AQUA 25
Date Approved
2/25/97
Date Scanned
5/25/05
Inactivated
2/8/08
College of the Redwoods
COURSE OUTLINE
PROGRAM AND COURSE NUMBER: AQUA 25
DEGREE APPLICABLE
NON-DEGREE APPLICABLE
FORMER NUMBER (If previously offered) __________
COURSE TITLE NON-SALMONID FISH CULTURES
I. CATALOG AND OUTLINE
1. CATALOG DESCRIPTION:
Concepts and culture practices as applied to freshwater (other than Salmonids), brackish, marine
fish, and shellfish including environmental requirements, life history, reproductive cycle as it relates to
natural recruitment vs. hatcheries, growout systems, methods of harvesting, processing, and
marketing. Laboratory work includes culturing of selected species and visiting local aquaculture sites.
NOTE: Field trips are required. The college does not provide transportation.
2. COURSE OUTLINE:
Introduction to World Aquaculture
Life History of Species
Method Used to Culture Species
Harvest, Marketing, and Processing
Laboratory Exercises and Field Trips
II. PREREQUISITES
Prerequisite?
No
Corequisite?
No
RecommendedPreparation?
No
Eligibility for: ENGL 150
% of Classroom Hours Spent on Each Topic
5%
10%
15%
10%
60%
Yes_______________________
(course)
Yes______________________
(course)
Yes________________________
(course)
Math 105/106
Rationale for Prerequisite, Corequisite, Recommended Preparation____________________________
AQUA 25
Date Approved
2/25/97
Date Scanned
5/25/05
Inactivated
2/8/08
III.
OUTCOMES AND ASSESSMENTS
I. 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:
I.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Identify how selective fish and shellfish are cultured in freshwater, brackish, and saltwater.
Describe the life histories of major species being cultured.
Demonstrate, using hands-on experiences, the culture of selective species.
Explain why certain species are successfully cultured in our local waters.
At the end of the class, the student will be able to decide if aquaculture is a venture he or she
might want to enter into as an occupation.
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.
The student must be able to evaluate why certain species are cultured successfully and why others
have had limited success or have failed. The student should understand why certain sites are
favorable for culture and why other sites are not. The student should be able to analyze, from
hands-on experience, the difficulties that go with aquaculture success.
3. ASSESSMENT
Degree applicable courses must have a minimum of one response in category 1, 2, or 3. If category I 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)____
field work
performance exam(s)
4. Objective examinations, including:
multiple choice
true/false
matching items
completion
other (specify) Definitions and essays
5. Other (specify)_________
AQUA 25
Date Approved
2/25/97
Date Scanned
5/25/05
Inactivated
2/8/08
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: Fundamentals of Aquaculture
Required
Edition: 1st
Alternate
Author: James W. Avault, Jr.
Recommended
Publisher: AVA Publishing Co., Inc., Baton Rouge, LA
Date Published: 1996
(Additional required, alternate, or recommended texts should be listed on aseparate 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
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) ____________________________
AQUA 25
Date Approved
2/25/97
Date Scanned
5/25/05
Inactivated
2/8/08
AQUA 25
Date Approved
2/25/97
Date Scanned
5/25/05
Inactivated
2/8/08
V. TECHNICAL INFORMATION
1. Contact Hours Per Week: (Indicate
5. Recommended Maximum Class Size 25
"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
HSU, Fish370
more-than-minimum required hours.)
San Diego State, BIOL519 Aquaculture
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