MiraCosta College 2016-2017 Catalog

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The Ornamental Horticulture discipline examines the artand science of cultivating plants. The Horticulture programat MiraCosta also includes sustainable design, installation,and maintenance of landscapes, nursery and organiccrop production, and wine technology. Students takehorticulture courses to prepare for the major, completejob-related certificates, earn continuing education units(CEUs) for professional licenses, and fulfill general educationrequirements. Career options include nursery-industry work,urban agriculture, landscape architecture, irrigation designand water management, landscape design, landscapeinstallation and management, golf and sports turfmanagement, urban forestry, horticulture sales and services,grove and vineyard management, and winemaking.

Contact InformationChairs: Karen Smith(Fall 2017),Claire Ehrlinger(Spring 2018)Dean: Al Tacconewww.miracosta.edu/HORT

Department: Horticulture andHospitalityOffice: Building OC4800,760.795.6811

Full-Time FacultyMegan AllisonClaire Ehrlinger

Associate DegreesAssociate in Arts Degrees

Landscape ArchitectureSustainable Landscape and Turf ManagementNursery/Horticulture Crop ProductionAssociate in Science DegreesPest Control AdviserSustainable AgricultureViticulture and EnologyStudents may earn one of the above-named associate degreesby completing a certificate of achievement and the generaleducation courses required for MiraCosta College's Associatein Arts degree (see Associate Degrees). Students earning anassociate degree in Landscape Architecture are eligible to takethe Landscape Architecture Registration Exam to achieve statelicensure after completing requisite apprenticeship. Studentsshould meet with a MiraCosta counselor to identify requiredcourses and to develop a written educational plan for thespecific degree or certificate they wish to earn.

Certificates

Certificate programs prepare students for state, county, andcity employment in most areas of landscape management,such as park and grounds supervision and state or county

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agriculture inspection. In the private sector, graduates find jobsin agri-sales and services, organic food production, retail andwholesale nurseries and greenhouses, landscape and irrigationdesign, landscape contracting, and water management. Anyof these majors may be completed in three semesters and oneor two summer sessions by students who attend full-time.

Certificate of AchievementLandscape ArchitectureThis certificate is designed to provide employable technical skilltraining in the field of professional residential landscape designdevelopment. It also provides a foundation for students whoplan to enter a college of landscape architecture.

Program Student Learning Outcome Statement:

Upon completion of this program, the student will be ableto use hand drawn and computer-generated graphics toproduce accurate landscape plans that reflect sustainable,functional, and aesthetic principles.

Required courses:

DESN 101 Computer-Aided Design andDrafting

4

DESN 102 Architectural Drawing 3

HORT 117 Plant Identification: Trees, Shrubs,and Vines

3

HORT 126 Landscape Irrigation 3

HORT 127 Landscape Design 3

HORT 128 Landscape Construction 3

HORT 220 Computer-Aided Landscape DesignApplications

3

HORT 230 Landscape Architecture 3

Select one course from the following electives: 1-4

DESN 103 Architectural Communications

DESN 200 Architectural Design I

HORT 110 Introduction to SustainableHorticulture

HORT 115 Soil Science

HORT 299 Occupational Cooperative WorkExperience

Total Units 26-29

Certificate of AchievementNursery/Horticulture Crop ProductionThis certificate provides students with the practical, hands-onexperience they need to pursue employment in the areas ofplant production, maintenance, or sales of ornamental and/orfood crops in California.


Upon completion of this program, the student will be ableto integrate concepts and skills learned in core coursesto manage environmental and other growth factors toproduce healthy and marketable crops.

