OST Certificate in Viticulture and Enology, Marketing Operations, Certificate
Program Description
The Viticulture and Enology program prepares students for entry into the industry as production winemaking technicians, vineyard and winery owners, and or sales and marketing coordinators. This is an Occupational Skills Training (OST) program, please see advisor for more information.
Program Outcomes
1. Identify and explain the fall harvest wine making and vineyard operations.
2. Describe, compare and contrast grape cultivars and winemaking practices employed in the various wine producing regions of the world.
3. Describe, implement, and submit an integrated pest management plan.
4. Compare and contrast fruit processing techniques, i.e., oxidative vs reductive pressing for white grapes and destemming, foot stomping, and optical sorting for red wines.
5. Illustrate the history of the wine industry and future trends.
6. Compare various methods of post-planting care including pest control and cover crops.
7. Identify vineyard equipment.
2. Describe, compare and contrast grape cultivars and winemaking practices employed in the various wine producing regions of the world.
3. Describe, implement, and submit an integrated pest management plan.
4. Compare and contrast fruit processing techniques, i.e., oxidative vs reductive pressing for white grapes and destemming, foot stomping, and optical sorting for red wines.
5. Illustrate the history of the wine industry and future trends.
6. Compare various methods of post-planting care including pest control and cover crops.
7. Identify vineyard equipment.
Program Course Requirements
| First Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| First Term | Credits | |
| BA 206 | Management Fundamentals | 3 |
| BA 238 | Professional Selling | 3 |
| OA 161 | Career Planning | 1 |
| SDP 113 | Human Relations-Supervisors | 3 |
| VE 101 | Intro to the Wine Industry | 1 |
| VE 280 | Vineyard-Winery Practicum | 3 |
| Credits | 14 | |
| Second Term | ||
| BA 233 | Accounting for Managers | 4 |
| VE 202 | Sensory Evaluation of Wine | 4 |
| VE 223 | Wine Marketing | 3 |
| VE 280 | Vineyard-Winery Practicum | 3 |
| WR 115 | Intro to Expos Writing | 4 |
| Credits | 18 | |
| Third Term | ||
| BA 165 | Customer Service | 3 |
| MTH 052 | Industrial Applications-MTH | 4 |
| VE 205 | Wines of North America | 3 |
| VE 210 | Sci of Winemkg I | 5 |
| VE 280 | Vineyard-Winery Practicum | 3 |
| Credits | 18 | |
| Total Minimum Credits | 50 | |