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Date Approved:
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Date Scanned:
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Date Inactivated
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College of the Redwoods
CREDIT COURSE OUTLINE
DEPARTMENT AND COURSE NUMBER: FOR 102
DEGREE APPLICABLE
NON-DEGREE APPLICABLE
FORMER NUMBER (If previously offered)
COURSE TITLE Wildlife and Habitat Inventories
LECTURE HOURS: 18 (Total)
LAB HOURS: 27 (Total)
PREREQUISITE: None
UNITS: 1.5
Eligibility for: Engl 150
Math 105
Request for Exception Attached
CO-REQUISITE: None
GRADING STANDARD:
Letter Grade Only
TRANSFERABILITY:
CSUS
UC
Articulation with UC requested
Repeatable
yes
no
CR/NC Only
Grade/CR/NC Option
NONE
Maximum Class Size 26
Max No. Units
Max No. Enrollments
CATALOG DESCRIPTION:
A course covering the identification of a variety of habitats. Topics will include aquatic, mesic, forest, and
other wild land habitats, methods of information gathering from existing databases and other record
sources.
NOTE: field trips and surveys will be conducted.
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 “critical thinking.” (Sample format: “Upon successful completion of this course, the
student will be able to...”)
1. Identify different habitats, critical components and species associated with those habitats.
2. Use existing sources of information to identify species located within defined areas.
3. Conduct field surveys; develop protective measures, and mitigations to lessen impacts.
COURSE OUTLINE:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
Each column should total approximately 100%
% of Classroom Hours Spent on Each Topic
Introduction to habitat systems
Identifying plant and wildlife habitats
Habitat relations — structure
Information sources
Field surveying and procedures
Data collecting formats and recordation
Photography
Project application and protective measures
Wildlife habitat relationships and geographic information systems
Field survey notes
2 %
3 %
12 %
3 %
25 %
17 %
5 %
15 %
8%
10 %
100 %
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Date Approved:
2/8/94
Date Scanned:
5/13/2005
Date Inactivated
2/22/08
APPROPRIATE TEXTS AND MATERIALS:
(Indicate textbooks that may be required or recommended, including alternate texts that may be used.)
Text(s)
Title: Inventory & Monitoring of Wildlife Habitat
Required
Edition:
Alternate
Author: Cooperider/Boyd/Stuart
Recommended
Publisher: U.S. Government Printing Office
Date Published: 1986
(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
If no text or a below college level text is used in a degree applicable course, Request for Exception form
must be completed and a rationale provided. This request for exception will be approved or denied by the
Curriculum Committee.
METHODS TO MEASURE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT:
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)____
4. Objective examinations, including:
multiple choice
completion
field work
performance exam(s)
true/false
other (specify)
matching items
5. Other (specify) ____________________________________
NOTE: A course grade may not be based solely on attendance.
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Date Approved:
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Date Scanned:
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Date Inactivated
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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) ____________________________
COLLEGE LEVEL CRITICAL THINKING TASKS/ASSIGNMENTS:
Degree applicable courses must include critical thinking tasks/assignments. This section need not be
completed for non-degree applicable courses. Describe how the course requires students to
independently analyze, synthesize, explain, assess anticipate and/or define problems, formulate and
assess solutions, apply principle to new situations, etc.
Students will apply their basic knowledge to identify a variety of wildlife habitat components and critical
elements. Students will apply methods of inventorying and monitoring different habitat types for species
occurring in those types. Field data will be transformed into basic reports that can be applied to other
project applications in the general area.
METHOD OF EVALUATION:
1. Two Exams
2. Field Notes
3. Homework
4. Final Exam
GRADE SCALE: 90—l00 = A, 80—89 = B, 70—79 = C, 60—69 = D, 0—59 = F
% OF GRADE
25%
25 %
20 %
30 %
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Date Approved:
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Date Scanned:
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Date Inactivated
2/22/08
REQUEST FOR EXCEPTION
The Curriculum Committee is authorized to determine the appropriateness of entrance skills and
requisites for any given course; to determine whether or not language and/or computational skills a the
associate degree level are essential to success in a given course; to determine what is “college level” in
learning skills, vocabulary, and in the ability to think critically and apply concepts; and to determine on a
case-by-case basis when any departure from the attached guidelines may be justified.
This form may also be used to provide justification for: (1) making a course repeatable, (see Section IV.F.
of Guidelines for Curriculum Development); (2) requiring more than the minimum number of contact
hours, see Section IV.G. of Guidelines for Curriculum Development).
To request an exception, provide the following information:
FOR 102
Department and Course No.
WILDLIFE AND HABITAT INVENTORIES
Course Title
NATURE OF THE EXCEPTION REOUESTED AND RATIONALE:
MATH 105
IT 161 and IT 62 (Technical Math) are required for all Forestry Majors, IT 62 is substituted for MATH 105.