Degree Requirements
To receive the B. Tech. degree in Turfgrass Management: Golf Turf Management, the candidate must complete 126 credit hours with a minimum of 58 credit hours of major field requirements, 20 credit hours of technical electives, 24 credit hours of SUNY General Education requirements (3 credit hours in each of eight General Education categories), 12 credit hours of additional liberal arts and sciences courses (6 credit hours of lower-division and 6 credit hours of upper-division liberal arts and sciences courses), and 12 credit hours of general electives, with a GPA of not less than 2.00.
Major Field Requirements total 58 credits
A-1. Required Lower-Division Major Field Courses –
16 credits The following courses or acceptable equivalents must be completed.
| Code | Name | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| AGSC 111 | Introduction to Soil Science | 3 |
| RECM 115 | Introduction to Recreational Services | 2 |
| AGSC 186 | Entomology | 3 |
| RECM 222 | Turfgrass Management I | 3 |
| RECM 245 | Introduction to Golf Course Mgt. | 2 |
| AGSC 281 | Plant Pathology | 3 |
A-2. Required Upper-Division Major Field Courses – 30 credits
The following courses must be completed at SUNY Cobleskill
| Code | Name | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| ORHT 335 | Irrigation | 3 |
| AGRN 362 | Applied Plant Physiology | 3 |
| ORHT 377 | Integrated Pest Management | 3 |
| RECM 378 | Golf Course Management | 3 |
| RECM 413 | Advanced Golf Course Mgt. | 3 |
| RECM 450 | Internship (Golf Turf Management) | 12 |
| RECM 451 | Internship Reporting (Golf Turf) | 3 |
A-3. Required Additional Upper-Division Major Field Credits– 12 credits
Four courses from the following list must be completed at SUNY Cobleskill
| Code | Name | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| ORHT 321 | Herbaceous Plant Materials | 3 |
| AGRN 335 | Agricultural Chemicals | 3 |
| AGRN 338 | Weed Identification and Control | 3 |
| AGRN 350 | Plant Nutrition | 3 |
| ORHT 356 | Plant Propagation | 3 |
| ORHT 421 | Landscape Plants: Association & Use | 3 |
| AGRN 424 | Water Resources | 3 |
| ORHT 444 | LANDCADD | 3 |
| AGRN 494 | Plant and Soil Diagnostics | 3 |
B. TECHNICAL ELECTIVES – total 20 credits
B-1. Recommended Lower-Division Technical Electives– 11 creditsSelection from the following list is recommended. Any other lower-division courses are acceptable if the prefixes are ACCT, AGBU, AGEN, AGRN, AGSC, BADM, BIOL, CHEM, CITA, FWLD, ORHT, RECM, or their equivalents.
| Code | Name | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| CITA 110 | Microcomputer Applications | 3 |
| CHEM 111 | General Chemistry I | 4 |
| ORHT 121 | Woody Plant Materials | 3 |
| AGEN 121 | Horticultural Machinery | 3 |
| GIST 130 | Geographic Information Systems | 3 |
| GIST 210 | Global Positioning Systems | 3 |
| RECM 225 | Recreational Land Management | 3 |
| GIST 250 | GIS Applications | 3 |
| RECM 256 | Sports Field Management | 2 |
| ORHT 282 | Arboriculture | 3 |
B-2. Required Upper-Division Technical Electives – 9 credits
Three courses from the following list or their equivalents are required. Any courses from A-3 above are also acceptable if not used to satisfy A-3 credit requirements.
| Code | Name | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| ENGL 304 | Writing in the Disciplines | 3 |
| BADM 310 | Human Resources Management | 3 |
| AGRN 313 | Soil Fertility | 3 |
| ORHT 317 | Wildflower Culture and Propagation | 3 |
| ORHT 322 | Herbaceous Plants: Garden Design | 3 |
| ORHT 329 | Hydroponics | 3 |
| BADM 349 | Total Quality Management | 3 |
| FWLD 350 | Wetland Delineation | 3 |
C. TRUSTEES’ GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS – total 24 credits
Eight of the SUNY Board of Trustees-mandated General Education categories must be selected by any B. Tech. student and 3 credits from each of the eight selected categories must be earned.
C-1. Highly recommended categories and courses – 12 credits
| Code | Name | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| English | ||
| ENGL 101 | Composition | 3 |
| ENGL 111 | Fundamentals of Speech Comm. |
3 |
| Foreign Language | ||
| SPAN 102 | Beginning Spanish II | 3 |
| SPAN 101 | Beginning Spanish I | 3 |
| Mathematics | ||
| MATH 111 | College Algebra | 3 |
| MATH 112 | Trigonometry | 3 |
| MATH 125 | Statistics | 3 |
| MATH 131 | Precalculus | 3 |
| MATH 231 | Calculus I | 3 |
| Natural Sciences | ||
| BIOL 116 | Botany | 3 |
| CHEM 101 | Introductory Chemistry | 3 |
C-2. Four additional General Education categories and earn 3 credits from each – total 12 credits
D. ADDITIONAL LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES CREDITS – total 12 credits
Any course with a prefix found on the list of SUNY Trustees’
10 General Education categories is a Liberal Arts and Sciences course and can be used here only if not used to satisfy the General Education Requirements
D-1. Lower-division Liberal Arts and Sciences requirements –
6 credits from any 299 or lower (not including 099) Liberal Arts and Sciences courses. Courses on C-1 list above are recommended.
D-2. Upper-division Liberal Arts and Sciences requirements –
6 credits from any 300-level or higher Liberal Arts and Sciences courses with different prefixes.
E. GENERAL ELECTIVES – total 12 credits
F. Grand total of 126 credits for graduation