I. General Information
1. Course Title:
Planning for Vegetable Production
2. Course Prefix & Number:
SCMT 2360
3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:
Credits: 2
Lecture Hours: 2
4. Course Description:
In this course, students will develop a yearly plan to plant and sell vegetables from their property. The yearly plan will take into account weather conditions, labor availability and pest control for each crop.
5. Placement Tests Required:
| Accuplacer (specify test): |
No placement tests required |
Score: |
|
6. Prerequisite Courses:
SCMT 2360 - Planning for Vegetable Production
There are no prerequisites for this course.
9. Co-requisite Courses:
SCMT 2360 - Planning for Vegetable Production
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 |
Write a yearly plan of which vegetables will be planted on which date |
| Analyze and follow a sequence of operations |
Calclulate the labor needs to take a crop from seeds to marketable product |
| Utilize appropriate technology |
Develop spreadsheets to organize a yearly production plan |
2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of
the course:
- Construct an annual plan to plant vegetables
- Construct an annual plan to sell and harvest vegetables
- Sketch a map of a vegetable farm
- Modify and change the plan due to unusual weather conditions
- List control mechanisms for pests that arrive on specific calendar dates
- Choose a plan for rotating vegetable crops
V. Topical Outline
Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.
1. Lecture Sessions
- The written yearly plan
- Crops started indoors vs. those that are direct seeded
- Dates when seeds are planted
- Dates when seedlings are transplanted outside or in a high tunnel
- Estimated dates when crops will be harvested
- Control methods for common insect pests and diseases
- Using a calendar to control insect pests and diseases
- Corn earworm
- Cabbage looper
- Septoria leaf spot in tomatoes
- Changes to the yearly plan
- Unusual cold or warm weather
- Droughts and floods
- Operator injuries and illnesses
- Crop rotation
- Crop rotation to control soil diseases
- Crop rotation to control insect pests
- Crops where crop rotation is not necessary
- Maps for planning crop rotation
I. General Information
1. Course Title:
Planning for Vegetable Production
2. Course Prefix & Number:
SCMT 2360
3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:
Credits: 2
Lecture Hours: 2
4. Course Description:
In this course, students will develop a yearly plan to plant and sell vegetables from their property. The yearly plan will take into account weather conditions, labor availability and pest control for each crop.
5. Placement Tests Required:
| Accuplacer (specify test): |
No placement tests required |
Score: |
|
6. Prerequisite Courses:
SCMT 2360 - Planning for Vegetable Production
There are no prerequisites for this course.
9. Co-requisite Courses:
SCMT 2360 - Planning for Vegetable Production
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 |
Write a yearly plan of which vegetables will be planted on which date |
| Analyze and follow a sequence of operations |
Calclulate the labor needs to take a crop from seeds to marketable product |
| Utilize appropriate technology |
Develop spreadsheets to organize a yearly production plan |
2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of
the course:
- Construct an annual plan to plant vegetables
- Construct an annual plan to sell and harvest vegetables
- Sketch a map of a vegetable farm
- Modify and change the plan due to unusual weather conditions
- List control mechanisms for pests that arrive on specific calendar dates
- Choose a plan for rotating vegetable crops
V. Topical Outline
Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.
1. Lecture Sessions
- The written yearly plan
- Crops started indoors vs. those that are direct seeded
- Dates when seeds are planted
- Dates when seedlings are transplanted outside or in a high tunnel
- Estimated dates when crops will be harvested
- Control methods for common insect pests and diseases
- Using a calendar to control insect pests and diseases
- Corn earworm
- Cabbage looper
- Septoria leaf spot in tomatoes
- Changes to the yearly plan
- Unusual cold or warm weather
- Droughts and floods
- Operator injuries and illnesses
- Crop rotation
- Crop rotation to control soil diseases
- Crop rotation to control insect pests
- Crops where crop rotation is not necessary
- Maps for planning crop rotation