12/21/2024 6:29:41 AM	SUSAG 115 Course Outline as of Fall 2013	Terminated Course
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr:  SUSAG 115	Title:  COOL SEASON VEG PROD
Full Title:  Cool Season Vegetable Production
Last Reviewed:4/19/2004

Units		Course Hours per Week			Nbr of Weeks	Course Hours Total
Maximum	2.00	Lecture Scheduled	1.50		17.5 max.	Lecture Scheduled	26.25
Minimum	2.00	Lab Scheduled	1.50		4 min.	Lab Scheduled	26.25
		Contact DHR	0			Contact DHR	0
		Contact Total	3.00			Contact Total	52.50
		Non-contact DHR	0			Non-contact DHR Total	0

Total Out of Class Hours:  52.50

Total Student Learning Hours: 105.00

Title 5 Category:  AA Degree Applicable
Grading:  Grade or P/NP
Repeatability:  00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
Also Listed As: 
Formerly:  AG 297.67

Catalog Description:

Season-long production practices required for successful Sonoma County cool season vegetable crops: lettuces, salad greens, spinach, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, and others.  Topics include strategies for starting and maintaining crops, innovative irrigation methods, essential weed and pest control measures, and marketing.  Focus will be on organic systems but material will be useful to all growers.  This is an intermediate level course designed for those who have taken Specialty Crop Production or Organic Garden Crop Production, or with prior production experience with vegetable crops.

Prerequisites/Corequisites:

Recommended Preparation:

Limits on Enrollment:

Schedule of Classes Information
Description:

Season-long production practices required for successful Sonoma County cool season vegetable crops: lettuces, salad greens, spinach, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, and others.  Topics include strategies for starting and maintaining crops, innovative irrigation methods, essential weed and pest control measures, and marketing.  Focus will be on organic systems but material will be useful to all growers.  This is an intermediate level course designed for those who have taken Specialty Crop Production or Organic Garden Crop Production, or with prior production experience with vegetable crops.

(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP

ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION

Associate Degree:		Effective:		Inactive:
Area:
CSU GE:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
IGETC:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
CSU Transfer:		Effective:		Inactive:
UC Transfer:		Effective:		Inactive:
C-ID:

Certificate/Major Applicable: Both Certificate and Major Applicable

COURSE CONTENT

Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

1.  Identify varieties of cool season vegetables suitable for Sonoma County soils and microclimates.

2.  Describe soil preparation and fertility management methods for cool season vegetables.

3.  Demonstrate proper technique for seed planting in flats or direct seed seeding in ground.

4.  Diagram a planting layout for cool season vegetables within the student's own available garden space.

5.  Create a planning calendar of cultural practices from soil preparation through harvest for a selected cool season crop.

6.  Identify common pests, diseases and weeds of cool season crops.

7.  Recommend control measures for pests, diseases and weeds.

8.  Create a marketing plan and identify marketing strategies.

Topics and Scope

1.  Identification and production of cool season vegetable varieties

specifically suited to Sonoma County conditions and markets.

2.  Soil conditions, fertility and amendments.

3.  Seed planting in flats or direct in ground.

4.  Quantities and spacing of varieties for desired yields.

5.  Cultural practices through the season; thinning, training/staking,weed

    and insect control, irrigation, fertilization.

6.  Harvest methods.

7.  Marketing: marketing plan, market outlets, value-added products,

   packaging, shipping, and display.

Assignments:

Representative assignments:

1. Reading: approximately 10-20 pages per week.

2. Planting layout for a given planting space.

3. Planning calendar of cultural practices for selected crop.

4. Paper (2-4 pages) identifying and recommending control measures for

pests, diseases, and weeds common to warm season crops.

5. Crop budget.

6. Outline a marketing plan (2-3 pages).

7. Skill demonstrations on site (lab): seed planting; application of

cultural practices; pest and weed identification.

Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.

Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing.		Writing 10 - 50%
Written homework, Essay exams
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills.		Problem Solving 10 - 50%
Quizzes
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams.		Skill Demonstrations 20 - 60%
Class performances
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams.		Exams 20 - 60%
Multiple choice, True/false, Matching items
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories.		Other Category 0 - 0%
None

Representative Textbooks and Materials:

Golden Gate Gardening by Pam Peirce

Sell What You Sow by Eric Gibson

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