University of North Carolina Charlotte (UNCC)

Land Development Studio Class is a Go!

The State of NC has been in a crisis mode for many months and has affected the budget of every school. The budgetary constraints are passed down to the various college departments – including the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department. The state has also imposed guidelines on class size. The budget and class size issues have been resolved for the Land Development Studio class.

This class is one of four courses civil engineering students may take in the Land development Concentration Program at UNCC. This is the first undergraduate program addressing land development engineering as a core civil engineering discipline.

You may comment and provide your thoughts on the following course objectives:

1. Objective: To learn methodologies used in subdividing or site planning

property for single family residential, multifamily residential, commercial and mixed use projects.
2. Objective: To effectively work as a design team member using fundamental land development skills in a design studio format.
3. Objective: To learn planning and engineering design concepts achieving

sustainability by comprehensive project development and proper utilization of land using stormwater management, best management practices, LID, and LEED design solutions
4. Objective: To prepare engineering infrastructure plans using land

development engineering design skill sets.
5. Objective: To learn land development engineering project management skills and administration.

15 - senior year civil engineering students have registered for the class and I am excited about teaching the Studio class for the second year.