Required courses:

HORT 115 Soil Science 3

HORT 116 Plant Science 4


3

HORT 122 Horticulture Laws and Regulations 2


HORT 134 Integrated Pest Management 3

HORT 140 Subtropical Fruit and PlantProduction

3

HORT 144 Nursery Management andProduction

3

HORT 149 Vineyard Production andManagement

3

HORT 292 Internship Studies 1

or HORT 299 Occupational Cooperative WorkExperience

Total Units 28

Certificate of AchievementPest Control AdviserPest Control Advisers (PCAs) are licensed professionalproduction consultants who serve California agriculture andhorticulture producers. PCAs specialize in pest management,but they are also an important resource to producers in a widerange of production concerns related to plant health. PCAsprovide written recommendations that must address 13 specificareas, including worker safety, environmental impact, and adetailed plan for the use of pest management materials. TheCalifornia Department of Pesticide Regulation requires studentsto complete at least 42 semester units of core study and 24months of work experience, as well as to successfully passwritten exams prepared by the DPR Pest Management andLicensing Branch, to register for the licensing exam.


Students will be able to identify the pests that arethreatening a crop, assess the level of potential damage,and prepare a written management plan that considersthe impact to the crop, beneficial insects, humans, and theenvironment.

Required Core Courses (21 units):



HORT 121 Sustainable Landscape and TurfManagement

3




HORT 166 Introduction to SustainableAgriculture

3

List A: Physical and Biological Sciences 8

Choose a minimum of 8 units from the following courses:

BIO 102 Introductory Biology: Ecology andEnvironmental Biology

BIO 103 Introductory Biology: Animal Diversity

BIO 104 Introductory Biology: Botany (PlantLife)

BIO 108 Introductory Biology: Ecology of theOceans

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BIO 110 Introductory Biology: Preparation forPre-Health Professions (Lecture/Lab)

BIO 111 Introductory Biology: Preparation forPre-Health Professions (Lecture)

List B: Crop Health, Pest Management, and ProductionSystems

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Select a minimum of 15 units from the following courses:

HORT 110 Introduction to SustainableHorticulture

HORT 118 Arboriculture


HORT 144 Nursery Management andProduction


HORT 162 Organic Crop Production: WarmSeason

HORT 163 Organic Crop Production: SpecialtyCrops

HORT 164 Organic Crop Production: CoolSeason

HORT 292 Internship Studies *

HORT 299 Occupational Cooperative WorkExperience *

Total Units 44

* Students may take up to 3 units of HORT 292 or HORT 299 orany combination of the two.

Certificate of AchievementSustainable AgricultureThe Sustainable Agriculture certificate prepares students foremployment in sustainable or organic agriculture and for theoperation of a sustainable farm and/or production of organicornamental or food crops.


Students will be able to develop a comprehensive plan forsustainable agriculture production on a given site, includingpractices, farm plan, ecological evaluation, and communityviability.

Required courses:




3





3

or HORT 149 Vineyard Production and Management

HORT 162 Organic Crop Production: WarmSeason

2

HORT 163 Organic Crop Production: SpecialtyCrops

2

HORT 164 Organic Crop Production: CoolSeason

2

HORT 166 Introduction to SustainableAgriculture

3



Total Units 31

Certificate of AchievementSustainable Landscape and Turf ManagementThis certificate prepares students for employment in theCalifornia horticulture and landscape contracting industriesby providing practical, hands-on experience and preparationfor the Certified Arborist, Landscape Contracting (C-27) andpesticide licenses.


Upon completion of this program, the student will beable to inventory, analyze, and recommend an efficientmanagement plan for the turf, trees, shrubs, and landscapeelements of a landscape.

Required courses:




3

HORT 118 Arboriculture 3


3



HORT 127 Landscape Design 3





Total Units 31

Certificate of AchievementViticulture and EnologyThis certificate cross-trains students for work in the wineproduction, wine sales, and viticulture areas.


Upon completion of this program, students will be able tointegrate concepts and skills learned in core courses toschedule the production steps of quality wines from grapeto glass.

