Undergraduate Minor

The Minor in Turfgrass Management, administered by the Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences, is designed to serve students that plan to work in the landscape, recreational, or the sports management industry. Students will gain an understanding of the fundamentals of maintaining a turfgrass-playing surface or the turfgrass within a lawn or landscape.

The minor is available as an elective to students who are enrolled in bachelor’s degree programs at Michigan State University. With the approval of the department and college that administer the student’s degree program, the courses that are used to satisfy the minor may also be used to satisfy the requirements for the bachelor’s degree.

Students who plan to complete the requirements of the minor should consult the undergraduate advisor in the Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences to have their program of study approved in advance.

Requirements for the Minor in Turfgrass Management

Complete a minimum of 15 credits from the following: 

1.	All of the following courses (8 credits):
	CSS	210	Fundamentals of Soil Science						3
	CSS	232	Turfgrass Management						4
	CSS	262	Turfgrass Management Seminar						1
2.	One course from each of the following areas (a minimum of 7 credits):
	Management of Turfgrass Cultural Practices
	CSS	178	Turfgrass Irrigation						3
	CSS	267	Performance Turf Design and Construction						2
	CSS	272	Turfgrass Soil Fertility						2
	CSS	282	Turfgrass Physiology						2
	Management of Turfgrass Pests
	CSS	181	Pesticide and Fertilizer Application Technology						3
	CSS	326	Weed Science						2
	and
	CSS	226L	Weed Science Laboratory						1
	ENT	264	Turfgrass Entomology						3
	PLP	266	Turf Pathology						3
	General Turfgrass Management
	CSS	171	Operations Budgeting for Golf Course Managers						2
	CSS	202	World of Turf						2
	HRT	214	Landscape and Turfgrass Business Operations						2