Course Descriptions
PGA Golf Management Concentration Course Descriptions:
(34 credits)
ENG 407A
Fundamentals of Business Writing
Examines the rhetorical principles and composing practices necessary for writing effective business letters, memos, and reports. 3 credits.
FAB 101
Food Service Sanitation I
Basic principles of food service sanitation and safety. Meets standards for National Sanitation Certification. 1 credit.
HMD 407
Organizational Behavior Applied to the Service Industries
Focuses on developing management skills through the study and application of theories of human behavior, particularly in service organizations. Areas addressed include: working with/through others, communication, coaching and counseling, providing feedback, goal setting, stress management, creative problem solving, motivation, power, conflict management, and group dynamics and developing effective teams. Prerequisite: Advanced major standing or junior standing. 3 credits.
OH 111 Turf Grass Fundamentals
Designed to bring about an understanding of the major factors controlling the production of good turf grasses and the modifying effects of these factors upon each other. 3 credits.
RLS 102
Introduction to Player Development
Students work intensely on the development of skills necessary to successfully complete the PGA playing ability test. Students are introduced to mechanisms that provide personal evaluations of a player’s strengths and weaknesses. PGA students are introduced to the cause and effect relationship between swing mechanics and ball flight laws. S/F grading only. Prerequisite: RLS 102. 0 credits.
RLS 103
Player Development I
A continuation of RLS 102, students work intensely on the development of skills necessary to successfully complete the PGA playing ability test. Students are introduced to the fundamentals of teaching golf by providing knowledge in areas of golf specific teaching golf by providing knowledge in areas of golf specific teaching terminology, laws, principles, preferences, re-swing fundamentals, in-swing fundamentals, and learning styles. S/F grading only. 0 credits.
RLS 104
Advanced Player Development
A continuation of RLS 103, PGM focuses intensely on the development of skills necessary to successfully complete the PGA playing ability test. Students use mechanisms that provide personal evaluations of a player’s strengths and weaknesses. S/F grading only. Prerequisite: RLS 103. 0 credits.
RLS 110
Introduction to Golf Management
Introduction to the professional field of golf management. Presentation of fundamental concepts in golf operations and management including: history of golf industry, sociological and economic aspects of golf; consumer markets in golf; setting for golf management; and careers in golf. 3 credits.
RLS 201
PGA level 1
Provides PGA students with knowledge, theory and application of the fundamental concepts in golf operations specific to: PGA constitution, rules of golf, tournament operations, career enhancement, golf car fleet management, introduction to teaching, golfer development programs, and golf club design and repair. Students will revise and complete work experience portfolio as a requirement of PGA level 1 testing. Prerequisite: RLS 110. 2 credits.
RLS 301
PGA level 2
Provides PGA students with knowledge, theory and application of the fundamental concepts in golf operations specific to: analysis of the swing, business planning and operations, customer relations, turfgrass management. Students will complete a work experience portfolio as a requirement of PGA level 2 testing. Prerequisites: RLS 110, 201. 2 credits.
RLS 401
PGA level 3
Provides PGA students with knowledge, theory and application of the fundamental concepts in golf operations specific to: swing concepts of teaching, supervising and delegating, merchandise and inventory management, and food and beverage control. Students will complete a work experience portfolio as a requirement of PGA level 3 testing. Prerequisites: RLS 110, 201, 301. 2 credits.
RLS 480 (Formerly TCA 480)
Resort Retailing and Merchandising
Development of retail operations in a resort or club environment. Includes retail store design, purchasing, merchandising, and management for themed casino outlets, golf pro-shops, restaurant shops, and gift shops. Prerequisites: HMD 101 or RLS 100 and TCA 380. 3 credits.
TCA 221
Hospitality Accounting I
Hospitality accounting principles and practices pursuant to the industry’s uniform systems of accounts. Prerequisites: MATH 124, sophomore standing. 3 credits.
TCA 378
Club Food and Beverage Management
Unique aspects of providing food and beverage services to the membership of private clubs. Lectures, case studies and field trips used to cover management, organization, facility design, menu development, budgeting, marketing, production, service and trends. Formal and informal dining, athletic food and beverage facilities, member functions and catering included. 3 credits.
TCA 380
Hospitality Marketing I
Organization of hospitality marketing functions: Primary focus on marketing programs and their role in the management of successful hospitality organizations. 3 credits.
TCA 420
Hospitality Financial Management
Introduces students to the financial management function in the hospitality organization. Focuses on the process of value creation. Other topics include financial markets, valuation criteria and hospitality feasibility and appraisal. Prerequisites: ECON 261 or RLS 310, TCA 221. 3 credits.