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Turfgrass Management - Courses

This major prepares students for employment in the rapidly growing green industry with emphasis on developing grass areas for home lawns, parks, and golf courses.

First Semester
Credits
ENGLISH 120 English Composition
3
MATH Based on Placement Exam Score
2-3
NATRES&E 191F First Year Seminar
1
PLSOILIN 102 Introductory Botany
4
PLSOILIN 105 Soils
4
PLSOILIN 230 Introductory Turfgrass Management
4
Total 18-19
Second Semester  1st SEVEN WEEKS
PLSOILIN 101 Insects and Related Forms
2
PLSOILIN 103 Plant Science
1.5
PLSOILIN 104 Plant Nutrients
1.5
PLSOILIN 111 Horticultural Plant Pathology
2
2nd SEVEN WEEKS
PLSOILIN 112 Lab Plant Pathology-Turf
2
PLSOILIN 232 Turf Machinery
1
  FULL SEMESTER
PLSOILIN 107 Turfgrass Insects
2
PLSOILIN 198T Internship (June-August)
3
PLSOILIN 240 Applied Calculations in Turf Management
2
PLSOILIN 275 Turfgrass Physiology and Ecology
3
Total 20
Third Semester  
ENVIRDES 335 Plants in Landscape
4
FOREST 232 Principles of Arboriculture
3
PLSOILIN 310 Principles of Weed Management
3
Total 10
Fourth Semester  
PLSOILIN 182 Principles of Pesticide Management
2
PLSOILIN 234 Irrigation and Drainage
2
PLSOILIN 340 Advanced Turfgrass Management
3
RES-ECON 142 People in Organizations
3
ELECTIVE Advisor Approved
3
  COMM 260 Public Speaking
3
  SPANISH course
3
IF TRANSFERRING TO BACHELOR PROGRAM:  
  MATH 104 Algebra, Analytic Geometry, & Trigonometry
3
  RES-ECON 102 Introduction to Resource Economics
3
  GEN ED course
3
Total 13
Grand Total 61-62
 
Note: courses listed in bold require a minimum grade of C for graduation.