisite:
course 6 or consent of instructor. Identification and
evaluation of 200 tree species of the urban forest on
campus, in the Arboretum, and in the city of Davis;
appraised and aesthetic values, condition, and
branch structure; contribution of trees to this ecosystem.
Bicycle required.—I. (I.) Harding
102. Physiological Principles in
Environmental Horticulture (4)
Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite:
Biological Sciences 1C. Physiological principles and
processes essential to floriculture, nursery crop production,
turfculture and landscape horticulture.
Emphasis on the control of vegetative and reproductive
development for a broad species range in greenhouse
and extensive landscape environments.—III.
(III.)
105. Taxonomy and Ecology of
Environmental Plant Families (4)
Lecture—2 hours; laboratory—6 hours. Prerequisite:
course 6 or consent of instructor. Classification and
identification of introduced and native species used
in urban forests, with emphasis on floral and vegetative
characteristics of the prominent families of
angiosperms and gymnosperms, adaptations to environmental
variations in western landscapes, and horticultural
classification.—III. (III.) Harding
120. Management of Container Media (3)
Lecture—2 hours; laboratory—3 hours. Prerequisite:
Soil Science 10. Principles of soil science and practices
related to management of container media are
taught, emphasizing appropriate use of soils and
amendments, irrigation, and fertilizers. Physical and
chemical properties are tested and effects of management
on crops are evaluated in the laboratory.—
I. (I.) Evans
125. Greenhouse and Nursery Crop
Production (5)
Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour; laboratory—3
hours. Prerequisite: Plant Sciences 2 or Biological
Sciences 1C. Principles and techniques for the production
of ornamental greenhouse and nursery
crops. Hands-on experience producing greenhouse
crops. Optional weekend field trip.—II. (II.) Lieth
129. Analysis of Horticultural Problems (4)
Lecture—1 hour; laboratory—6 hours. Prerequisite:
course 102, Entomology 110, Plant Pathology 120,
and Soil Science 100 or the equivalents. Methods of
Quarter Offered: I=Fall, II=Winter, III=Spring, IV=Summer; 2007-2008 offering in parentheses
General Education (GE) credit: ArtHum=Arts and Humanities; SciEng=Science and Engineering; SocSci=Social Sciences; Div=Social-Cultural Diversity; Wrt=Writing Experience