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Undergraduate Course Requirements
For Professional Golf Management (PGM) Majors
2007-2008

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Note: The professional golf management major is a limited access program. To be admitted to the professional golf management major, a student must meet the admission requirements for limited access programs in business. These requirements are described in a separate handout titled Admission Requirements for College of Business Limited Access Programs.

Lower-level Prerequisites for PGM Majors: Students must earn a "C-" or better in each course.
All of these courses, except ACG 2071, must be completed prior to admission to the PGM major.
Course # Course Title Hrs Course Prerequisites
ECO 2013 Principles of Macroeconomics
3
None
ECO 2023 Principles of Microeconomics
3
None
MAC 2233 Calculus for Business and Nonphysical Sciences
3
MAC 1105
STA 2023 Fundamental Business Statistics
3
MAC 1105
CGS 2100 Microcomputer Applications for Business
3
None
ACG 2021 Introduction to Financial Accounting
3
None
ACG 2071 Introduction to Managerial Accounting
3
ACG 2021
 
General Business Core Requirements for PGM Majors: Students must earn a "C-" or better in each course.
BUL 3310 The Legal and Ethical Environment of Business
3
None
FIN 3403 Financial Management of the Firm
3
ECO 2023, ACG 2021
GEB 3213 Business Communications
3
Admission to the major
MAN 3240 Organizational Behavior
3
None
MAR 3023 Basic Marketing Concepts
3
ECO 2023
 
General Business Breadth Requirements for PGM Majors: Students must earn a "C-" or better in each course..
HFT 3240 Managing Service Organizations
3
None
MAN 4720 Strategic Management and Business Policy
3
FIN 3403, MAN 3240,
MAR 3023
Plus three (3) electives from the following list of courses:
FIN 3244 Financial Markets, Institutions, and Intl. Finance Systems
3
ECO 2013, ACG 2021
ISM 3003 Foundations of MIS
3
CGS 2100
MAN 3504 Services Operations Management
3
QMB 3200
MAN 3600 Multinational Business Operations
3
ECO 2013, ECO 2023
MAR 3700 Professional Selling
3
MAR 3023
QMB 3200 Quantitative Methods for Business Decisions
3
CGS 2100, STA 2023
REE 3043 Real Estate
3
None
RMI 3011 Risk Management and Insurance
3
STA 2023

PGM Major Area Requirements:

Students must earn a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 2.0 in the courses used to satisfy the PGM major area requirements.
Course # Course Title Hrs Course Prerequisites
HFT2352Introduction to Professional Golf Management
1
None
HFT 3806 Introduction to Food and Beverage Management
3
None
HFT3277 Club Management (Fall only)
3
pre/co-req HFT 3806
HFT 3354 Agronomy for Golf Course Management (Fall only)
3
None
HFT 3263 Restaurant Operations
3
HFT 3806
HFT 3353 Intermediate Professional Golf Management
1
HFT 2352
HFT 4471 Managing Revenues and Expenses
3
FIN 3403, HFT 3806
HFT 4802 Catering Management
3
HFT 3806
HFT 3355 Advanced Professional Golf Management
1
HFT 3353
HFT 4224 Managerial Behavior in Hospitality Operations
2
All required HA courses


Additional Information:

1. PGM majors must satisfy a number of supplemental requirements, including a "playing ability test" and several PGA workshops and internships. These requirements are outlined in the PGM Policies and Procedures Handout. PGM majors must 16 months of approved internships .

2. In addition to the requirements outlined above, each student must complete all University-wide requirements for graduation. These requirements include liberal studies requirements, the multicultural requirement, the Gordon Rule writing requirement, the FSU residency requirement, and total hours requirements.

3. Students completing the PGM major receive a bachelor's degree in Hospitality Administration.

4. Transfer of upper-level business courses must be from business colleges at other 4-year, accredited institutions. These courses must carry prerequisites similar to those of the courses they are replacing, and they must be approved by the College of Business Undergraduate Programs Office. Once enrolled at FSU, students should not take any course at another institution without first receiving approval from the College of Business Undergraduate Programs Office.

5.For further information regarding the professional golf management major, contact the PGM Director in the Dedman School of Hospitality, University Center, B-4100, (850) 644-0213.