Course

Course Summary
Credit Type:
Course
ACE ID:
MMWR-0023
Location:
Classroom-based
Length:
2 weeks (87 hours)
Dates Offered:
Credit Recommendation & Competencies
Level Credits (SH) Subject
Upper-Division Baccalaureate 3 Golf Course Management, Turf Grass Management, Horticulture or Environmental Science
Description

Objective:

The course objective is to provide students with a working knowledge of how to plan, manage, prepare and maintain a professional golf course.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Analyze the physical and chemical properties of soil and turf grass responses to environmental changes
  • Describe benefits in the use of high technology in turn irrigation systems
  • Develop a business plan that includes acquisition and resource management
  • Develop a functional course maintenance plan that includes resource inventory and environmental plan

General Topics:

  • Analyzing maintenance plans
  • Turf grass science
  • Environmental issues and impacts
  • Pest management
  • Human resource management
  • Communication
Instruction & Assessment

Instructional Strategies:

  • Audio Visual Materials
  • Case Studies
  • Classroom Exercise
  • Discussion
  • Learner Presentations
  • Lectures
  • Practical Exercises
Supplemental Materials

Other offerings from Installation Management Command, G7 Training Division MG Robert M. Joyce School for Family and MWR

(MMWR-0067)