Amended Certificates

  • Dance: Foundations

    Program of Study Code: 003235

    Term Effective: Spring 2023

    14.00 Units

    (707) 527-4260

    chillman@santarosa.edu

    Program Description:

    The Dance: Foundations Skills Certificate will give the student dancer an opportunity to present validation of their time, effort, and talent in dance. This certificate encompasses learning, performing and excelling at the choice of a dance genre.

    Program Student Learning Outcomes

    1. Demonstrate achievement in modern, jazz and ballet dance skills, in both the studio and production aspects of dance;
    2. Display the skills and techniques necessary for employment as instructors, choreographers, and/or performers; and
    3. Apply the craft and aesthetic qualities of dance orally, practically, and in writing.

    Dance: Foundations Requirements - complete 14.00 units

    DANCE 11.1
    Ballet I
    1.50
    DANCE 11.2
    Ballet II
    1.50
    DANCE 13.1
    Jazz Dance I
    1.50
    DANCE 13.2
    Jazz Dance II
    1.50
    DANCE 16.1
    Modern Dance I
    1.50
    DANCE 16.2
    Modern Dance II
    1.50

    Complete any combination totaling at least 5.00 units from the following:

    DANCE 2
    Survey of Dance History
    3.00
    DANCE 14.1
    Contemporary Dance I
    1.50
    DANCE 18.1
    Rhythm Tap Dance I
    1.50
    DANCE 21.1
    Hip Hop/Funk I
    1.50
    DANCE 27
    Dance Production: Experience
    2.00
    DANCE 32
    Dance Repertory
    1.50
    DANCE 52
    Dance Improvisation Techniques
    1.50
    DANCE 47
    Dances of the African Diaspora I
    2.00
    DANCE 88.1
    Latin Dance I
    1.00

    Notes:

    Please note under the Dance Core Requirements Students must take 4.5 units of elective courses outside of Certificate Emphasis, in this case any course other than Dance 16.4, Dance 16.5 and Dance 16.6.

  • Pest Control Adviser

    Program of Study Code: 003337

    Term Effective: Fall 2022

    42.00 Units

    (707) 527-4987

    mpadgettjohnson@santarosa.edu

    Program Description:

    The Pest Control Adviser (PCA) Certificate of Achievement prepares students to be licensed professional production consultants who serve California agriculture, natural resource and horticulture producers. PCAs specialize in pest and disease management. In addition they are an important resource to growers in matters related to general plant health. This certificate satisfies the core-course requirements specified for Option 3.b in preparing for and qualifying to take the PCAs exam(s) with the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR). The following courses need to be completed with a 2.0 or better grade point average.

    Program Student Learning Outcomes

    1. Qualify to take the PCA licensing exams from the California Department of Pesticide Regulation, including Laws and Regulations, and the specific license categories of A) insect, mites, and other invertebrates B) plant pathogens C) nematodes D) vertebrate pests E) weeds F) defoliation and G) plant growth regulators.
    2. Explain and apply basic principles of soils, cation exchange capacity, entomology, epidemiology, and botany to agricultural practices and pesticide modes of action.
    3. Correctly identify the causal agents for pest infestations and disease infections in agricultural settings, and suggest effective control strategies that include biological control, cultural control, mechanical control and chemical control methods, in this order.
    4. Read and interpret any pesticide label, and recommend legal, safe and appropriate application of that chemical.

    Pest Control Adviser Requirements - complete 42.00 units

    Complete any combination totaling at least 12.00 units from the following:

    Physical & Biological Sciences

    BIO 2.1
    Fundamentals of Biology (Cell and Molecular)
    5.00
    BIO 2.3
    Fundamentals of Biology (Botany and Ecology)
    5.00
    BIO 10
    Introduction to Principles of Biology
    4.00
    BIO 12
    Basic Concepts of Ecology
    3.00
    BOTANY 10
    Plant Biology
    4.00
    BOTANY 60
    Field Botany
    4.00
    CHEM 3A
    General Chemistry Part 1: Lecture
    3.00
    CHEM 3AL
    General Chemistry Part 1: Lab
    2.00
    CHEM 3B
    General Chemistry Part 2
    5.00
    CHEM 8
    Introductory Organic Chemistry
    5.00
    CHEM 12A
    Organic Chemistry
    5.00
    CHEM 12B
    Organic Chemistry
    5.00
    CHEM 42
    Introductory General Chemistry
    4.00
    ENVS 12
    Introduction to Environmental Science
    3.00
    EQSCI 52
    Equine Health
    3.00
    MICRO 5
    General Microbiology
    5.00
    MICRO 60
    Fundamentals of Microbiology
    4.00
    NRM 12
    Introduction to Environmental Conservation
    3.00

    Complete any combination totaling at least 9.00 units from the following:

    Crop Health

    AGRI 20
    Introduction to Plant Science
    3.00
    AGRI 60
    Soil & Plant Nutrition
    3.00
    HORT 144
    Landscape Irrigation
    3.00
    SUSAG 64
    Warm Season Vegetable Production
    2.00
    SUSAG 65
    Cool Season Vegetable Production
    2.00
    SUSAG 103
    Composting for Commercial Organic Farming and Gardening
    1.00
    VIT 124
    Vineyard Irrigation and Fertilization
    1.00

