Landscape Planning in Rural Environments
NRE 695
Credits: 3
Prerequisites: Graduate Standing and NRE 579 or Permission of Instructor.
NO Pass/Fail or S/U Option

This course acquaints graduate students with issues affecting patterns and processes in the rural landscape (primarily of the US). It is open to students from throughout the concentration areas of SNRE, as well as from outside the school. Topics include: farmland protection, historic landscape preservation, rural aesthetic assessment, sustainable agricultural efforts, farm policy, and rural/urban fringe issues, all as they affect the physical shaping of rural lands.