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 Department:    ENVAG

 Course #:    298

 Credits:    15

 Variable:     Yes

 IUs:    7.5

 CIP:    010308

 EPC:    127

 REV:    2018

 Course Description  

Hands on practical experience managing a small farm enterprise for aspiring practitioners. Apply weekly on farm education and training to seasonally appropriate operational and production tasks at the SAgE Skagit Valley Student Farm. Should be taken within the last two quarters of the program. Registration permitted in the first seven weeks as space is available.

 Prerequisite  

None

Contact Hours (based on 11 week quarter)

Lecture: 0

Lab: 0

Other: 0

Systems: 0

Clinical: 495

Intent: Distribution Requirement(s) Status:  

Vocational Preparatory Required for ATA degree, Required for certificate  

Equivalencies At Other Institutions

Learning Outcomes

After completing this course, the student will be able to:

1. Apply knowledge and skills derived from program coursework to seasonally appropriate small farm site planning, propagation, production, cultivation, harvesting, and postharvest management of crops.
2. Operate task appropriate small farm equipment and tools in a safe and efficient manner while managing biological competitors for optimal agroecosystem health and economic benefit.
3. Evaluate small farm site operations and production within an integrated whole farm context that aims to balance sustainable small business and landscape management.

General Education Learning Values & Outcomes

Revised August 2008 and affects outlines for 2008 year 1 and later.

0. Application and Integration

Definition: Applying information from one or more disciplines and/or field experiences in new contexts (Outcome 0.1); developing integrated approaches or responses to personal, academic, professional, and social issues (Outcomes 0.2-0.5).

Outcomes: Students will be able to . . .
0.1 Apply theories and concepts studied in the classroom to field, clinical, shop, research, or laboratory settings.
0.2 Identify the strengths and limitations of different fields of study.

2. Critical Thinking

Definition: The ability to think critically about the nature of knowledge within a discipline and about the ways in which that knowledge is constructed and validated and to be sensitive to the ways these processes often vary among disciplines.

Outcomes: Students will be able to . . .
2.8 Describe how one’s own preconceptions, biases and values affect one’s response to new and ambiguous situations.

Course Contents

1. Small farm site planning, propagation, production, cultivation, harvesting, and postharvest management of crops.
2. Small farm equipment and tools in a safe and efficient manner while managing biological competitors for optimal agroecosystem health and economic benefit.
3. Small farm site operations and production within an integrated whole farm context that aims to balance sustainable small business and landscape management.