I. General Information
1. Course Title:
Special Topics in Soil Management
2. Course Prefix & Number:
SCMT 2000
3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:
Credits: 1
Lecture Hours: 1
4. Course Description:
Students will study the relationship between soil and profitability for specialty crops. Students will learn which soil types are best for specific crops, and how to change the soil for desired crops.
5. Placement Tests Required:
| Accuplacer (specify test): |
No placement tests required |
Score: |
|
6. Prerequisite Courses:
SCMT 2000 - Special Topics in Soil Management
There are no prerequisites for this course.
9. Co-requisite Courses:
SCMT 2000 - Special Topics in Soil Management
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 reading and listening skills |
Interpret the results of a soil test |
| Assess alternative solutions to a problem |
Identify different ways to modify the soil and understand the costs of modifying the soil |
| Apply abstract ideas to concrete situations |
Describe the relationship between soil pH and plant growth |
2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of
the course:
- Distinguish soil problems from diseases or common nutrient shortages
- Explain the pH scale
- Determine the appropriate pH for different crops
- Identify the symptoms caused by high pH soils
- Identify problems caused by clay soils
- List the most common soil texture classes
- Demonstrate situations when modifying the soil is not economically feasible
V. Topical Outline
Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.
1. Lecture Sessions
- Plant disorders caused by soil nutrient deficiencies
- Nitrogen and potassium deficiencies
- Clay soils
- Phosphorous
- Blossom end rot in fruiting vegetables
- Bitter pit in apples
- Molybdenum deficiencies in legumes
- Plant disorders that resemble soil nutrient deficiencies
- June yellows in strawberries
- Potato leafhopper damage
- Symptoms caused by high pH or low pH soils
- Introduction to the pH scale
- pH and nutrient availability
- Causes of high or low pH soils
- Iron chlorosis
- Soil texture classes
- Tests that can be used to determine soil texture classes
- Texture classes of soils in different parts of Minnesota
- Ideal texture classes for specific crops
I. General Information
1. Course Title:
Special Topics in Soil Management
2. Course Prefix & Number:
SCMT 2000
3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:
Credits: 1
Lecture Hours: 1
4. Course Description:
Students will study the relationship between soil and profitability for specialty crops. Students will learn which soil types are best for specific crops, and how to change the soil for desired crops.
5. Placement Tests Required:
| Accuplacer (specify test): |
No placement tests required |
Score: |
|
6. Prerequisite Courses:
SCMT 2000 - Special Topics in Soil Management
There are no prerequisites for this course.
9. Co-requisite Courses:
SCMT 2000 - Special Topics in Soil Management
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 reading and listening skills |
Interpret the results of a soil test |
| Apply abstract ideas to concrete situations |
Describe the relationship between soil pH and plant growth |
2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of
the course:
- Distinguish soil problems from diseases or common nutrient shortages
- Explain the pH scale
- Determine the appropriate pH for different crops
- Identify the symptoms caused by high pH soils
- Identify problems caused by clay soils
- List the most common soil texture classes
- Demonstrate situations when modifying the soil is not economically feasible
V. Topical Outline
Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.
1. Lecture Sessions
- Plant disorders caused by soil nutrient deficiencies
- Nitrogen and potassium deficiencies
- Clay soils
- Phosphorous
- Blossom end rot in fruiting vegetables
- Bitter pit in apples
- Molybdenum deficiencies in legumes
- Plant disorders that resemble soil nutrient deficiencies
- June yellows in strawberries
- Potato leafhopper damage
- Symptoms caused by high pH or low pH soils
- Introduction to the pH scale
- pH and nutrient availability
- Causes of high or low pH soils
- Iron chlorosis
- Soil texture classes
- Tests that can be used to determine soil texture classes
- Texture classes of soils in different parts of Minnesota
- Ideal texture classes for specific crops