Required courses:



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HORT 145 Sensory Analysis of Wines 1.5

HORT 147 Wines of California 1.5

HORT 148 Introduction to Wine Production 1.5


3

HORT 150 Winery Operations andManagement

3



Total Units 29.5

Certificate of ProficiencyIrrigation TechnologyThis certificate is designed to teach the theory, design, andinstallation of irrigation systems including the materials,installation practices, maintenance, crew management, andoperations of a landscape irrigation business. The programemphasizes residential and large-scale irrigation systeminstallation and water management.


Upon completion of the program, students given plantingareas of various sizes, shapes and plant materials willbe able to select appropriate irrigation equipment inaccordance with best management practices.

Required courses:

DESN 101 Computer-Aided Design andDrafting

4


3



Total Units 13

CoursesHORT 110: Introduction to Sustainable HorticultureUnits: 3Prerequisites: NoneAcceptable for Credit: CSULecture 2 hours, laboratory 3 hours. (0109.00)Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer

This course introduces sustainable horticulture principles andpractices in gardening, landscaping, nursery management,and floriculture. Topics include basic botany, cultural practices,propagation, structures and layout, pest management,planting, container gardening and houseplants, floral design,plant identification, and career opportunities. Students arerequired to attend field labs and field trips.

HORT 115: Soil ScienceUnits: 3Prerequisites: NoneAcceptable for Credit: CSU, UCLecture 2 hours, laboratory 3 hours. (0103.00)Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

This course examines the physical, chemical, and biologicalproperties of soil and covers soil conditions that restrict plantgrowth. Students learn to solve soil problems that may existin the field, greenhouse, and landscape with a focus onsustainable practices. The course emphasizes problem-solvingtechniques that apply to Southern California soils, includingfertility, salinity, pH, high calcium, specific toxicities, andphysical problems. Students are required to participate in fieldlabs and trips. C-ID AG-PS128L.

HORT 116: Plant ScienceUnits: 4Prerequisites: NoneAcceptable for Credit: CSU, UCLecture 3 hours, laboratory 3 hours. (0103.00)Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer

This introductory course offers students an opportunity to learnthe basic principles of plant science pertaining to food andornamental plants. The course emphasizes plant morphology,anatomy and function, plant physiology, reproduction,biotic and abiotic environmental factors that impact plantgrowth and development, plant-soil-climate interrelationships,plant taxonomy and nomenclature, and plant diversity andadaptations. Learning activities include plant studies in thefield, greenhouse, and landscape. Students are required toattend field labs and field trips.

HORT 117: Plant Identification: Trees, Shrubs, and VinesUnits: 3Prerequisites: NoneAcceptable for Credit: CSU, UCLecture 2 hours, laboratory 3 hours. (0109.00)Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

This course covers the identification, growth habits, culture,and ornamental use of plants found in Southern Californialandscapes. Topics include botanical and common names,plant family relationships, drought tolerance, and otherenvironmental adaptations. Students learn to identify by sightmemory more than 200 plants from professional certificationtest and local plant lists. Students are required to attend fieldtrips both on and off campus.

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HORT 118: ArboricultureUnits: 3Prerequisites: NoneAcceptable for Credit: CSULecture 3 hours. (0199.00)Course Typically Offered: Fall

This course introduces the care and management oflandscape trees in urban settings. It covers soil, water, andnutrient management, integrated pest management, and treebiology. Topics include tree selection, protection, fertilization,pruning basics, urban forest management, safety, andrisk management. This course prepares students for theInternational Society of Arboriculture (ISA) Certification examand provides ISA Continuing Education Units (CEUs). Field tripsare required.

HORT 121: Sustainable Landscape and Turf ManagementUnits: 3Prerequisites: NoneAcceptable for Credit: CSULecture 2 hours, laboratory 3 hours. (0109.10)Course Typically Offered: Spring

This course introduces landscape ecosystems and emphasizessustainable management practices of turfgrass, trees, andlandscape plantings. Students learn best managementpractices, including soil preparation, nutrient management,irrigation, mowing, pruning and growth control, integratedpest management, and fire safety. Students practice basicskills needed for successful maintenance of landscaped areasin accordance with sustainable and ecological principles.Participation in field trips and field labs is required.

