INSTRUCTIONAL PACKAGE
FOR 268
Forest Protection Practices
January 2013 INSTRUCTIONAL PACKAGE
EFFECTIVE TERM: Spring 2013 (201220)
COURSE PREFIX: FOR 268 COURSE TITLE: Forest Protection Practices
CONTACT HOURS: 6.0 CREDIT HOURS: 4.0
RATIONALE FOR THE COURSE: This course is designed to assist the student with prescribed and wildfire decisions, pesticide application and forest pest identification.
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course is a study of major Southern forest damage agents, including fire, insects and disease, and protection practices used. Specific topics include prescribed burning, pesticide use and safety, wildfire suppression, insect and disease identification and control measures.
PREREQUISITE COURSE: None
REQUIRED MATERIALS:
Textbook: A Guide for Private and Commercial Applicators (Clemson) Texts provided: Pest and Pesticide Management on Southern Forests A Guide for Prescribed Fire in Southern Forests Smoke Management Guidelines in South Carolina
Attention HGTC Students:
The faculty and administration of HGTC are committed to enhancing your learning experience at the College through improved methods of instruction and support services. For information on Student Support Services or questions about your curriculum program please refer to your WaveNet homepage. COURSE OUTLINE:
UNIT I
1. Use the various tools needed for prescribed burning of forestland 2. Choose the correct burning techniques, based on weather, topography, manpower, vegetation, and other considerations.
UNIT II
1. Methods of wildfire control. 2. Fire behavior and personnel organization
UNIT III
1. Pesticide safety and correct usage 2. Correctly calculating active ingredient based on product content 3. State Pesticide handlers licensing test
UNIT IV
1. Major diseases that attack forest trees of the Southern U.S.A. 2. Major insects that attack forest trees of the Southern U.S.A.
COURSE EVALUATION: Test 1-4 60% Specimen Project, Assignments & Lab 20% Final Exam 20%
LABWORK: Field labs will consist of traveling to selected areas to investigate insect and disease damage, and prescribed burning (weather permitting). Prescribed burning is very dependent on weather conditions; therefore, lab days may have to be switched around. Students are encouraged to keep a set of field clothes on hand for short-notice prescribed burning exercises.
OTHER ASSIGNMENTS: (1) Written report on insect and/or disease problem. (2) Specimen display for tree disease. (3) Reading assignments.
Details about these assignments will be announced in class.
COLLEGE’S GRADING SYSTEM: The College operates on a semester-hour credit. Semester hour credits represent the number of hours completed with a passing grade. Grade points are determined by the grade earned. Each grade is assigned on a grade point equivalency in grade points for each semester hour scheduled. All grades for attempted courses are shown on the permanent record. Credit hours and quality points will be computed in your grade point ratio.
The grade point system is as follows: Grade Quality Points A = 90-100 4 B = 80-89 3 C = 70-79 2 D = 60-69 1 F = Below 60 0 I Temporarily appears as hours not earned.
COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES:
Identify the uses and purposes of prescribed burning. Effectively apply drip torches, fire flaps, fire rakes, and other prescribed burning tools. Differentiate between a wildfire and a managed fired Complete the requirements for the SOUTH CAROLINA state pesticide examination Identify the life cycles, infected tree species, symptomology and damage, and control procedures for the following diseases: Fusiform Rust , White Pine Blister Rust, Brown Spot, Chestnut Blight, Eastern Gall Rust, Anthracnose, Fomitopsis annosa, Dutch Elm Disease, Red Heart Rot, Oak Wilt, Littleleaf Disease List the types of damage caused by forest insects. List the range, life cycle, physical appearance, type of damage, and species affected for the following insects: Pine Bark Beetle, Pine Sawflies, Ips Beetle, Southern Pine Sawyer, Turpentine Beetle, Nantucket Pine Tip Moth, Buprestidae Beetle Larvae, Pine Webworm, Cerambycid Beetle Larvae
Artifacts: Exam Quizzes Lab Reports (Site visits) Projects Sort Projects Comprehensive Semester Projects Presentations
Guided Plan for Success (GPS) QEP
The College is undergoing its Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) Reaffirmation for Accreditation. To comply with this process, the College is required to develop a Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP). HGTC has developed a QEP entitled Guided Plan for Success which is a comprehensive system that will help direct, support, and equip students with the knowledge and skills required to be successful in college. This plan will provide support to students beginning with the initial application process and will continue to provide assistance to students through all steps of their educational experiences: career/academic program decision-making, new student orientation, academic support services, academic advisement for continuing students, student engagement opportunities, and transfer/job placement assistance. The goal of career programs at HGTC are for the student are to achieve success not only in the academic and lab environments, but also upon graduation from their chosen program. During the admission process, new students will identify their strengths and challenges for establishing their academic plan (MAP: My Academic Plan). In order to keep the student on track and assist with maintenance of the required grade point average and course academic requirements, the faculty will be tracking assignments and test grades. If any assignments/grades fall below a 70 (“C”), the student will be referred to the Student Success and Technology Center (SSTC) in the Library at Georgetown for guidance and assistance. The student will then follow-up with the course instructor and/or advisor in an effort to achieve success in the course, program, and stated academic plan. Therefore, through this process, there will be enhanced advisement and student involvement for achieving success in the educational programs.
INSTRUCTOR PERSONAL INFORMATION SHEET
INSTRUCTOR: DeAnna C. Eddy
OFFICE HOURS: A minimum of eight (8) office hours will be conducted each week. The hours will be posted on my office door in Building 100G, Room 124. If these hours conflict with your schedule, please contact me for a special appointment.
OFFICE PHONE: (843) 520-1417 EMAIL ADDRESS: [email protected] HOME PHONE: (843) 457-4028 – Do not call or text after 9:30 pm.
CLASS DECORUM: No eating, drinking, or tobacco is allowed in class. Use of tobacco is not permitted in any school vehicle. Students are expected to treat instructors and other students with the proper respect.
COLLEGE ATTENDANCE POLICY: A student at Horry-Georgetown Technical College is responsible for all course work and all assignment made in each class; therefore, he/she is expected to attend regularly and promptly each class meeting in which he/she is enrolled. Students should limit absences to those which are unavoidable and, with the consent of the instructor, should make up all work which is missed.
Horry-Georgetown Technical College maintains a general attendance policy requiring students to be present for a minimum of eighty percent (80%) of his/her classes in order to be eligible to receive credit for any course. However, due to the varied nature of courses taught at the College, a more rigid attendance policy may be required by individual instructors. At a minimum, students may be withdrawn from a course(s) after he/she has been absent in excess of ten percent (10%) of the total contact hours for a course. Instructors will define absentee limits for classes at the beginning of each term.
INSTRUCTOR’S ATTENDANCE POLICY: Students will be allowed NO MORE THAN three (3) non-consecutive absences from scheduled lectures and ONE (1) absence from scheduled labs and field work days. Because of the nature of the labs and field work, it will not be possible for students to work independently to make up a missed lab. If your absence from lab is unexcused (not an illness, family emergency, etc), you will receive a “0” for that assignment.
MAKE-UP POLICY: Students that miss an assigned test must notify the instructor by 4:30 pm on or before the test is scheduled, in order that a make-up test may be scheduled. Otherwise, a zero will be received for the test. Leave a message with the voicemail system if you are unable to reach the instructor. Acceptable excuses include sickness, injury or family emergency.
ASSIGNMENTS: Assignments turned in late will receive a 10% reduction in grade for each day tardy, unless arrangements have been made by student/instructor earlier. In the case of sickness or accident, student has the responsibility to notify instructor as soon as possible. Assignments will not be accepted more than 4 days beyond the due date.