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College of the Redwoods
COURSE OUTLINE
PROGRAM AND COURSE NUMBER: AQUA 15
DEGREE APPLICABLE
NON-DEGREE APPLICABLE
FORMER NUMBER (If previously offered) ___________
COURSE TITLE
INTRODUCTION TO FISHERY BIOLOGY
I. CATALOG AND OUTLINE
I. CATALOG DESCRIPTION:
A study of the natural history and ecology of major commercial fish and shellfish including
identification, anatomy, life history, food habits, age and growth, and pollution in relationship to
North Coast California fish and shellfish. Laboratory examination of local fishes related to factors
listed above.
NOTE: Boots and rain gear are required. Field trips are required. The college does not provide
transportation.
2. COURSE OUTLINE:
Fish and Shellfish Identification
Life History
Fish and Shellfish Anatomy
Food Habits
Age and Growth
Pathology and pollution
Commercial and Recreational Fisheries
Laboratory Exercises and Field Trips
II. PREREQUISITES
Prerequisite?
No
Corequisite?
No
Recommended Preparation?
No
Eligibility for:
EngI 150
% of Classroom Hours Spent on Each Topic
5%
10%
10%
5%
10%
10%
10%
40%
Yes_______________________________
(course)
Yes_____________________________
(course)
Yes_____________________________
(course)
Math 105/106
Rationale for Prerequisite, Corequisite, Recommended Preparation___________________________
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Ill.
OUTCOMES AND ASSESSMENTS
COURSE OUTCOMES/OBJECTIVES:
List the primary instructional objectives of the class. Formulate some of them in terms of specific
measurable student accomplishments, e.g., specific knowledge and/or skills to be attained as a result of
completing this course. For degree-applicable courses, include objectives in the area of ‘critical thinking.”
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Characterize different fishes and shellfishes based on both their external and internal features.
Identify the life histories of a variety of commercial and cultured species.
Recognize the anatomy of selected fish and shellfish.
Identify the major food items consumed by fish and shellfish.
Identify methods used to age fish and shellfish, and utilize these methods in hands-on
laboratory exercises.
6. Recognize and if possible identify major diseases that effect fish and shellfish, and identify
pollution factors that might stimulate these diseases.
7. Identify commercial and recreational fisheries in Northern California.
2. COLLEGE LEVEL CRITICAL THINKING TASKS/ASSIGNMENTS:
Degree applicable courses must include critical thinking tasks/assignments. This section need not be
completed for non-credit courses. Describe how the course requires students to independently analyze,
synthesize, explain, assess, anticipate and/or define problems, formulate and assess solutions, apply
principles to new situations, etc:
Analyze why some fishes are easier to culture than others based on their life history.
Explain, based on feeding habits, why artificial diets work with some species and not with others.
Assess how diseases of fish can be avoided or treated.
Formulate and select proper methods used to age fishes.
Analyze the commercial fishing in North Coast California based on the species caught.
3. ASSESSMENT
Please check where appropriate; however, a degree applicable course must have a minimum of one
response in category 1, 2, or 3. If category 1 is not checked, the department must explain why
substantial writing assignments are an inappropriate basis for at least part of the grade.
1. Substantial writing assignments, including:
essay exam(s)
term or other paper(s)
written homework
reading report(s)
laboratory report(s)
other (specify) _____
If the course is degree applicable, substantial writing assignments in this course are inappropriate
because:
The course is primarily computational in nature.
The course primarily involves skill demonstrations or problem solving.
Other rationale (explain) __________________________________________
2. Computational or Non-computational problem-solving demonstrations, including:
exam(s)
quizzes
homework problems
laboratory report(s)
field work
other (specify)_______
3. Skill demonstrations, including:
class performance(s)
other (specify)_lab exercises___
field work
performance exam(s)
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4. Objective examinations, including:
multiple choice
completion
true/false
matching items
other (specify) short essay questions
5. Other (specify) _________________
NOTE: A course grade may not be based solely on attendance.
IV.
TEXTS AND MATERIALS
APPROPRIATE TEXTS AND MATERIALS:
(Indicate textbooks that may be required or recommended, including alternate texts that may be used.)
Text(s)
Title: Fishery Biology, Assessment, and Management
Required
Edition: 1st
Alternate
Author: Michael King
Recommended
Publisher: Fishing New Books, Osney Mead, Oxford, England
Date Published: 1995
(Additional required, alternate, or recommended texts should be listed on a separate sheet and attached.)
For degree applicable courses the adopted texts have been certified to be college-level:
Yes. Basis for determination:
is used by two or more four-year colleges or universities (certified by the Division Chair or
Branch Coordinator, or Center Dean)
OR
has been certified by the LAC as being of college level using the Coleman and Dale-Chall
Readability Index Scale.
No. Request for Exception Attached
REQUIRED READING, WRITING, AND OTHER OUTSIDE OF CLASS ASSIGNMENTS:
Over an 18-week presentation of the course, 3 hours per week are required for each unit of credit. ALL
Degree Applicable Credit classes must treat subject matter with a scope and intensity which require the
student to study outside of class. Two hours of independent work done out of class are required for each
hour of lecture. Lab and activity classes must also require some outside of class work. Outside of the
regular class time the students in this class will be doing the following:
Study
Answer questions
Skill practice
Required reading
Problem solving activity or exercise
Written work (essays/compositions/report/analysis/research)
Journal (reaction and evaluation of class, done on a continuing basis throughout the
semester)
Observation of or participation in an activity related to course content (e.g., play, museum,
concert, debate, meeting, etc.)
Field trips
Other (specify) ____________________________
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V. TECHNICAL INFORMATION
1. Contact Hours Per Week: (Indicate
5. Recommended Maximum Class Size 20+
"TOTAL" hours if less than semester length)
Lecture:
2
Lab:
Weekly
3
TOTAL
Weekly
No. of Weeks S
TOTAL
(S = semester length)
6. Transferability
CSU
UC
List two UC/CSU campuses with similar courses
(include course #s)
(Use Request for Exception sheet to justify
UC Santa Cruz: BIOL172
more-than-minimum required hours.)
CSU Sacramento, BIOL173
Units 3.0 or
Articulation with UC requested
Variable Unit Range
7. Grading Standard
2. TLUs 6.0
Letter Grade Only
CR/NC Only
3. Does course fulfill a General Education
requirement? (For existing courses only;
for new courses, use GE Application Form)
Grade-CR/NC Option
Grade-CR/NC Option Criteria:
Introductory
1st course in sequence
Yes
No
If yes, in what G.E. area?
AA/AS Area
Exploratory
8. Is course repeatable
Yes
No
If so, repeatable to a maximum of:
CSU/GE Area
Total Enrollments
IGETC Area
Total Units
(Use Request for Exception sheet to justify repeatability.)
4. Method of Instruction:
Lecture
Lab
Lecture/Lab
Independent Study
9. SAM Classification C
Course Classification I
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