Page 156 of Sierra College 2005-2006 Catalog by Sierra College Rocklin, Roseville, Grass Valley, Truckee

156 SIERRA COLLEGE CATALOG ENV.HORT 181 WILDFLOWER IDENTIFICATION (ALSO BIO.SCI. 23) Units: .5 Hours: As scheduled for a total of 17 hours (5 lecture, 12 laboratory) Field trip to the local foothills for plant identi cation, keying, uses, and ecology. Ability to hike moderate dis tances may be required. ENV.HORT 182 BUDDING AND GRAFTING Units: .5 Hours: As scheduled for a total of 9 lecture hours Examines budding and grafting as a type of vegetative propagation. Includes reasons for budding and grafting, various methods, terms, collection and treatment of stock and scion wood, post graft care and use of appropriate tools and media. May be taken four times for credit. ENV.HORT 183 VEGETABLE GARDENING Units: .5 Hours: As scheduled for a total of 9 lecture hours Small scale vegetable crop production including eld layout, vegetable crop selection and harvesting. Techniques of seed propagation and eld cultivation are presented. Application of principles of successive planting and har vesting. ENV.HORT 184 PRUNING ORNAMENTALS Units: .5 Hours: As scheduled for a total of 9 lecture hours Principles of pruning including practical hands-on skill development pruning shrubs, vines, and trees. Brief overview of plant physiology in relationship to pruning. Application of pruning techniques to a variety of plant material. ENV.HORT 185 OUTDOOR CONTAINER GARDENING Units: .5 Hours: As scheduled for a total of 9 lecture hours Basic principles of growing plants in containers as an alternative or addition to conventional gardening. Includes reasons for container gardening, types of con tainers, container media, plant nutrition, plant selection and design, irrigation methods and potential problems and solutions. May be taken four times for credit. Family and Consumer Sciences SCIENCES MATHEMATICS DEAN: Karen Walters Dunlap ASSOCIATE DEAN: Vacant DIVISION OFFICE: Ht 4 FACULTY: C. Dendinger LIAISON COUNSELORS: E. Dickson, C. Morris, T. Maddux Family and Consumer Sciences is basically a resource agement program that encompasses human and material resources. The department offers opportunities for the study of life management; nutrition and food; textiles apparel; home management and housing; consumer deci sions; parent education; human development and family studies. Within this department are certi cate programs as well basic preparation for potential careers in the program listed above. See also the following sections in this catalog for ci c major programs: Fashion Design and Merchandis ing; Human Development and Family (Early Childhood Development); Nutrition and Food Science. TRANSFER MAJOR REQUIREMENTS in Family and Consumer Sciences and Home Economics are avail able in the Counseling Center. Students should consult a counselor and the appropriate college catalog for transfer requirements. Catalogs of California and out-of state colleges are located in the Library and the Center. Positions for which four-year graduates in Home Economics are quali ed include business, education, parent educator and consumer advisor. FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCES COURSES FACS 2 LIFE MANAGEMENT Units: 3 Transfer: CSU Hours: 3 lecture Provides skills for identifying, developing and using per sonal and environmental resources to function effectively in a changing society. Major topics include the following: effects of cultural forces and societal trends on values, standards, and goals; skills for decision-making; time, energy, stress, and con ict management; and techniques for improving self-understanding and interpersonal rela tionships. FACS 28 INDEPENDENT STUDY (Inactive 4-10-01)

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