HORT 122: Horticulture Laws and RegulationsUnits: 2Prerequisites: NoneAcceptable for Credit: CSULecture 2 hours. (0109.00)Course Typically Offered: Fall or Spring

This course covers the laws and regulations that apply tothe agriculture and horticulture industries, including possiblelegal issues for nursery owners, landscape managers, farmers,and others engaged in crop production and landscapeplanning. Topics include U.S., California, and local agenciesand ordinances governing contracts, environmental andnatural resource issues, agricultural employees, and pesticideregulations. This course prepares students to pass the Laws andRegulations section of the California Department of PesticideRegulations licensing exams and others.

HORT 126: Landscape IrrigationUnits: 3Prerequisites: NoneAcceptable for Credit: CSULecture 2 hours, laboratory 3 hours. (0109.10)Course Typically Offered: Fall

This course introduces the design, installation, andmaintenance of a water efficient landscape irrigation system.Topics include water supply, basic hydraulics, climate, soiland plant characteristics, component identification andterminology, and pipe sizing as well as types of sprinklers,valves, and controllers.

HORT 127: Landscape DesignUnits: 3Prerequisites: NoneAcceptable for Credit: CSU, UCLecture 2 hours, laboratory 3 hours. (0109.10)Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

This course introduces the principles and practices oflandscape design. Topics include the principles and processof design, drafting, hand drawn graphics, and presentationmethods. Projects emphasize residential and small commercialsites. Students are required to attend field trips.

HORT 128: Landscape ConstructionUnits: 3Prerequisites: NoneAcceptable for Credit: CSULecture 2 hours, laboratory 3 hours. (0109.10)Course Typically Offered: Fall

This course introduces the fundamentals of landscapeconstruction. Topics include soil preparation, paving andconstruction materials, hand and power tool use, turf and plantinstallation, plan reading, estimating, and bid preparation.The course also covers local codes, state requirements,and new technologies. It prepares students to pass the C-27Landscaping Contractor's License exam. Students are requiredto participate in lab activities and attend field trips.

HORT 134: Integrated Pest ManagementUnits: 3Prerequisites: NoneAcceptable for Credit: CSULecture 2 hours, laboratory 3 hours. (0109.00)Course Typically Offered: Spring

This course examines the common pests that invadeornamental plantings and nursery crops in Southern California,including weeds, invertebrate pests, and plant diseases.Students learn to diagnose pest problems and design solutionsto these problems based upon an integration of approved pestmanagement techniques and practices including cultural,biological, mechanical/physical, and chemical controlmethods. This course is designed to assist students in preparingfor California licensing exams in pest management or to earncontinuing education hours to maintain their license.

HORT 140: Subtropical Fruit and Plant ProductionUnits: 3Prerequisites: NoneAcceptable for Credit: CSULecture 2 hours, laboratory 3 hours. (0109.00)Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

This course examines the principles and practices involvedin subtropical fruit and plant production, such as citrus andavocados. Topics include propagation, site selection, planting,fertilization, irrigation, and pest control. The course also coversharvest techniques, marketing, and industry economic trends.Field trips to local orchards and groves are required.

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HORT 144: Nursery Management and ProductionUnits: 3Prerequisites: NoneAcceptable for Credit: CSULecture 2 hours, laboratory 3 hours. (0109.30)Course Typically Offered: Fall

This course analyzes the operation and management ofplant nursery facilities and personnel, including culturalpractices, scheduling of nursery crops, marketing, and legaland environmental issues. Students examine the relationshipsof light, temperature, moisture, humidity, and fertility as wellas their impact on plant production. Topics include pruning,transplanting, propagation, and pest control methods. Studentsare required to attend field trips to local nurseries.

