Learning Outcomes Relationships

PLO 1: Demonstrate knowledge of techniques, tools and technical skills, needed in farm production and farm management, including those needed to qualify for applicable industry credentials.

CLO 1: Define core ethical precepts and ecological design principles of permaculture, giving examples of their application.
CLO 6: Demonstrate acquired design skills, including site observation, goals articulation, base mapping, assessment and analysis, use of pattern language, schematic and conceptual modeling, and functional integration of site details at a level of resolution sufficient to inform site planning and implementation.
CLO 7: Select appropriate regenerative technologies to accomplish design goals, including those related to soil building, adaptive reuse of on-site materials, water capture and reuse, energy conservation, and site maintenance.
CLO 9: Distinguish various practical approaches, tools and techniques of permaculture design to the design of regenerative landscapes and social systems, respectively, at the site-specific, local and bioregional levels of scale
CLO 11: Explain how permaculture ethics, design principles, design skills, tools and techniques can be incorporated into personal planning and career development that contributes towards improved quality of life for self and community.

PLO 2: Apply systems thinking to the study of interactions between food, land, human health, and ecosystem services.

CLO 2: Describe the important characteristics of complex systems and how systems thinking can inform ecological design
CLO 3: Recognize how hidden assumptions regarding our relationships within society and the natural world influence the way we perceive problems and imagine solutions.
CLO 4: Explain how valuable resources, ecosystem functions, and emergent qualities can be derived from various abundant, but underutilized, materials and flows in our everyday environments.
CLO 5: Analyze the characteristics of natural ecosystems, rural and urban landscapes, and human settlements, including emergent patterns and functional relationships between structures, flows, and the influence of each on system dynamics.
CLO 9: Distinguish various practical approaches, tools and techniques of permaculture design to the design of regenerative landscapes and social systems, respectively, at the site-specific, local and bioregional levels of scale
CLO 10: Appraise how applications of permaculture design can enable cultural change and collaborative participation along with other life forms in the co-creation of healthy, resilient ecosystems and communities.
CLO 11: Explain how permaculture ethics, design principles, design skills, tools and techniques can be incorporated into personal planning and career development that contributes towards improved quality of life for self and community.

PLO 3: Recognize the global diversity of cultural connections between food systems, agricultural practices, and efforts to improve human health, society, and the environment.

CLO 3: Recognize how hidden assumptions regarding our relationships within society and the natural world influence the way we perceive problems and imagine solutions.
CLO 9: Distinguish various practical approaches, tools and techniques of permaculture design to the design of regenerative landscapes and social systems, respectively, at the site-specific, local and bioregional levels of scale
CLO 10: Appraise how applications of permaculture design can enable cultural change and collaborative participation along with other life forms in the co-creation of healthy, resilient ecosystems and communities.
CLO 11: Explain how permaculture ethics, design principles, design skills, tools and techniques can be incorporated into personal planning and career development that contributes towards improved quality of life for self and community.

PLO 4: Work productively and collaboratively in an agricultural environment, as an individual, a member of a problem-solving team, and a social network builder within the farming community.

CLO 6: Demonstrate acquired design skills, including site observation, goals articulation, base mapping, assessment and analysis, use of pattern language, schematic and conceptual modeling, and functional integration of site details at a level of resolution sufficient to inform site planning and implementation.

PLO 5: Communicate effectively with co-workers, customers and others in a way that demonstrates a high standard of professional ethics, attitudes, and values.

CLO 8: Develop a detailed design and implementation plan for a selected permaculture project, including use of visual tools to present design ideas to an audience

PLO 6: Contribute to the production, distribution and marketing of locally grown produce.

CLO 8: Develop a detailed design and implementation plan for a selected permaculture project, including use of visual tools to present design ideas to an audience

PLO 7: Apply entrepreneurial knowledge and skills to develop agricultural enterprises and market new products and services within the local food economy.

CLO 10: Appraise how applications of permaculture design can enable cultural change and collaborative participation along with other life forms in the co-creation of healthy, resilient ecosystems and communities.
CLO 11: Explain how permaculture ethics, design principles, design skills, tools and techniques can be incorporated into personal planning and career development that contributes towards improved quality of life for self and community.

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