| CRS | Course Title | Credits | Call# | Meeting Time | BLDG | ROOM | Instructor | |||||
| PLSC381 | Sport Turf Operations | 3 | 11193 | 3:00-3:50pm M | 3:00-4:50pm W | LFGRD | 102 | Deying Li | ||||
| deying.li@ndsu.edu | ||||||||||||
| Tel: (701)2318037 | ||||||||||||
| Time | Reminder | Regular classes, quizzes and examinations. | ||||||||||
| August | 24 | Wednesday | Overview of course objectives, sport turf industry, sports field construction and management. | |||||||||
| Class discussion: career development skills. Homework: prepare a resume as if you are applying a job as sports turfmanager. | ||||||||||||
| 29 | Monday | Sports turf surface quality: principle, measurement, and improvement. | ||||||||||
| 31 | Wednesday | Bison practice field demo | ||||||||||
| Sports turf surface quality: principle, measurement, and improvement. | ||||||||||||
| Sept. | 5 | Monday | No class | Labor Day Holiday | ||||||||
| 7 | Wednesday | Laboratory exercise | ||||||||||
| Sports turf establishment | ||||||||||||
| 12 | Monday | Sports turf establishment | ||||||||||
| 14 | Wednesday | Laboratory exercise | ||||||||||
| Turfgrass Morphology and identification. | Cool-season grass identificaiton. | |||||||||||
| 19 | Monday | Resume draft 1 due | Root zone materials and physical properties. | |||||||||
| 21 | Wednesday | Quiz 1 (cool-season) | ||||||||||
| Laboratory exercise | ||||||||||||
| Turfgrass Morphology and identification. | Warm-season grass identification. | |||||||||||
| 26 | Monday | Root zone materials and physical properties. | ||||||||||
| 28 | Wednesday | Quiz 2 (cool-season + warm-season) | ||||||||||
| Laboratory exercise | ||||||||||||
| Turfgrass Morphology and identification. | Grass seed identification. | |||||||||||
| Oct. | 3 | Monday | Root zone materials and physical properties. | |||||||||
| 5 | Wednesday | Quiz 3 (Cool-season + warm-season + seeds) | ||||||||||
| Laboratory exercise | ||||||||||||
| Root zone materials and physical properties. | ||||||||||||
| 10 | Monday | Soil as a medium for grass vs soil as hard surface. | ||||||||||
| 12 | Wednesday | Root zone structure: critical considerations, soil-based vs sand-based. | ||||||||||
| Root zone structure: critical considerations, soil-based vs sand-based. | ||||||||||||
| 17 | Monday | Soil fertility and fertilizers. | ||||||||||
| 19 | Wednesday | Quiz 4 (Grass + seeds +soil properties) | ||||||||||
| Laboratory exercise | ||||||||||||
| Soil fertility and fertilizers. | ||||||||||||
| 24 | Monday | Athletic field – a system of plant, soil, water, microorganisms, air, and the sun. | ||||||||||
| 26 | Wednesday | Field Trip | ||||||||||
| Visiting RedHawks Stadium/playing field. | ||||||||||||
| 31 | Monday | Sports turf fertilization. | ||||||||||
| Nov. | 2 | Wednesday | Quiz 5 (Grss + seeds + soil properties + fertilizers) | |||||||||
| Sports field irrigation. | ||||||||||||
| Sports field drainage. | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Monday | No class | ASA Meetings | |||||||||
| 9 | Wednesday | No class | ASA Meetings | |||||||||
| 14 | Monday | Resume draft 2 due | Mowing sports fields. | |||||||||
| 16 | Wednesday | Quiz 6 (Grss + seeds + soil properties + fertilizers+ water) | ||||||||||
| Pest control | ||||||||||||
| Pest control | ||||||||||||
| 21 | Monday | Turfgrass stress | ||||||||||
| 23 | Wednesday | Thatch: a friend or foe? | ||||||||||
| Aeration and topdressing. | ||||||||||||
| 28 | Monday | Painting marks and logos. | ||||||||||
| 30 | Wednesday | Covering, heating, and ice & snow removing. | ||||||||||
| Low budget fields maintenance. | ||||||||||||
| Dec. | 5 | Monday | Making a management plan. | |||||||||
| 7 | Wednesday | Resume final due | Preparing for a big game day. | |||||||||
| Course summary. Answering questions. | ||||||||||||
| 13 | Tuesday | 10:30-12:30am | Final Examination | |||||||||