Turfgrass Management

2-year Associate Degree

Program Advisor: Michelle DaCosta, PhD

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This major prepares students for employment in the rapidly growing green industries, with emphasis on developing grass areas for fine turf, including golf, sports, and lawns.

Courses in bold require a minimum grade of C.

FIRST SEMESTER (FALL)

STOCKSCH 105 Soils  4

STOCKSCH 108 Introductory Botany  4

STOCKSCH 192F First Year Seminar  1

STOCKSCH 230 Introductory Turfgrass Management  4

ENGLWRIT 111/112 Course Based on Writing Placement Exam Score  3-4

Credit Total  16-17

SECOND SEMESTER (SPRING)

STOCKSCH 101 Exploring the Wonders and Applications of Entomology (First 7 weeks)  2

STOCKSCH 104 Plant Nutrients (First 7 weeks)  2

STOCKSCH 111 Introductory Plant Pathology (First 7 weeks)  2

STOCKSCH 112 Turfgrass Pathology Lab (Second 7 weeks)  2

STOCKSCH 275 Turfgrass Physiology & Ecology (Full semester)  3

ELECTIVE xxx (With Advisor Approval: See Below)  3

STOCKSCH 198T Turfgrass Internship (June-August)  3

Credit Total  17

THIRD SEMESTER (FALL)

STOCKSCH 109 Insects of Ornamentals  3

NRC 232 Principles of Arboriculture  3

SUSTCOMM 335 Plants in Landscape  4

MATH 100/101/104 Course Based on Math Placement Exam Score  3

ELECTIVE xxx (With Advisor Approval: See Below)  3-4

Credit Total  16-17

FOURTH SEMESTER (SPRING)

STOCKSCH 234 Irrigation and Drainage  3

ELECTIVES xxx (With Advisor Approval: See Below)  9

Credit Total  12

Grand Total  61-63

TURFGRASS MANAGEMENT ELECTIVES (TAKEN WITH ADVISOR APPROVAL)

Note: May take other courses with advisor approval. Students planning to transfer to a 4-year bachelor’s program may be required to complete general education courses that count towards that goal.

COMM 260 Public Speaking  3

ENVIRSCI 101 Introduction to Environmental Science  4

SPANISH xxx Course Based on Placement Exam Score  4

STOCKSCH 111 Agricultural Chemistry  3

STOCKSCH 170 Pesticide Certification  1

STOCKSCH 197GS Special Topic: UMass Extension Green School (Winter)  3

STOCKSCH 240 Applied Calculations in Turfgrass Management (PreReq 230)  2

STOCKSCH 275 Turfgrass Physiology and Ecology (PreReq 230)  3

STOCKSCH 326 Insect Biology  3

STOCKSCH 398T Turf Practicum  1-9

STOCKSCH 490S Soil Ecology  3

GENERAL ED COURSES (FOR STUDENTS TRANSFERRING TO BS PROGRAM)

CHEM 111 General Chemistry (PS)  4

MATH 104 Algebra, Analytic Geometry, and Trigonometry (R1)  3

NRC 100 Environment and Society (SI)  4

RES-ECON 102 Introduction to Resource Economics (SB)  4

STOCKSCH 172 Plants in Our World (SI)  4