12/27/2024 9:58:00 AM	SUSAG 163 Course Outline as of Fall 2012	Changed Course
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr:  SUSAG 163	Title:  CSA SUMMER
Full Title:  Community Supported Agriculture Summer
Last Reviewed:12/9/2013

Units		Course Hours per Week			Nbr of Weeks	Course Hours Total
Maximum	2.00	Lecture Scheduled	2.00		17.5 max.	Lecture Scheduled	35.00
Minimum	2.00	Lab Scheduled	0		6 min.	Lab Scheduled	0
		Contact DHR	0			Contact DHR	0
		Contact Total	2.00			Contact Total	35.00
		Non-contact DHR	0			Non-contact DHR Total	0

Total Out of Class Hours:  70.00

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 297.78

Catalog Description:

This course is a continuation of the Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) courses offered in the department. The summer class will discuss those aspects of crop planning and management (establishment, thinning, irrigation, and harvesting) appropriate to the summer season. Continued discussion of business planning and consumer relations will be included.

Prerequisites/Corequisites:

Recommended Preparation:

Limits on Enrollment:

Schedule of Classes Information
Description:

This course is a continuation of the Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) courses offered in the department. The summer class will discuss those aspects of crop planning and management (establishment, thinning, irrigation, and harvesting) appropriate to the summer season. Continued discussion of business planning and consumer relations will be included.

(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: Not Certificate/Major Applicable

COURSE CONTENT

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

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

1. Develop a comprehensive understanding of the theory of the development of a CSA unit during the summer growing and early harvesting season.

2. Identify those climatic and environmental elements that need to be addressed during the summer season.

3. Diagram the elements into a way that identifies the various relationships and their potential effects on the management plan.

4. Create and update a business plan and professional brochure for their particular CSA unit.

5. Demonstrate summer harvesting and packaging techniques.

6. Research potential methods of financing a CSA unit.

Topics and Scope

1.  History and theory of CSA development during the summer growing and

   harvesting season.

2.  Overview of business planning for summer crop production.

3.  Demonstration of summer field management techniques.

4.  Demonstration of production harvesting, processing, and delivery

   elements appropriate to summer season.

5.  Identification of marketing and consumer relations issues that must be

   planned for during summer season.

6.  Planning and discussion of accounting, legal, and laws and

   regulations affecting CSA development.

Assignments:

1.  Keep a semester journal.

2.  Develop a model brochure.

3.  Develop a crop timing chart.

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, Exams
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams.		Skill Demonstrations 20 - 50%
Class performances, Performance exams
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams.		Exams 20 - 50%
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:

Instructor prepared materials

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