February 19, 2021

COURSE NUMBERING
The Curriculum’s Course Numbers should follow, to the best degree possible, a more consistent format.
Typical formats is 1st year - 1xxx; 2nd year, 2xxx; etc.

000’s Design Studio Sequence

100’s Landscape Architecture History and Theory Sequence
200’s Hor cultural Design, Technology & Science Sequence (MOSTLY HORT Courses)
300’s Visual Communica ons Sequence
400's Seminars, Internships, Unique Elec ve Courses, etc.

In the .xls spreadsheet, the column with NEW CLASS # in Yellow Highlight gives a star ng point to nish
this discussion. Cross-lis ng is a powerful tool we should consider to establish our curriculum iden ty.

COURSE NAMING
I likely get too caught up in the names given to the courses, but for reasons above I feel it has value to
address and give thought to, IF it works within the guidelines/Senate approval red-tape which I am
unclear.

In the .xls spreadsheet, the column with REVISED COURSE TITLE in Yellow Highlight gives a star ng point
to develop this program within a more landscape architecture delivery. I focussed on ambiguous terms
and adding keywords but feel Climate Change, Sustainability and Ecosystems are terms which should be
included somewhere (I just did not nd the proper slot yet).

COURSE SEQUENCING and DELIVERY

I no ced some speci c courses delivered at ‘not the op mum semester’ to build our BLA Skillset - Meet
Learning Objec ves IMO. I am not sure IF we have wiggle room for this but I do feel some courses, such
as Landscape Theory should be delivered earlier. This is likely due to the HortDipl requirements. I have
made speci c notes in the column RL NOTES.

Perhaps we complete an exercise of cra ing the “Ideal BLA Delivery” (courses in best t loca on) as a
comparison to what we have now. Have we had direct feedback from LAAC on our current curriculum
delivery sequence with heavy HORT science stu early on? I know the LAAC has a list of courses, but
what about where/when they get delivered? This is likely a subject assessment but one which has direct
impact to learning outcomes within BLA programs.

COURSE INSTRUCTOR ASSIGNMENT

31 core LA courses becomes untenable for current core faculty. REVIEW faculty/course
rela onships. HOW Je , Tracey can help (NOT Karen).

Overall Accreditated LA Teaching Load

1 studio each semester (4.5 credits +) for 6 credit course
1 lecture each semester (3 credits)

GOAL - review and coordinate, fair for everyone (Preliminary course assignments for LAAC but will
change in future…)

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From Gefu:
Propose integrated teaching model by making all three LA professionals to teaching courses in years 1, 2,
and 3. This issue has been standing out and being asked by many outsiders. If three of you do not teach
courses in years 1-3, it will not make a true accredited program.

COURSE ELECTIVES
Landscape Planning Course - Elec ve OR required course (on-line delivery).
As stated prior, if we deliver 20 - 40% of our gradua ng students to MUP program, great. THUS we
should ac vely seek integra on with them. As HB noted, we should allow/encourage/require course in
HFX.

I made contact with the Planning Department Summer 2020 and they did not know what, if any, courses
would be ‘permanently’ delivered on-line. But, this is a signi cant opportunity and IF we got our
students to HFX campus and back (i.e. bus), there is long-term economic sustainability and master’s/
research opportunity for us here.

I do not think we should develop a landscape planning course, BUT if we do - this would likely be urban?
or ? or ecological-based?

F of Ag Elec ves
I think we should list these courses in our material as a means to a ract prospec ve students as it
supports our BLA Program’s Mission and the College.

The current list I have is:

ONLINE COURSES - Faculty of Ag.

SUST 1400.03 Exploring Sustainability (Online)
AGRI 4001.03: Agriculture, Food and Well-being (Online)
ENVA 2003.03: Introduc on to Urban and Peri-Urban Agriculture (Online)
IAGR 3002.03: Interna onal Rural Development (Online)

HORT 3008:03 Hor cultural Therapy

ENVA 2000.03:Environmental Studies I
ENVA 2001.03:Environmental Studies II
ENVA 4006.03: Air, Climate and Climate Change
SPEC 4015: Topics in Sustainable Development - An Interna onal Perspec ve
PHLA 3000: Environmental and Agricultural Ethics
STAA 2000.03: Introduc on to Sta s cs
STAA 3000.03: Introduc on to Planned Studies: Surveys & Experiments
BIOA 3001.03: Ecology
APSC 4005.03: Watershed Management and Environmental Restora on
SPEC 4009.03: Special Topics in Rural Studies

NOTE: CSLA indicated we should provide more opportuni es for students to explore the humani es.

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Alterna ve Courses - BLA - TBD as available, special seminars (1 cr) or ?

Green Infrastructure Planning and Design: Urban Ecologies and ——
EDI and Design: ________-
LEED, BMP and _____
Cultural Landscapes and _____________
Climate Change and the NS Regional Landscapes: Warmer, We er, Wilder
The Anthropocene and the NS Landscape: Resilience, Mi ga on and ______

Alterna ve Courses - School of Sustainability

I also think these courses at HFX campus should be encouraged/integrated into our suggested elec ves.
Coordinate transporta on? Currently, none o ered on-line.

ENVIRONMENT, SUSTAINABILITY AND SOCIETY PROGRAM

SUST 1000.06 - What is Sustainability? (Fall term)
SUST 1001.06 - A Sustainable Future (Winter term)
SUST 1400.03 - Exploring Sustainability (Online, Winter and Summer terms) (F of Ag?)
SUST 3039.03 - Indigenous Perspec ves on Resource and Environmental Management (Fall term)
SUST 3101.03 - Food Systems and Sustainability (Winter term)
SUST 3102.03 - Coastal Change and Adapta on (Summer and Winter term)

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