Turfgrass Management

This concentration develops scientists for the rapidly expanding area of urban agriculture. Graduates have career opportunities in the industries involved with lawn management, athletic fields, golf courses, and park and grounds maintenance.

 

Turfgrass Student

 

University and College Requirements (41 credits)

  • Writing, Rhetoric and American Cultures (WRA) - 4 credits
    • WRA 110-150
  • Integrative Studies in Arts and Humanities (IAH) - 8 credits
    • IAH 201-210
    • IAH 211-241
  • Integrative Studies in Social and Behavioral Sciences (ISS) - 8 credits
    • ISS 200-level
    • ISS 300-level
  • PLB 105 Plant Biology - 3 credits
  • PLB 106 Plant Biology Laboratory - 1 credit
  • CEM 141 General Chemistry - 4 credits
  • CEM 143 Survey of Organic Chemistry - 4 credits
  • CEM 161 Chemistry Laboratory I - 1 credit
  • MTH 116 College Algebra and Trigonometry - 5 credits
  • EC 201 Introduction to Microeconomics - 3 credits

Departmental Requirements (49 credits)

  • CSS 110 Computer Applications in Agronomy - 2 credits
  • CSS 178 Golf Turf Irrigation - 2 credits
  • CSS 181 Pesticide & Fertilizer App Tec - 3 credits
  • CSS 210 Fundamentals of Soil and Landscape Science - 3 credits
  • CSS 232 Introduction to Turfgrass Management - 4 credits
  • CSS 262 Turfgrass Management Seminar - 1 credit
  • CSS 267 Performance Turf Design and Construction - 2 credits
  • CSS 269 Turfgrass Strategies: Integration and Synthesis - 2 credits
  • CSS 272 Turfgrass Soil Fertility - 2 credits
  • CSS 282 Turfgrass Physiology - 2 credits
  • CSS 288 Principles of Weed Management – 3 credits
  • CSS 292 Management of Turfgrass Weeds - 3 credits
  • CSS 313 Data Interpretation and Writing in the Agronomic Sciences - 2 credits
  • CSS 330 Soil Chemistry - 2 credits
  • CSS 340 Applied Soil Physics - 2 credits
  • CSS 350 Plant Genetics - 3 credits
  • CSS 360 Soil Biology - 3 credits
  • CSS 470 Soil Resources - 3 credits
  • CSS 492 Professional Development Seminar II - 1 credit
  • CSS 493 Professional Internship - 3 credits
  • ENT 364 Turfgrass Entomology - 3 credits
  • PLP 266 Turfgrass Pathology - 3 credits

One of the following courses (3 credits):

  • HRT 361 Applied Plant Physiology - 3 credits
  • PLB 301 Introductory Plant Physiology - 3 credits

Electives (27 credits)

 

 

Academic Advising

For questions regarding course requirements, substituting or waiving required courses, independent study courses, and planning your semester schedule of courses, contact a Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences academic advisor:

Susan Gruber, (517) 353-0326, grubers@msu.edu

Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences
Plant and Soil Sciences Building
1066 Bogue St, Room A164
East Lansing, MI 48824

More information on the internship requirement.

 

 Last Updated:  2/3/2023  by LAD

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