Curriculum

BPM-100 Pesticide Regulations and Applications (3 credits/4 weeks)

Description: This course will focus on a deep knowledge overview based on laws in the California Food and Agricultural Code and regulations in Title 3 of the California Code of Regulations. Understanding and obeying these laws and regulations is greatly important to those who are involved in any type of business activities in the safe and effective use of pesticides such as p regulatory agencies, pesticide registration, and labels, restricted materials (pesticides), certification, and licensing, Standards of care (Applicator responsibilities), pesticide handler safety, field worker safety, fumigation handler worker safety, pesticide residue, the endangered species act, the healthy schools’ Act, and ground and surface water protection, and minimal exposure pesticide.

BPM-101 Essential Plant Pathology (4 credits/5 weeks)

Description: Essential Plant Pathology course will discuss the nature of plant d pathogens and environmental conditions that develop their life cycle and cause disease in plants. Understanding the mechanisms by which biotic (living) and abiotic (nonliving) factors induce disease, the interactions between disease causal agents and their hosts, disease spread, basic plant pathology symptoms and signs, human activities, and environmental prevention and management of various plant pathogens.

BPM-102 Pesticide and Environment (4 credits/5 weeks)

Description: Understanding the relationship between pesticide and pest management is very important, especially pest identification and environmental hazards associated with pesticide use. Human hazards associated with pesticide use, personal protective equipment, and personal safety. Using pesticides safely, pesticide application equipment, calibrating pesticide application equipment, using p effectively, reading the label, pesticide emergencies, and emergency response.

BPM-103 Introduction to Entomology (4 credits/5 weeks) 

 Description: This course is focused on the wealth of knowledge that explains the types of insects that are harmful to our plants and their relatives and how important it is to understand their ecology and behaviors in the ecosystem. For instance, insects as beneficial agents as biological controls of pests, insects as pests, classification of insects, the insect’s orders, the feature of immature insects from Orders with complete metamorphosis, and insect collections, will help in the understanding b of the biology of the insect, plant, in the relationship in the context of BioNatural pest management.

BPM-104 Weed Science (4 credits/5 weeks)

 Description: Understanding the good and bad plants is important in the plant industry and food production, such as unwanted plants referred to as weeds and their behavior that affects h life. Ton and characteristics of weeds, principles, methods of weed control, mode and mechanism of action of herbicides, weed management, and the cost and benefit analysis.

BPM-105 Soil Health and Plant Health (4 credits/5 weeks)

Description: The concepts of basic soil science such as soil formation and soil horizons, soil physical properties, soil organic matter, soil-water relationships, soil chemical properties, soil health, soil health management, soil health, and disease management. In addition, understanding, identifying, and diagnosing common plant nutrient deficiencies, symptoms, and toxicity.

BPM-106 BioNatural Pest Management (BNPM, 7 credits/8 weeks)

Description: This course is focused on the background, the purpose of BioNatural healing and management of pests in a broad sense that extensive use of pesticides causes serious problems including human health,  beneficial organisms, insect pollinators, natural enemies, pest resurgence, the emergence of secondary pests, loss of biodiversity the core aims to understand and applied BioNatural Pest Management along with necessary, principles of Integrated Pest Management. This course will explain how to manage plant diseases, insect damage management, weed management, and other related pest problems, from a BioNatural Pest Management point of view.  To appreciate and support how BioNatural compounds from plants, beneficial microorganisms, minerals, and ocean organisms benefit us in the management of biopesticides (microbial, plant-incorporated protectants and regulations aspects based on USEPA) as an alternative to pesticide application to maximize food production and minimize risk to human health and environmental health from harmful chemicals.

Note Each online course with its assigned period has assignments, three exams,  and a paper per course for students to write.