Spring 2017 Course Syllabi

Dakota College at Bottineau Course Syllabus

Course Prefix/Number/Title:

HORT 147 Aquaponics Practicum III

Number of credits: 1 to 4

Course Description: Course provides students with hands-on experiences in a greenhouse

environment. Students will work with daily operations of management techniques, water

quality dynamics, greenhouse, and environmental controls, aquaponics start-up and

operational costs, regulations, marketing and financial planning.

Pre-/Co-requisites: Practicum I and Practicum II

Course Objectives:

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Develop an understanding of issues relating to water quality for fish and

plant life. Maintain parameters established for dissolved oxygen,

ammonia, nitrite, carbonate, alkalinity, pH, water temperature, total

dissolved solids and nutrient base.

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Monitor and adjust greenhouse environment on a daily basis to ensure

maximum production needs of fish and plant life.

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Understand the importance of recordkeeping for food safety, financial

and worker safety.

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Assist in scheduling of crop and fish rotations as determined by market

demands.

Instructor: Keith Knudson

Office: 519 Main Street, Suite 5; Bottineau, ND 58318; Bottineau Tech Center

Office Hours: 11 AM to 4:50 PM – MWF or by appointment

Phone: 701-228-2160

Email:

Lecture/Lab Schedule: TBD – Aquaponics Greenhouse

Textbook(s): None

Course Requirements: Grading is based on student’s ability to demonstrate practices relating

to the course objectives.