I. General Information
1. Course Title:
Special Topics - Cultural Practices
2. Course Prefix & Number:
SCMT 2500
3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:
Credits - Variable: 1-4
4. Course Description:
In this course, students will develop financial projections in order to determine which cultural practice will give them their best cash flow. Cultural practices that will be studied include weed control, crop rotations, soil compaction and irrigation.
5. Placement Tests Required:
| Accuplacer (specify test): |
No placement tests required |
Score: |
|
6. Prerequisite Courses:
SCMT 2500 - Special Topics - Cultural Practices
There are no prerequisites for this course.
9. Co-requisite Courses:
SCMT 2500 - Special Topics - Cultural Practices
There are no corequisites for this course.
II. Transfer and Articulation
1. Course Equivalency - similar course from other regional institutions:
III. Course Purpose
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 written communication skills |
List benefits of perennial, leguminous and non-leguminous cover crops |
| Assess alternative solutions to a problem |
Assess cultural versus chemical control of weeds in perennial cropping systems |
| Analyze and follow a sequence of operations |
Develop a crop rotation plan using cover crops and alternative crops to reduce weed pressure and diseases |
2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of
the course:
- List financial benefits of cover crops
- Incorporate cover crop costs into overall business costs
- List equipment that can be used to control weeds
- Compare and contrast chemical weed control and mechanical weed control
- List problems caused by soil compaction
- Compare different means of reducing soil compaction
V. Topical Outline
Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.
1. Lecture Sessions
- Crop rotations and cover crops
- Cover crops to attain better weed control
- Cover crops to reduce soil compaction
- Cover crops and soil diseases
- Types of cover crops
- Perennial cover crops
- Annual cover crops
- Warm season cover crops
- Cool season cover crops
- Leguminous cover crops
- Weed control
- Mechanical
- Chemical
- Physical barriers
- Soil compaction
- Causes
- Equipment to cure soil compaction
- Irrigation
- Sprinkler systems
- Drip systems
- Financial projections
- Costs and benefits of different cover crops
- Financial returns for different irrigation systems
- Weed control: which systems will have the highest return
I. General Information
1. Course Title:
Special Topics - Cultural Practices
2. Course Prefix & Number:
SCMT 2500
3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:
Credits - Variable: 1-4
4. Course Description:
In this course, students will develop financial projections in order to determine which cultural practice will give them their best cash flow. Cultural practices that will be studied include weed control, crop rotations, soil compaction and irrigation.
5. Placement Tests Required:
| Accuplacer (specify test): |
No placement tests required |
Score: |
|
6. Prerequisite Courses:
SCMT 2500 - Special Topics - Cultural Practices
There are no prerequisites for this course.
9. Co-requisite Courses:
SCMT 2500 - Special Topics - Cultural Practices
There are no corequisites for this course.
II. Transfer and Articulation
1. Course Equivalency - similar course from other regional institutions:
III. Course Purpose
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 written communication skills |
List benefits of perennial, leguminous and non-leguminous cover crops |
| Analyze and follow a sequence of operations |
Develop a crop rotation plan using cover crops and alternative crops to reduce weed pressure and diseases |
2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of
the course:
- List financial benefits of cover crops
- Incorporate cover crop costs into overall business costs
- List equipment that can be used to control weeds
- Compare and contrast chemical weed control and mechanical weed control
- List problems caused by soil compaction
- Compare different means of reducing soil compaction
V. Topical Outline
Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.
1. Lecture Sessions
- Crop rotations and cover crops
- Cover crops to attain better weed control
- Cover crops to reduce soil compaction
- Cover crops and soil diseases
- Types of cover crops
- Perennial cover crops
- Annual cover crops
- Warm season cover crops
- Cool season cover crops
- Leguminous cover crops
- Weed control
- Mechanical
- Chemical
- Physical barriers
- Soil compaction
- Causes
- Equipment to cure soil compaction
- Irrigation
- Sprinkler systems
- Drip systems
- Financial projections
- Costs and benefits of different cover crops
- Financial returns for different irrigation systems
- Weed control: which systems will have the highest return