I. General Information
1. Course Title:
Cultural Practices for Specialty Crops
2. Course Prefix & Number:
SCMT 1243
3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:
Credits: 2
Lecture Hours: 2
4. Course Description:
This course covers the production practices necessary to successfully grow specialty crops. Students will learn appropriate plant physiology, identify production problems and determine the best course of action to treat different production problems.
5. Placement Tests Required:
| Accuplacer (specify test): |
No placement tests required |
Score: |
|
6. Prerequisite Courses:
SCMT 1243 - Cultural Practices for Specialty Crops
There are no prerequisites for this course.
9. Co-requisite Courses:
SCMT 1243 - Cultural Practices for Specialty Crops
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):
Specialty Crops Management, Diploma
IV. Learning Outcomes
1. College-Wide Outcomes
| College-Wide Outcomes/Competencies |
Students will be able to: |
| Demonstrate written communication skills |
List proper site selection criteria for specific specialty crops |
| Assess alternative solutions to a problem |
Identify sites that are best suited for specific crops; explain why one site is better suited than another |
| Apply ethical principles in decision-making |
Predict environmental costs of soil tiling |
2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of
the course:
- Identify seed and plant sources suitable for a particular climate
- List proper site selection criteria
- Describe cultural system best suited to specific crops
- Identify water drainage problems
- List problems due to excessive wind
- Identify water deficiency problems
V. Topical Outline
Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.
1. Lecture Sessions
- Site selection criteria
- Water drainage
- Air drainage
- Excessive wind
- Micro-climates
- Frost pockets
- Cold pockets during winter
- Advantages of east facing slopes
- Advantages of south or north facing slopes
- Forest edges and windbreaks
- Suitable crops for low spots
- Crops unsuitable for low areas
- Plant symptoms associated with improper sites
- Symptoms and production problems poor water drainage
- Symptoms of soil compaction
- Water deficiency symptoms
- Corrective measures for improper sites
- Tiling to alleviate problems with excess water
- Reducing soil compaction
- Cover crops
- Mechanical tools
- Costs and returns for wind breaks
I. General Information
1. Course Title:
Cultural Practices for Specialty Crops
2. Course Prefix & Number:
SCMT 1243
3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:
Credits: 2
Lecture Hours: 2
4. Course Description:
This course covers the production practices necessary to successfully grow specialty crops. Students will learn appropriate plant physiology, identify production problems and determine the best course of action to treat different production problems.
5. Placement Tests Required:
| Accuplacer (specify test): |
No placement tests required |
Score: |
|
6. Prerequisite Courses:
SCMT 1243 - Cultural Practices for Specialty Crops
There are no prerequisites for this course.
9. Co-requisite Courses:
SCMT 1243 - Cultural Practices for Specialty Crops
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):
Specialty Crops Management, Diploma
IV. Learning Outcomes
1. College-Wide Outcomes
| College-Wide Outcomes/Competencies |
Students will be able to: |
| Demonstrate written communication skills |
List proper site selection criteria for specific specialty crops |
| Apply ethical principles in decision-making |
Predict environmental costs of soil tiling |
2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of
the course:
- Identify seed and plant sources suitable for a particular climate
- List proper site selection criteria
- Describe cultural system best suited to specific crops
- Identify water drainage problems
- List problems due to excessive wind
- Identify water deficiency problems
V. Topical Outline
Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.
1. Lecture Sessions
- Site selection criteria
- Water drainage
- Air drainage
- Excessive wind
- Micro-climates
- Frost pockets
- Cold pockets during winter
- Advantages of east facing slopes
- Advantages of south or north facing slopes
- Forest edges and windbreaks
- Suitable crops for low spots
- Crops unsuitable for low areas
- Plant symptoms associated with improper sites
- Symptoms and production problems poor water drainage
- Symptoms of soil compaction
- Water deficiency symptoms
- Corrective measures for improper sites
- Tiling to alleviate problems with excess water
- Reducing soil compaction
- Cover crops
- Mechanical tools
- Costs and returns for wind breaks