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Recommended Course Sequence
| Viticulture Certificate |
Agriculture & Natural Resources |
Total Units: 24 |
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Term Effective:
Summer 2025
Description:
The Viticulture Certificate of Achievement program provides training for employment as vineyard managers in North Coast wine grape production.
Upon successful completion of this program, the student will be able to:
- Conduct in-depth feasibility studies for new vineyard development, and from the results, prepare comprehensive reports and cost projections appropriate to their planting recommendations;
- Identify and implement sustainable farming practices that will improve fruit quality, provide efficacious pest and disease management, protect natural resources and the environment, and prepare a farming plan that encompasses these practices;
- Research and apply all county, state and federal laws regarding vineyard development and maintenance, worker safety, pesticide use, and environmental protection;
- Demonstrate a working knowledge of the latest technological advances in vineyard management and incorporate current technology into their farming plans and budgets;
- Work cooperatively and effectively with wineries to determine optimum harvest parameters, coordinate the operations required, and negotiate a grape contract;
- Show management and leadership capabilities by effectively training others to perform hands-on vineyard tasks: and
- Contribute to the winegrape industry and participate in professional organizations at the local, state-wide, national and international levels.
Program Requirements:
The requirements for the Viticulture Certificate program are:
| Viticulture Requirements - complete 24.00 units |
| AGRI 60 | Soil & Plant Nutrition | 3.00 |
| VIT 51 | Viticulture: Fall Practices | 3.00 |
| VIT 52 | Viticulture: Spring Practices | 3.00 |
| VIT 55 | Basic Wine Grape Viticulture | 3.00 |
| VIT 60 | Vineyard Management | 3.00 |
Complete any combination totaling at least 3.00 units from the following:
| | Course | Description | Units |
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| AGRI 70 | Integrated Pest Management | 3.00 |
| VIT 70 | Vineyard Pest and Disease Management | 3.00 |
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Complete any combination totaling at least 6.00 units from the following:
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| AGBU 2 | Agricultural Computer Applications | 3.00 |
| AGBU 7 | Agricultural Economics | 3.00 |
| AGBU 56 | Introduction to Agriculture Business and Management | 3.00 |
| AGBU 61 | Agricultural Marketing | 3.00 |
| AGRI 99I | Agriculture Internship | 0.50-8.00 |
| AGME 50 | Agricultural Machinery and Equipment Skills | 3.00 |
| NRM 87 | Geographic Info. Systems Applications in Natural Resources | 3.00 |
| SPAN 50A | Conversation for Beginners-Part 1 | 3.00 |
| VIT 1 | Introduction to Viticulture, Winemaking, Wines of the World | 3.00 |
| VIT 53 | Advanced Vineyard Practices for Quality Production | 3.00 |
| VIT 54 | Viticulture: Summer Practices | 1.00 |
| VIT 113 | Organic Viticulture | 1.50 |
| VIT 114 | Sustainable Viticulture | 1.50 |
| VIT 120 | Vineyard Pruning | 0.25 |
| VIT 121 | Pruning Techniques for Vine Balance | 0.50 |
| VIT 122 | Vineyard Canopy Management | 1.00 |
| VIT 123 | Budding & Grafting | 0.25 |
| VIT 124 | Vineyard Irrigation and Fertilization | 1.00 |
| VIT 130 | Grapevine Physiology | 1.00 |
| VIT 131 | Working with Your Winemaker - Fruit Quality Assurance | 1.00 |
| VIT 133 | Advances in Viticulture | 1.00 |
| WINE 70 | Beginning Wine Sensory Analysis | 1.50 |
| WEE 99I | Internship Work Experience Education | 0.50-8.00 |
| WEE 97 | Work Experience | 0.50-8.00 |
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Term Effective:
Summer 2025
The requirements for this program of study are effective beginning the semester shown above. If you began working on this program before the effective semester, you may not be affected by the changes. Consult with the program contact person or the department chair to determine your eligibility to complete the program under previous requirements.
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Course Prerequisites and Advisories:
Courses in a program of study may have prerequisites or advisories;
that is, courses that must or should be completed before taking that course.
Please check for prerequisites or advisories by clicking on the course numbers
in the Program Requirements section.
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