Degree: Associate in Agriculture Technology

Major: GOLF & SPORTS TURF MANAGEMENT  (GSTM)

Emphasis: Sports Turf Management (STM)

Credit Requirements: 75 semester credit hours

 

This curriculum prepares students for employment in sports turf management positions and other career areas, including turf management, sod production, park management, and turf and turf products sales positions. HGTC offers the only two-year Golf and Sports Turf Management program in South Carolina.

 

FIRST SEMESTER (FALL)

 

 

 

 

 

ENG 101

ENGLISH COMPOSITION I

 

3.0

 

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HRT 110

PLANT FORM & FUNCTION

 

4.0

 

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HRT 125

SOILS

 

 

 

4.0

 

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MAT 170

ALGEBRA, GEOMETRY & TRIGONOMETRY I

3.0

 

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TUF 102

TURF EQUIPMENT

 

 

4.0

 

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18.0

 

 

SECOND SEMESTER (SPRING)

 

 

 

 

HRT 205

COMPUTERS IN HORTICULTURE

3.0

 

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ENG 160

TECHNICAL COMMUNICATIONS

3.0

 

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OR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ENG 102

ENGLISH COMPOSITION II

 

 

 

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TUF 172

TURF MANAGEMENT I

 

3.0

 

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TUF 174

TURFGRASS PESTS I

 

3.0

 

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TUF 204

SPORTS TURF SEMINAR

2.0

 

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CWE XX3

COOPERATIVE WORK EXPERIENCE

3.0

 

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17.0

 

 

THIRD SEMESTER (SUMMER)

 

 

 

 

 

TUF 201

SCWE IN SPORTS TURF MANAGEMENT

8.0

 

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8.0

 

 

FOURTH SEMESTER (FALL)

 

 

 

 

 

SPA 155

TECHNICAL SPANISH

 

 

3.0

 

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SPC 101

ORAL COMMUNICATIONS

 

2.0

 

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OR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SPC 205

PUBLIC SPEAKING

 

 

 

 

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TUF 175

TURFGRASS PESTS II

 

3.0

 

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TUF 252

TURF MANAGEMENT II

 

3.0

 

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TUF 278

SPORTS FIELD CONSTRUCTION AND DRAINAGE

3.0

 

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14.0

 

 

FIFTH SEMESTER (SPRING)

 

 

 

 

 

HRT 154

GROUNDS MAINTENANCE

 

3.0

 

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PSY 103

HUMAN RELATIONS

 

 

3.0

 

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OR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PSY 201

GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY

 

 

 

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TUF 173

SPORTS TURF SURVEYING AND LAYOUT

 

2.0

 

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TUF 215

TURF BUSINESS PRACTICES

 

 

3.0

 

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TUF 262

PESTICIDES

 

 

3.0

 

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TUF 276

TECHNIQUES FOR SPORTS TURF MAINTENANCE

4.0

 

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18.0

 

 

TOTAL HOURS 75.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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