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Home > Courses > College of Food & Natural Resources > The Stockbridge School
>Fruit and Vegetable Crops

Turfgrass Management

Department of Plant and Soil Sciences


Contact: Scott Ebdon, Program Coordinator

Office: 12F Stockbridge

Phone: 545-2506

Grassed areas for home lawns, parks, and golf courses are becoming more important every day as people and companies are spending more money to create an attractive environment using turfgrass as a major component of the plan. Students learn about turfgrass identification, culture, weed identification and treatment, sod production, and the business management skills required to run a successful operation.

Course of Study

First Semester Credits
ENGL 120 English Composition 3
Math course by placement exam 3
PLSOIL 102 Introductory Botany 4
PLSOIL 105 Soils 4
*PLSOIL 230 Introductory Turfgrass Management 3

  17
   
Second Semester (1st eight wks) Credits
ENT 104 Insects and Related Forms 2
ENVDES 193C Microcomputer Applications 2
PLSOIL 103 Plant Science 2
PLSOIL 104 Plant Nutrients 2
(2nd eight wks)  
*ENT 107 Turf Insects 2
*MICBIO 103 Introduction to Plant Diseases 2
(full semester)  
*PLSOIL 275 Turf Physiology and Ecology 3

  15
   
June through August Credits
STOCK 187 Cooperative Work Training 3
   
Third Semester Credits
ENVDES 335 Plant Materials 4
FOREST 332 Principles of Arboriculture 3
MICBIO 105 Turf Diseases Laboratory 1
PLSOIL 232 Turf Machinery 3
PLSOIL 310 Principles of Weed Management 3

  14
   
Fourth Semester Credits
ENT 182 Principles of Pesticide Management 2
PLSOIL 234 Irrigation and Drainage 3
*PLSOIL 290E Turf Calculations 2
*PLSOIL 340 Advanced Turfgrass Management 3
RES EC 142 People in Organizations 3
One of the following: 1-3
COMM 260 Public Speaking  
MICBIO 497 Turf Diseases  
SPANISH course  
Other (Consent of adviser)
  14-16
Total: 63-65 credits

* A grade of C or better must be earned in these courses.

 

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