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Course: |
ZOO 205
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Title: | Horticulture for the Zookeeper |
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Long Title: | Horticulture for the Zookeeper |
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Course Description: | Explores the role of plants and animal exhibits. Students will learn to care of a variety of plants while learning about the relationship between the living beings in a quality exhibit. |
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Min Credit: | 1 |
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REQUIRED COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES:
1. Identify plants, their toxicity and their anatomy.
2. Demonstrate the ability to propagate plants.
3. Apply understanding of plants to plant utilization for browse, interaction and enrichment.
4. Reproduce installation and maintenance techniques of hotwire and irrigation.
5. Classify horticulture chemicals and conversions.
REQUIRED TOPICAL OUTLINE:
I. Zoological Horticulture
A. Plant names
B. Basic Anatomy
C. Plant toxicity
D. Plant identification
II. Plant care
A. Indoor plant care
B. Outdoor plant care
C. Plant propagation
III. Animal Interaction and Enrichment
A. Browse plants
B. Tree protection
C. Growing food
IV. Installation and Maintenance
A. Hotwire and irrigation
V. Horticulture Chemicals and Conversions
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