Spring 2019 Course Syllabi

Dakota College at Bottineau Course Syllabus Course Prefix/Number/Title: HORT 127 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: • 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. • Monitor and adjust greenhouse environment on a daily basis to ensure maximum production needs of fish and plant life. • Understand the importance of recordkeeping for food safety, financial and worker safety. • Assist in scheduling of crop and fish rotations as determined by market demands. Instructor: Keith Knudson Office: Room 26, Molberg Center Office Hours: 11 AM to 4:50 PM – MWF or by appointment Phone: 701-228-5489 Email: keith.knudson@dakotacollege.edu 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.