HORT 145: Sensory Analysis of WinesUnits: 1.5Prerequisites: NoneAcceptable for Credit: CSU, UCLecture 1.50 hours. (0104.00)Course Typically Offered: Fall or Spring

This course surveys the history and development of winemaking,detailing the grape varieties produced in the major wine-producing regions of the world. Topics include the influenceof climate and soil; wine fermentation, handling, storage,and bottling methods; and wine disorders. Students learnorganoleptic tasting techniques to differentiate among thecharacteristics and styles of various wines. Students must be atleast 21 to enroll.

HORT 147: Wines of CaliforniaUnits: 1.5Prerequisites: NoneAcceptable for Credit: CSULecture 1.50 hours. (0104.00)Course Typically Offered: Fall or Spring

This course introduces the wines and major wine producingregions of California. It covers history, viticultural practices,winemaking styles, and sensory evaluation techniques ofrepresentative California wines. Students must be at least 21.

HORT 148: Introduction to Wine ProductionUnits: 1.5Prerequisites: NoneAcceptable for Credit: CSULecture 1 hour, laboratory 1.50 hours. (0104.00)Course Typically Offered: To be arranged

This course provides beginning winemakers with basic howto instructions and advanced technical training on aspectsof winemaking. It emphasizes the importance of specializedbackgrounds needed to solve the wide variety of problemsencountered in commercial wine production. Students must beat least 21 to enroll.

HORT 149: Vineyard Production and ManagementUnits: 3Prerequisites: NoneAcceptable for Credit: CSULecture 2 hours, laboratory 3 hours. (0104.00)Course Typically Offered: Spring

This course covers responsibilities of vineyard management.Topics include climate zones, soil selection, financing, farmorganization, irrigation systems, field layout, varietal selection,nutritional needs, harvesting, labor management, marketing,and budgeting. Students are required to attend field trips tolocal vineyards.

HORT 150: Winery Operations and ManagementUnits: 3Prerequisites: NoneAcceptable for Credit: CSULecture 3 hours. (0109.00)Course Typically Offered: Fall even years

This introductory level course on starting and managing awinery business covers permits, annual plans and budgets,marketing, tasting room operations, and legal compliance.Students are required to attend field trips.

HORT 162: Organic Crop Production: Warm SeasonUnits: 2Prerequisites: NoneAcceptable for Credit: CSU, UCLecture 1 hour, laboratory 3 hours. (0109.00)Course Typically Offered: Spring

This course introduces the principles and practices of organiccrop production with an emphasis on warm season crops. Itapplies sustainability principles and ecological concepts tofield-based exercises and hands-on practices in the productionof edible and ornamental crops. Topics emphasized includeselecting, starting, and maintaining crops, irrigation methods,organic weed and pest control strategies, alternative croppingmethods, and profitability. Students are required to attend fieldtrips.

HORT 163: Organic Crop Production: Specialty CropsUnits: 2Prerequisites: NoneAcceptable for Credit: CSU, UCLecture 1 hour, laboratory 3 hours. (0109.00)Course Typically Offered: Summer

This course applies sustainability principles and ecologicalconcepts to field-based exercises and hands-on practicesin the production of edible and ornamental specialty crops.Topics emphasized include food safety and sanitation, post-harvest storage, community-supported agriculture, farmersmarkets, and other direct and indirect marketing outlets.Students are required to attend field trips.

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HORT 164: Organic Crop Production: Cool SeasonUnits: 2Prerequisites: NoneAcceptable for Credit: CSU, UCAcceptable for Credit: CSU, UC (Acceptable for Credit: CSU,UC)Course Typically Offered: Lecture 1 hour, laboratory 3 hours.(0109.00)

This course introduces the principles and practices of organiccrop production with an emphasis on cool season crops.Students apply sustainability principles and ecologicalconcepts to field-based exercises and hands-on practices inthe production of edible and ornamental crops. Topics includefarm management, crop selection, plant propagation, organiccultivation, hydroponics and aquaponics, harvesting, andmarketing. Students are required to attend field trips.

