Golf Course Management Curriculum


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Golf Course Management

This program features environmental concerns as a central academic component.
Interested parties please contact Dr. Roger Wittie via email.

The Golf Course Management program* has been designed around a strong natural resource environmental component, which includes such areas as turf development and management, irrigation, weed control, plant pathology, and golf course management. This program will also require experimental learning for students through a mentor relationship developed during a supervised internship. The program meets an identified educational, societal, and market need in addition to developing a cooperative relationship with the golf course industry.

* A support area within the Bachelor of Science Horticulture and Landscape Management Curriculum

Objectives of the program:

A Golf Course Management Program featuring a strong environmental component
Training graduates who will be successful in the golfing industry
Cooperating with the golfing industry by service as a national partnering model for private sector needs and academic resources. 

Other unique features:
An "environmentally centered" program
Partnering between academia and the private sector 
Required experimential component where students obtain working experience in the real world. 
Addressing a state, regional and national need for outstanding graduates with expertise in the overall role of the golf course superintendent. Curriculum designed by industry representatives and Tarleton faculty include turf maintenance, acceptable environmental practices, course management, business administration, and public relations.
Continuously producing superior graduates to meet the needs of the golfing industry and expanding customer demand throughout the nation and the world into the 21st century. 
Encouraging and facilitating continuous improvement of working partnerships between the university and the private sector by supplementing available academic resources and enhancing program quality while remaining responsive to private sector needs.
This initiative will benefit society in ways that go far beyond the participating public and private entities, as we share the model for partnering private sector needs for trained professionals with Tarleton's resources and desire to respond to changing and specific market demands for College of Agriculture graduates.