2025-2026 Academic Catalog and Student Handbook 
    
    Mar 14, 2025  
2025-2026 Academic Catalog and Student Handbook

Turf & Golf Course Management AAS Degree

Location(s): Online


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Program Information

The Anoka Technical College Turf and Golf Course Management Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degree is a 60-credit program that is completely online. This online program prepares students to be employed in turf, golf course, sports fields, and grounds management industries. The courses are designed to help individuals manage the operations of turf and golf courses, which include but not limited to turf grass, golf course design and construction, grounds equipment and operation, pest control, grounds management, and client communication.

Program Learning Outcomes

  1. Collaborate effectively with others in situations requiring teamwork, leadership, and negotiations.
  2. Integrate sustainable golf course grounds management cultural practices with conventional cultural practices.
  3. Apply technical and theoretical skills and knowledge to golf course situations.
  4. Anticipate biological issues within field-related situations and conditions.
  5. Research, organize, and interpret information from various technical sources.

Program Start Dates

Fall Semester: September
Spring Semester: January**

**Students who start in the spring will need more time to complete this program.

Faculty Contact

Travis Gienger: 763-576-4199
Marlin Murphy: 763-576-4168

MnTC General Education Requirements


This program requires completion of the following fifteen credits of general education from at least three goal areas of the Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC) . Refer to the MnTC course list for elective courses:

  • MnTC Electives 15 Credit(s)

Program Sequence


Fall Semester: 18 Credits


Summer Semester: 10 Credits


Technical Credits: 45


MnTC General Education Credits: 15


Total Credits: 60


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