College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Curricula in Agronomy

Turfgrass Management Option

This option prepares students for careers in management of golf courses, athletic fields, sod farms, parks, cemeteries, public institution grounds, and business such as landscape contractors and lawn care specialists. Courses dealing with ornamental horticulture, management, plant protection, business, landscape architecture, and equivalent are desirable electives for the training of turfgrass managers.

(See Freshman and Sophomore Years)
Junior Year1,2
First Semester (Th-Pr) Cr   Second Semester (Th-Pr) Cr
AGRO 428 Turfgrass Culture (2-2) 3   AGRO 430 Turfgrass Maintenance (3-2) 4
BOTN 301 Taxonomy of Flowering Plants (3-3) 4   GENE 301 Genetics (3-3) 4
HORT 206 Woody Ornamentals (2-2) 3   MEPS 313 Plant Physiology (3-0) 3
Microbiology elective3   3   POLS 207 State and Local Govt. (3-0) 3
Elective   3   Nutrition elective   3
    16       17
Senior Year
First Semester (Th-Pr) Cr   Second Semester (Th-Pr) Cr
AGRO 422 Soil Fertility and Fertilizers (3-0) 3   AGRO 450 Chemical Weed Control l (3-0) 3
AGRO 432 Soil Chem. and Fertility Lab. (0-3) 1   AGRO 452 Chemical Weed Control Lab. (0-2) 1
ENGL 301 Technical Writing (3-0) 3   AGRO 481 Seminar (1-0) 1
MGMT 470 Small Business       COMM 203 Public Speaking (3-0) 3
Mgmt. and Growth (3-0) 3   Electives 5   9-10
PLPA 301 Plant Pathology (3-0) 3       17-18
PLPA 303 Plant Pathology Lab. (0-2) 1        
Elective 5   3        
    17        
NOTES:
  1. A total of 132 credit hours will be required for a degree.
  2. Before registering as a junior each student must develop, in consultation with the faculty advisor, a degree program consistent with degree objective.
  3. AGRO 405 recommended.
  4. To be selected from the University Core Curriculum.
  5. These electives may be taken in any field consistent with career objectives.