HORT 166: Introduction to Sustainable AgricultureUnits: 3Prerequisites: NoneAcceptable for Credit: CSU, UCLecture 3 hours. (0109.00)Course Typically Offered: To be arranged

This course introduces sustainable agriculture and agro-ecological theory from a multi-disciplinary scientific perspective.It will focus on the application of sustainability conceptsto growth and production of edible, ornamental, andspecialty crops in the temperate southern Californiaclimate. Diverse agricultural systems and practices and theirrelative sustainability are analyzed for suitability to site andenvironment. Topics include the history and evolution ofagriculture as well as historical, conventional, and alternativefarming systems with a focus on modern applications andpresent day environmental concerns.

HORT 220: Computer-Aided Landscape Design ApplicationsUnits: 3Prerequisites: NoneEnrollment Limitation: Not open to students with prior credit inHORT 129.Acceptable for Credit: CSULecture 2 hours, laboratory 3 hours. (0109.00)Course Typically Offered: Fall

This course introduces the application of computer-baseddesign software packages, including image manipulation,modeling, multimedia, and drafting combined with handgraphics for the development of landscape plans, perspectives,elevation drawings, and presentation graphics.

HORT 230: Landscape ArchitectureUnits: 3Prerequisites: HORT 127.Acceptable for Credit: CSULecture 2 hours, laboratory 3 hours. (0109.10)Course Typically Offered: Spring

This project-based class offers continued study in the field oflandscape architectural design. It emphasizes site analysis,sensory evaluation, sustainable design principles, costconsiderations, rendering, site details, model building, and oralpresentation. Students work both individually and in groupson projects at the urban and community scale, and they arerequired to attend field trips.

HORT 292: Internship StudiesUnits: 0.5-3Prerequisites: NoneCorequisite: Complete 75 hrs paid or 60 hrs non-paid work perunit.Enrollment Limitation: Instructor, dept chair, and Career Centerapproval. May not enroll in any combination of cooperativework experience and/or internship studies concurrently.Acceptable for Credit: CSUCourse Typically Offered: To be arranged

This course provides students the opportunity to apply thetheories and techniques of their discipline in an internshipposition in a professional setting under the instruction of afaculty-mentor and site supervisor. It introduces studentsto aspects of the roles and responsibilities of professionalsemployed in the field of study. Topics include goal-setting,employability skills development, and examination of the worldof work as it relates to the student's career plans. Studentsmust develop new learning objectives and/or intern at a newsite upon each repetition. Students may not earn more than16 units in any combination of cooperative work experience(general or occupational) and/or internship studies duringcommunity college attendance.

HORT 296: Topics in HorticultureUnits: 1-3Prerequisites: NoneAcceptable for Credit: CSULecture 1 hour.Lecture 2 hours.Lecture 3 hours. (0109.00)Course Typically Offered: To be arranged

This course gives students an opportunity to study topics inHorticulture that are not included in regular course offerings.Each Topics course is announced, described, and given its owntitle and 296 number designation in the class schedule.

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HORT 299: Occupational Cooperative Work ExperienceUnits: 1-4Prerequisites: NoneCorequisite: Complete 75 hrs paid or 60 hrs non-paid work perunit.Enrollment Limitation: Career Center approval. May not enrollin any combination of cooperative work experience and/orinternship studies concurrently.Acceptable for Credit: CSUCourse Typically Offered: To be arranged

Cooperative Work Experience is intended for students who areemployed in a job directly related to their major. It allows suchstudents the opportunity to apply the theories and skills of theirdiscipline to their position and to undertake new responsibilitiesand learn new skills at work. Topics include goal-setting,employability skills development, and examination of the worldof work as it relates to the student's career plans. Students maynot earn more than 16 units in any combination of cooperativework experience (general or occupational) and/or internshipstudies during community college attendance.

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