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| CATALOG INFORMATION
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| Discipline and Nbr:
SUSAG 163 | Title:
CSA SUMMER |
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| 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 |
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| | 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:
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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:
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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: | |
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| CSU GE: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
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| IGETC: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
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| CSU Transfer: | | Effective: | | Inactive: | |
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| UC Transfer: | | Effective: | | Inactive: | |
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Certificate/Major Applicable:
Not Certificate/Major Applicable
COURSE CONTENT
Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
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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
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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:
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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:
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Instructor prepared materials
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