CRPS B1 Principles of Crop Production (3 units)
Fundamental practices for field, vegetable, tree, and vice crops;
basic botany, classification of plants, soils, seeding, fertilizers,
irrigation, pest control, and harvest plus specific practices for
crops grown in the San Joaquin Valley. Students who have
previously successfully completed the course may repeat when
needed for state mandated pest control license. Students must
obtain a special override from the Admissions and Records
Office. Recommended: Reading Level 5 or 6. Hours: 54
lect, 36 lab. Offered: F. CCS: Occupational Education.
Transferable: CSU and private colleges. BC GE B.1
Fundamental practices for field, vegetable, tree, and vice crops;
basic botany, classification of plants, soils, seeding, fertilizers,
irrigation, pest control, and harvest plus specific practices for
crops grown in the San Joaquin Valley. Students who have
previously successfully completed the course may repeat when
needed for state mandated pest control license. Students must
obtain a special override from the Admissions and Records
Office. Recommended: Reading Level 5 or 6. Hours: 54
lect, 36 lab. Offered: F. CCS: Occupational Education.
Transferable: CSU and private colleges. BC GE B.1
CRPS B2 Forage Crops (3 units)
Study of important forage crops of California and the nation;
species, varieties, adaptations, production methods, feeding
qualities, and processing. Students who have previously
successfully completed the course may repeat when needed
for state mandated pest control license. Students must obtain
a special override from the Admissions and Records Office.
Recommended: Reading Level 5 or 6. Hours: 36 lect, 54 lab.
Field trips required. Offered: alternate S. CCS: Occupational
Education. Transferable: CSU and private colleges. Note:
Elective credit only.
CRPS B3 Integrated Pest Management (3 units)
Fundamental principles of pest control and management in
commercial agriculture. Includes pestilence diagnosis and
methods of chemical, physical, and biological control. Students
who have previously successfully completed the course may
repeat when needed for state mandated pest control license.
Students must obtain a special override from the Admissions
and Records Office. Recommended: Reading Level 5 or 6.
Hours: 36 lect, 54 lab. Field trips required. Offered: F. CCS:
Occupational Education. Repeat: 3. Transferable: CSU and
private colleges. Note: Elective credit only. BC GE B.1
CRPS B4 Vegetable Production (3 units)
Principles and practices of vegetable crop production. Methods
used in seeding, propagation and culture of vegetables and the
application of the principles underlying vegetable production
techniques. Recommended: Reading Level 5 or 6. Hours:
36 lect, 54 lab. Field trips may be required. Offered: F. CCS:
Occupational Education. Transferable: UC, CSU and private
colleges. Note: Elective credit only.
CRPS B10 Plant Biology (4 units)
An introductory course covering the fundamental principles
of plant science with emphases on structure, function,
reproduction, and development of seed plants. The principles
are related to the practices of applied plant biology in crop production, forestry, and horticulture. Recommended: Reading
level 5 or 6. Hours: 54 lect, 54 lab. CCS: Occupational
Education. Transferable: UC, CSU and private colleges. Note:
Not open to students who have taken BIOL B10. BC GE B.1;
CSU GE B.2, B.3; IGETC 5.B.
SOIL
SOIL B1 Introduction to Soil Science (3 units)
Core agriculture course; required of all agriculture majors.
Problems pertaining to the soil which are important in the
profitable production of plants, including physical properties
of soils, fertilizers, crop rotation, erosion and salt control,
cultivation problems and irrigation. Recommended: Reading
Level 5 or 6 and MATH BA. Hours: 36 lect, 90 lab. Field
trips required. Offered: F, S. CCS: Occupational Education.
Transferable: UC, CSU and private colleges. BC GE B.1