Time and location:
Mondays, 6:00 - 10:00 p.m., for 14 weeks beginning 27
August 2007. Room 204b at the University of Florida
Fort Lauderdale Center. Field trips and laboratory
exercises will involve additional hours, including at
least one full weekday during the semester, to be announced.
Objectives:
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(1) to learn the biology and management of turfgrasses,
a part of the ecosystem;
(2)
to strengthen a foundation in biology and
plant sciences;
(3)
to become adept at solving turfgrass problems;
(4)
to speak both the practical and scientific
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Prerequisites:
Introductory Botany (BOT 2010C) or Introductory
Biology (BSC 2010); and Introductory General Chemistry
(CHM 2040) or equivalent. Students must be capable
of college-level writing and conducting independent
library research. Students using any University
networked computer may search references using our
institutional subscription to the Turfgrass Information
File http://tgif.msu.edu
Text: Turgeon, A. J.
2008. Turfgrass
Management. 8th ed. Prentice
Hall, Inc., http://vig.prenhall.com/home
Upper Saddle
River, NJ. ISBN-13:
9780132236164.
Recommended: Occasionally other
readings will be available provided to students.
Additional resources are available at public libraries
and can be purchased commercially.
Other activities: There will
be an all-day trip to visit turf facilities, including
a golf course, a sod farm, and lawns.
Instructor:
Dr. Philip Busey ("call
me Phil"). Office: 141 Forman Building. Phone:
954-577-6337 or FAX 954-475-4125. If I do not
answer, leave a message. Better yet, contact
me by e-mail turf@ufl.edu
Consultations: By appointment
(preferably) and drop-in (if I am available).
Available usually Wednesday 3:00 to 5:00, for short
visits, other times by appointment.
Suggestions: You should attend
all classes and read the textbook and finish other
assignments ahead of the lectures.
Grading: The course grade will
be determined from a combination of three 1-hour exams,
a final exam, an electronic term paper, the term
paper, and class and lab participation.
Material covered on exams may come from lectures,
discussion, questions and answers in class, the text
book, field trips, and student papers. Exam
scores will derive at least 50% from multiple-choice
questions. There will be no make-up exams.
However, students who present unavoidable conflicts
may make advance arrangements to take an oral exam.
Class participation, which determines at least 10%
of the grade, is based on regular attendance, asking
questions in class, and being helpful to other students.
Grading: A=90%+; B+=85-89.9%; B=80-84.9; C+=75-79.9%;
C=70-74.9; D+=65-69.9; D=60-64.9%; E=less than 60%.
University of Florida Honor Code
(enacted by the UF student body, 1995):
We, the members of the University of Florida
community, pledge to hold ourselves and our peers
to the highest standards of honesty and integrity.
On all work submitted for credit by students at the
University of Florida, the following pledge is either
required or implied: “On my honor, I have neither
given nor received unauthorized aid in doing this
assignment.”
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