7 courses with the subject EPD, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
EPD 111Introduction to Environmental Planning and Development 2 02
State Prerequisites: State Corequisites: Local Prerequisites: Local Corequisites: This course introduces the history, philosophy, and current trends in environmental planning, development, and land use management. Topics include the history and principles of environmental planning, regional planning, natural systems, community partnerships, and local policies and procedures. Upon completion, students should be able to clearly articulate the key issues and background information in environmental planning and current trends in the field. XX
EPD 115Environmental Planning, Design, and Layout 1 43
State Prerequisites: State Corequisites: Local Prerequisites: Local Corequisites: This course covers planning, design, and layout of outdoor recreational and leisure infrastructure projects for multiple uses. Topics include desktop planning, field design and layout, and corridor and pin flagging of sites and trail plans. Upon completion, students should be able to read and utilize various types of maps and layouts for planning and design of recreational sites with proficient use of appropriate tools.
EPD 125Parks, Landscapes, and Trail Maintenance Techniques 2 44
State Prerequisites: State Corequisites: Local Prerequisites: Local Corequisites: This course covers park, recreation, and trail maintenance techniques for recreational land and sustainable, traditional natural surface trails using hand tools and mechanized equipment. Emphasis is placed on the use of the required tools used for the maintenance of recreational sites. Upon completion, students should be able to use a variety of hand tools and mechanized equipment to maintain park facilities, surface trails, and other recreational infrastructure.
EPD 180Planning and Design Projects Visualization Techniques 3 03
State Prerequisites: State Corequisites: Local Prerequisites: Local Corequisites: This course introduces the basic skills and concepts of drafting, mapping, or graphical design necessary to complete trail layouts, landscape site plans, or topographical drawings. Topics include surveying the drafting and mapping of recreational site techniques including GIS, design software computer drafting, and hand drawing applications. Upon completion, students should be able to select and utilize the proper techniques and applications used for the planning and design of recreational sites.
State Prerequisites: EPD 111 State Corequisites: EPD 115 Local Prerequisites: Local Corequisites: This course includes an overview of the role of planning in land use and environmental outcomes and an examination of contemporary public policy issues related to environmental systems. Topics include environmental planning, managing human and environment interactions, watersheds, resilience, conservation, habitats, hazard mitigation and smart growth management. Upon completion, students should be able to explain the functions of land use planning in society and in environmental systems that support communities and the outcomes from these decisions. 2022-2023 Rockingham Community College 233
EPD 220Land Use Management, Assessment, Permitting, and Contracting 2 23
State Prerequisites: EPD 111 State Corequisites: Local Prerequisites: Local Corequisites: This course covers sustainable management, assessment, permitting, and contracting for land use projects. Topics include site analysis, project program description, determining permitting requirements for projects, and developing project contracts. Upon completion, students should be able to develop a project assessment report addressing existing environmental conditions and proposed improvements, permitting requirements, contracting and current topics in land use management. SP
EPD 230Public Planning, Participation, and Community Engagement 3 03
State Prerequisites: EPD 111 State Corequisites: EPD 115 Local Prerequisites: Local Corequisites: This course provides an overview of the role of impacted populations on the public planning processes, historical examples, and examinations of contemporary participation issues. Topics include the different public planning participation approaches, a history of planning processes, and community engagement skill development. Upon completion, students should be able to demonstrate the functions of public participation in planning, local democracy, and community problem-solving related to environmental planning processes. FA
