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2017-2018 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Turfgrass Management Technology Diploma


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The Turfgrass Management Technology Diploma is designed to equip students with a specialized skill set for immediate employment or to upgrade skills for job advancement in the Turfgrass industry. It can be completed by a part-time student taking day and/or evening courses in less than two years. All of this diploma’s courses can be applied toward the diploma or the AAS degree. In order to earn the Turfgrass Management Technology Diploma, a student must complete at least 37 credit hours in a prescribed course of study.

Program Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of the Turfgrass Management Technology diploma, the graduate should be able to:

  • Practice successful employability skills in the workplace;
  • Establish turfgrass areas
  • Maintain turfgrass areas
  • Evaluate weather conditions for proper selection and maintenance of outdoor plants
  • Manage human resources and financial resources
  • Implement solutions to turfgrass problems
  • Create electronic landscape design solutions using ProLandscape computer software.
  • Design hardscaping solutions
  • Construct hardscapes

Total Credits: 9


Total Credits: 12


Summer Semester I


Total Credits: 2


Total Credits: 6


Spring Semester II


Total Credits: 8-9


Total credit hours required for diploma: 37-38


Electives


1. Natural Science/Math Elective


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