I. General Information
1. Course Title:
Small Fruit Production Basics
2. Course Prefix & Number:
SCMT 2350
3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:
Credits: 2
Lecture Hours: 2
4. Course Description:
In this course, students will be introduced to cultural practices specific for strawberry and raspberry production. Students will choose a good site for berries and learn the importance of choosing the correct variety for their soil and marketing situation.
5. Placement Tests Required:
| Accuplacer (specify test): |
No placement tests required |
Score: |
|
6. Prerequisite Courses:
SCMT 2350 - Small Fruit Production Basics
There are no prerequisites for this course.
9. Co-requisite Courses:
SCMT 2350 - Small Fruit Production Basics
There are no corequisites for this course.
II. Transfer and Articulation
1. Course Equivalency - similar course from other regional institutions:
III. Course Purpose
Program-Applicable Courses – This course is required for the following program(s):
Other - If this course is not required in a program or is not part of the MN Transfer Curriculum, it may be used for the purpose(s) listed below:
Technical Elective
IV. Learning Outcomes
1. College-Wide Outcomes
| College-Wide Outcomes/Competencies |
Students will be able to: |
| Demonstrate reading and listening skills |
Identify sources of berry plants and list descriptions of varieties from published sources |
| Assess alternative solutions to a problem |
List advantages and disadvantages of growing berries in low areas, high areas or flat sites |
| Analyze and follow a sequence of operations |
Summarize steps that will need to be taken in order to establish either a strawberry or a raspberry field |
2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of
the course:
- List advantages of specific raspberry or strawberry varieties
- List characteristics of a good site for strawberry production
- Explain importance of proper frost protection
- Contrast red, black and purple raspberries
- Contrast primocane and floricane red raspberries
- List steps necessary to establish a matted row strawberry field
- Compare advantages of growing matted row strawberries versus annual strawberry beds
V. Topical Outline
Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.
1. Lecture Sessions
-
Strawberry Production
- Production systems
- Matted row production systems
- Day neutral production systems
- Plasticulture
- Strawberry varieties
- Weed control
- Weeding machines
- Herbicide programs
- Frost protection
- Site selection
- Common insect pests
- Raspberry production
- Summer red raspberries, primocane red raspberries and black raspberries
- Raspberry varieties
- Establishing a raspberry bed
- Trellis systems
- Common raspberry pests and diseases
- Pruning and alternate yearly mowing
I. General Information
1. Course Title:
Small Fruit Production Basics
2. Course Prefix & Number:
SCMT 2350
3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:
Credits: 2
Lecture Hours: 2
4. Course Description:
In this course, students will be introduced to cultural practices specific for strawberry and raspberry production. Students will choose a good site for berries and learn the importance of choosing the correct variety for their soil and marketing situation.
5. Placement Tests Required:
| Accuplacer (specify test): |
No placement tests required |
Score: |
|
6. Prerequisite Courses:
SCMT 2350 - Small Fruit Production Basics
There are no prerequisites for this course.
9. Co-requisite Courses:
SCMT 2350 - Small Fruit Production Basics
There are no corequisites for this course.
II. Transfer and Articulation
1. Course Equivalency - similar course from other regional institutions:
III. Course Purpose
1. Program-Applicable Courses – This course is required for the following program(s):
3. Other - If this course does NOT meet criteria for #1 or #2 above, it may be used for the purpose(s) selected below:
Technical Elective
IV. Learning Outcomes
1. College-Wide Outcomes
| College-Wide Outcomes/Competencies |
Students will be able to: |
| Demonstrate reading and listening skills |
Identify sources of berry plants and list descriptions of varieties from published sources |
| Analyze and follow a sequence of operations |
Summarize steps that will need to be taken in order to establish either a strawberry or a raspberry field |
2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of
the course:
- List advantages of specific raspberry or strawberry varieties
- List characteristics of a good site for strawberry production
- Explain importance of proper frost protection
- Contrast red, black and purple raspberries
- Contrast primocane and floricane red raspberries
- List steps necessary to establish a matted row strawberry field
- Compare advantages of growing matted row strawberries versus annual strawberry beds
V. Topical Outline
Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.
1. Lecture Sessions
-
Strawberry Production
- Production systems
- Matted row production systems
- Day neutral production systems
- Plasticulture
- Strawberry varieties
- Weed control
- Weeding machines
- Herbicide programs
- Frost protection
- Site selection
- Common insect pests
- Raspberry production
- Summer red raspberries, primocane red raspberries and black raspberries
- Raspberry varieties
- Establishing a raspberry bed
- Trellis systems
- Common raspberry pests and diseases
- Pruning and alternate yearly mowing