    Complete any combination totaling at least 6.00 units from the following:

    Pest Management Systems & Methods

    AGRI 70
    Integrated Pest Management
    3.00
    SUSAG 50
    Introduction to Sustainable Agriculture
    3.00
    VIT 70
    Vineyard Pest and Disease Management
    3.00
    VIT 132
    Advances in Vineyard Integrated Pest and Disease Management
    0.50

    Complete any combination totaling at least 6.00 units from the following:

    Production Systems

    ANSCI 20
    Basic Animal Science
    3.00
    ANSCI 27
    Beef Cattle Science
    3.00
    ANSCI 29
    Dairy Cattle Industry/Dairy Cattle Science
    3.00
    ANSCI 61
    Livestock Feeding and Nutrition
    3.00
    ANSCI 91
    Rangeland Management
    3.00
    ANSCI 153
    Sustainable Agriculture Production Systems with Animals
    3.00
    ANSCI 171
    Livestock Behavior and Humane Management
    1.00
    EQSCI 25
    Equine Science
    3.00
    HORT 8
    Landscape Plants: Summer/Fall
    3.00
    HORT 12
    Landscape Plants: Winter/Spring
    3.00
    HORT 70
    Plant Propagation
    3.00
    HORT 71
    Nursery Production
    3.00
    HORT 72
    Greenhouse Production
    3.00
    HORT 80
    Landscape Maintenance
    3.00
    NRM 70
    Forest Management and Assessment
    4.00
    SUSAG 109
    Organic Crop Planning and Production
    4.00
    SUSAG 116
    Organic Apple Production
    1.00
    SUSAG 117
    Organic Fruit Tree and Berry Production
    1.50
    SUSAG 119
    Specialty Crop Production
    2.00
    VIT 51
    Viticulture: Fall Practices
    3.00
    VIT 52
    Viticulture: Spring Practices
    3.00
    VIT 53
    Advanced Vineyard Practices for Quality Production
    3.00
    VIT 54
    Viticulture: Summer Practices
    1.00
    VIT 55
    Basic Wine Grape Viticulture
    3.00
    VIT 60
    Vineyard Management
    3.00
    VIT 113
    Organic Viticulture
    1.50
    VIT 114
    Sustainable Viticulture
    1.50
    VIT 122
    Vineyard Canopy Management
    1.00
    VIT 123
    Budding & Grafting
    0.25
    VIT 130
    Grapevine Physiology
    1.00
    VIT 132
    Advances in Vineyard Integrated Pest and Disease Management
    0.50
    VIT 133
    Advances in Viticulture
    1.00

    Complete any combination totaling at least 9.00 units from the following:

    Pest Control Adviser Electives

    AGRI 20
    Introduction to Plant Science
    3.00
    AGRI 60
    Soil & Plant Nutrition
    3.00
    AGRI 70
    Integrated Pest Management
    3.00
    ANSCI 20
    Basic Animal Science
    3.00
    ANSCI 27
    Beef Cattle Science
    3.00
    ANSCI 29
    Dairy Cattle Industry/Dairy Cattle Science
    3.00
    ANSCI 61
    Livestock Feeding and Nutrition
    3.00
    ANSCI 91
    Rangeland Management
    3.00
    ANSCI 153
    Sustainable Agriculture Production Systems with Animals
    3.00
    ANSCI 171
    Livestock Behavior and Humane Management
    1.00
    EQSCI 25
    Equine Science
    3.00
    HORT 8
    Landscape Plants: Summer/Fall
    3.00
    HORT 12
    Landscape Plants: Winter/Spring
    3.00
    HORT 50.1
    Introduction to Horticultural Science
    1.50
    HORT 70
    Plant Propagation
    3.00
    HORT 71
    Nursery Production
    3.00
    HORT 72
    Greenhouse Production
    3.00
    HORT 80
    Landscape Maintenance
    3.00
    HORT 144
    Landscape Irrigation
    3.00
    SUSAG 50
    Introduction to Sustainable Agriculture
    3.00
    SUSAG 109
    Organic Crop Planning and Production
    4.00
    SUSAG 116
    Organic Apple Production
    1.00
    SUSAG 117
    Organic Fruit Tree and Berry Production
    1.50
    SUSAG 119
    Specialty Crop Production
    2.00
    VIT 51
    Viticulture: Fall Practices
    3.00
    VIT 52
    Viticulture: Spring Practices
    3.00
    VIT 53
    Advanced Vineyard Practices for Quality Production
    3.00
    VIT 54
    Viticulture: Summer Practices
    1.00
    VIT 55
    Basic Wine Grape Viticulture
    3.00
    VIT 60
    Vineyard Management
    3.00
    VIT 70
    Vineyard Pest and Disease Management
    3.00
    VIT 113
    Organic Viticulture
    1.50
    VIT 114
    Sustainable Viticulture
    1.50
    VIT 122
    Vineyard Canopy Management
    1.00
    VIT 123
    Budding & Grafting
    0.25
    VIT 130
    Grapevine Physiology
    1.00
    VIT 132
    Advances in Vineyard Integrated Pest and Disease Management
    0.50
    VIT 133
    Advances in Viticulture
    1.00

    Notes:

    Elective units may not be double-counted towards requirements

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