Program: Golf Course Management Option - Horticulture (B.S.) - Kansas State University

Apr 08, 2025

2010-2011 Undergraduate Catalog

Students must complete the university general education requirements specified by the College of Agriculture.

Bachelor’s degree requirements

Technical core (20 credit hours)

Computer science elective Credits: (3)
Statistics elective Credits: (3)

BIOL 198 - Principles of Biology Credits: (4)
CHM 110 - General Chemistry Credits: (3)
CHM 111 - General Chemistry Laboratory Credits: (1)
MATH 100 - College Algebra Credits: (3)
MATH 205 - General Calculus and Linear Algebra Credits: (3)

Computer science elective

AGRON 455 - Computer Applications in Agronomy Credits: (3)
Or choose any 3 of the following courses:
CIS 101 - Introduction to Computing Systems, Information Search, and Security Credits: (1)
CIS 102 - Introduction to Spreadsheet Applications Credits: (1)
CIS 103 - Introduction to Database Applications Credits: (1)
CIS 104 - Introduction to Word Processing Applications Credits: (1)

Statistics elective

Choose one course from the following list:

STAT 325 - Introduction to Statistics Credits: (3)
STAT 340 - Biometrics I Credits: (3)
STAT 350 - Business and Economic Statistics I Credits: (3)

Communications/interpersonal relations (17 credit hours)

Communications electives Credits: (9)

COMM 105 - Public Speaking IA Credits: (2)
ENGL 100 - Expository Writing I Credits: (3)
ENGL 200 - Expository Writing II Credits: (3)

Communications electives

Choose 9 credit hours from the following list:

AGCOM 400 - Agricultural Business Communications Credits: (3)
COMM 311 - Business and Professional Speaking Credits: (3)
COMM 321 - Public Speaking II Credits: (3)
COMM 322 - Interpersonal Communication Credits: (3)
COMM 323 - Nonverbal Communication Credits: (3)
COMM 325 - Argumentation and Debate Credits: (3)
COMM 326 - Small Group Discussion Methods Credits: (3)
ENGL 300 - Expository Writing III Credits: (3)
ENGL 516 - Written Communication for the Sciences Credits: (3)
MKTG 542 - Professional Selling and Sales Management Credits: (3)

Internship (6 credit hours)

HORT 190 - Pre-Internship in Horticulture Credits: (1)
HORT 590 - Horticulture Internship Credits: (2-5)
(at a golf course) 2 hours
Plus an additional 3 hour internship
HORT 599 - The Horticultural Professional Credits: (0)

Additional internship

HMD 495 - Golf Course Internship in Hospitality Management Credits: (3)
HORT 590 - Horticulture Internship Credits: (2-5)
or

Humanities/social sciences (12-14 credit hours)

Foreign language elective Credits: (3-5)
Humanities and social sciences elective Credits: (3)
Microeconomics elective Credits: (3)

ECON 110 - Principles of Macroeconomics Credits: (3)

Microeconomics elective

AGEC 120 - Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness Credits: (3)
or
ECON 120 - Principles of Microeconomics Credits: (3)

Foreign language elective (3-5 credit hours)

Any introductory (or higher) course in a Modern Languages.
Preferred course:

SPAN 161 - Spanish I Credits: (5)

Business Management (15 credit hours)

Business management elective Credits: (3)

ACCTG 231 - Accounting for Business Operations Credits: (3)
ACCTG 241 - Accounting for Investing and Financing Credits: (3)
MANGT 420 - Management Concepts Credits: (3)
MKTG 400 - Introduction to Marketing Credits: (3)

Business management electives

Choose once course from the following list:

AGEC 202 - Small Business Operations Credits: (3)
AGEC 513 - Agricultural Finance Credits: (3)
FINAN 450 - Principles of Finance-Salina campus Credits: (3)
MANGT 390 - Business Law I Credits: (3)

Turf Management Specialization

Environmental elective Credits: (3)
Horticultural elective Credits: (2-3)
Irrigation elective Credits: (3)
Plant material elective Credits: (3)

AGRON 305 - Soils Credits: (4)
AGRON 375 - Soil Fertility Credits: (3)
GENAG 101 - Ag Orientation Credits: (1)
HORT 201 - Principles of Horticultural Science Credits: (4)
HORT 515 - Basic Turfgrass Culture Credits: (2)
HORT 516 - Intensive Culture of Golf and Sports Turf Credits: (1)
HORT 517 - Golf Course and Sports Turf Operations Credits: (3)
HORT 582 - Foundations of Horticultural Pest Management Credits: (1)
HORT 587 - Turfgrass Diseases and Their Management Credits: (1)
HORT 588 - Turfgrass Weeds and Their Managment Credits: (1)
HORT 589 - Turfgrass Insects and Their Management Credits: (1)
HORT 706 - Turfgrass Science Credits: (3)
PLPTH 500 - Principles of Plant Pathology Credits: (3)

Environmental elective

AGRON 335 - Environmental Quality Credits: (3)
or
FOR 375 - Introduction to Natural Resource Management Credits: (3)

Horticulture elective (2-3 credits)