Turf Management Training Program
The Associate in Applied Science in Turf Management degree program is a result of
the rapid growth of the highly specialized multi-billion dollar U.S. turf industry.
Worldwide, professional sports teams are converting artificial playing surfaces
to natural turf and golf course development across the nation is steadily increasing.
The demand continues to increase for turf and landscape managers with broad-based
hands-on experience and education in scientific fields including agronomy, entomology
and plant pathology. Graduates of the OSU-OKC turf management degree program have
the knowledge and skills needed for a career in this expanding industry.
Using
a living laboratory, OSU-OKC students become actively involved in all phases of
turf management and related environmental issues. Classroom theory turns to real
life experience as students learn what it takes to construct and manage turf on
a day-to-day basis.
The outdoor laboratory includes a five-hole instructional golf course, as well as
displays of the most current turfgrass varieties, under many different management
schemes. This provides students, the industry and the community with the opportunity
to evaluate the response of different grasses under the same environmental conditions.
Extensive hands-on experience equips our students with the skills and knowledge
needed to work as professionals in turf and landscape management. Related career
areas include: residential complex managers, sod producers, landscape contractors,
research and extension experts retail sales and services, consultants, parks and
recreation managers, irrigation design and installation specialists, lawn care maintenance
providers and roadway mangers. Homeowners and gardeners also benefit from training
in turf and landscape management.
For more information contact:
David Gerken, Associate Professor
OSU-Oklahoma City
John E. Kirkpatrick Horticulture Center
400 N. Portland Ave.
Oklahoma City, OK 73107
(405) 945-3352
gerkend@osuokc.edu
