Turfgrass Management

This concentration develops scientists for the rapidly expanding area of urban agriculture. Graduates have career opportunities in the industries involved with lawn management, athletic fields, golf courses, and park and grounds maintenance.

Turfgrass Student

University and College Requirements (41 credits)

Writing, Rhetoric and American Cultures (WRA) - 4 credits
- WRA 110-150
Integrative Studies in Arts and Humanities (IAH) - 8 credits
- IAH 201-210
- IAH 211-241
Integrative Studies in Social and Behavioral Sciences (ISS) - 8 credits
- ISS 200-level
- ISS 300-level
PLB 105 Plant Biology - 3 credits
PLB 106 Plant Biology Laboratory - 1 credit
CEM 141 General Chemistry - 4 credits
CEM 143 Survey of Organic Chemistry - 4 credits
CEM 161 Chemistry Laboratory I - 1 credit
MTH 116 College Algebra and Trigonometry - 5 credits
EC 201 Introduction to Microeconomics - 3 credits

Departmental Requirements (49 credits)

CSS 110 Computer Applications in Agronomy - 2 credits
CSS 178 Golf Turf Irrigation - 2 credits
CSS 181 Pesticide & Fertilizer App Tec - 3 credits
CSS 210 Fundamentals of Soil and Landscape Science - 3 credits
CSS 232 Introduction to Turfgrass Management - 4 credits
CSS 262 Turfgrass Management Seminar - 1 credit
CSS 267 Performance Turf Design and Construction - 2 credits
CSS 269 Turfgrass Strategies: Integration and Synthesis - 2 credits
CSS 272 Turfgrass Soil Fertility - 2 credits
CSS 282 Turfgrass Physiology - 2 credits
CSS 288 Principles of Weed Management – 3 credits
CSS 292 Management of Turfgrass Weeds - 3 credits
CSS 313 Data Interpretation and Writing in the Agronomic Sciences - 2 credits
CSS 330 Soil Chemistry - 2 credits
CSS 340 Applied Soil Physics - 2 credits
CSS 350 Plant Genetics - 3 credits
CSS 360 Soil Biology - 3 credits
CSS 470 Soil Resources - 3 credits
CSS 492 Professional Development Seminar II - 1 credit
CSS 493 Professional Internship - 3 credits
ENT 364 Turfgrass Entomology - 3 credits
PLP 266 Turfgrass Pathology - 3 credits

One of the following courses (3 credits):

HRT 361 Applied Plant Physiology - 3 credits
PLB 301 Introductory Plant Physiology - 3 credits

Electives (27 credits)

Academic Advising

For questions regarding course requirements, substituting or waiving required courses, independent study courses, and planning your semester schedule of courses, contact a Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences academic advisor:

Susan Gruber, (517) 353-0326, grubers@msu.edu

Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences
Plant and Soil Sciences Building
1066 Bogue St, Room A164
East Lansing, MI 48824

More information on the internship requirement.

Last Updated: 2/3/2023 by LAD