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3.00 Credits
This seminar focuses on transferable leadership skills. Students from all majors and backgrounds are en-couraged to apply. This course will help students discover their own leadership talents, be exposed to the essentials of effective leadership and understand how to get things done. Topics may include effective communication, conflict resolution, coalition building, decision making and organizational hierarchy. The retreat takes place during the first weekend of the semester and focuses on team building skills and project development. The course may also include community-service trips. Credtis: 2 Offered Semester II Prerequisite: Nomination to participate and in good academic standing
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3.00 Credits
Let's get something done. Work together with classmates, faculty, and community members to identify a pressing environmental concern, investigate the issue, imagine ways to help, and then help. Topics vary with instructor; examples include "Citizen Science," featuring scientific monitoring of species and ecosystems; "Investigating Issues and Actions," featuring environmental controversies; and "Landscape Conservation," featuring service learning with local land trusts and other groups. Each semester, supplementary course descriptions detailing the topics offered are published in the course scheCredits: 3 Offered Semester I and II Prerequisites: IC 1111 or IC 1113 and Sophomore status
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3.00 Credits
In this course students apply ecological principles to human society. Students develop skills in critical analysis, quantitative reasoning, and use of information technology to solve problems and analyze issues. This course serves as a primary vehicle for meeting learning outcomes for the domains of science and social science. Credits: 3 Offered Semester I and II Prerequisites: IC 2213 and Junior Status
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3.00 Credits
What inspires you? In this course students are challenged to action by accomplished individuals and great ideas. Through a speaker series and small group discussions, students preparing to make a difference are given the rare opportunity to spend some time in the presence of a wide range of people who already have had an impact. Inspirational speakers change from year to year, but might include mountain climbers, ecological theologians, environmental activists, big game hunters, and animal rights activists. Credits: 3 Offered Semester II Prerequisites: IC 2213 and Junior status
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2.00 Credits
In this field course students will experience various aspects of plant health care such as soil sampling, fertilization, pruning, diagnosis, and treatment. Credits: 2 Offered Semester I Prerequisite: None
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3.00 Credits
In this introductory course students learn to design and maintain landscapes and to apply principles of sustainability to home, community, and campus landscapes. Among other activities, students may install plants, maintain planting beds, prune, compost, test soil, fertilize, and design landscapes. Credits: 3 Offered Semester I Prerequisite: None
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3.00 Credits
This course will introduce students to the philosophies, agroecological bases, and practicalities of sustainable small-scale, diversified farming. Students will gain a firm foundation in the theoretical concepts of sustainable agriculture, but the emphasis of the course will be on the practical tools, techniques, and knowledge necessary to operate a successful small-scale, sustainable farm. Classroom instruction and lecture will be supplemented and reinforced by work in Unity's greenhouses and gardens and frequent field trips to local farms and other agricultural institutions, where students will learn from farmers and other agricultural professionals. The course is designed to prepare students for a farm-based internship. Credits: 3 Offered Semester I Prerequisite: Sophomore status
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3.00 Credits
In this course students will learn to cultivate vegetables, herbs, and flowers in the home and market garden. Emphasis is placed on nomenclature, propagation, sustainable cultural methods, landscape uses, and identification of this group of plants. Credits: 3 Offered Semester II Prerequisite: None
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3.00 Credits
In Arboriculture students learn to cultivate woody plants, particularly trees, based on knowledge of their structure, function, and growth requirements. Students will prune, cable, transplant, and use other treatment and diagnostic techniques. Students will learn technical climbing techniques and will be given the opportunity to practice these techniques in large shade trees. Credits: 3 Offered Semester I Prerequisite: None Alternate years odd
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3.00 Credits
Building on aesthetic consideration addressed in previous courses, students will use landscape design tools to experience the entire design process, from creating inventory overlay diagrams to complete concept, layout, grading, planting, and master plans. Credits: 3 Offered Semester II Prerequisite: AR 1013 or AR 2123 or LH 1013
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