University of British Columbia

Psychology is the scientific study of the mind and behavior. This course is an introduction to the cognitive and biological aspects of psychology. The course discusses topics including the formation of psychology as a discipline, an introduction to research methods and neuroscience, and an overview of some of the major fields in psychology such as perception, learning and memory, language, consciousness, and thinking. The course considers human psychology as well as the insights that can be gained from research in non-human species.

This course introduces basic concepts of landscape design as it relates to urban forestry. It discusses the states of design, from site analysis, to conceptual drawings, design drawings, and some basic aspects of construction drawings. This course explores the history of landscape design and how it relates to the discipline of urban forestry.