12/21/2024 6:02:40 PM	SUSAG 164 Course Outline as of Fall 2012	Changed Course
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr:  SUSAG 164	Title:  CSA EARLY FALL
Full Title:  Community Supported Agriculture Early Fall
Last Reviewed:4/19/2004

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		8 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 297.79

Catalog Description:

This course, which is one of a series in Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) development, will address aspects of fall crop management and production. Issues to be discussed will be crop maintenance and protection, harvesting methods, and consumer marketing techniques.

Prerequisites/Corequisites:

Recommended Preparation:

Limits on Enrollment:

Schedule of Classes Information
Description:

This course, which is one of a series in Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) development, will address aspects of fall crop management and production. Issues to be discussed will be crop maintenance and protection, harvesting methods, and consumer marketing techniques.

(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 the course, students will be able to:

1.  Identify field management techniques necessary to bring a crop to full production.

2.  Demonstrate irrigation methods appropriate to changing climatic conditions during early fall season.

3.  Develop an integrative pest management (IPM) program applicable to their CSA unit.

4.  Demonstrate early fall harvesting, packaging, and storage methods and techniques.

5.  Identify and develop potential markets in the community.

Topics and Scope

1.  Review of processes necessary to bring CSA crop to early fall

   production levels.

2.  Demonstration of soil management techniques.

3.  Overview of seasonal crop rotation procedures.

4.  Description of fall irrigation needs, methods, and techniques.

5.  Identification and development of a holistic IPM program for crop

   production.

6.  Demonstration of early fall harvesting techniques.

7.  Description of final CSA marketing plan.

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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