The UCCS PGM Program offers high-level academic and professional training that prepares its graduates to excel in exciting and fulfilling management careers in the golf industry.

The entire curriculum involves three concurrent educational streams.

• An undergraduate program in business consisting of 120 semester credit hours.
• The PGA/PGM™ training program delivered in partnership with The PGA of America.
• At least sixteen months of off-campus internships under the supervision of the PGM Program Internship Coordinator and professional managers in the golf industry.

• This section describes the contents of the undergraduate program in business. Other sections of the web site describe the training program and the internships.

The College of Business holds special accreditation earned from the Association for the Advancement of Collegiate Schools of Business. The AACSB is the most prestigious accrediting body for management education in the world and has been in existence since the early twentieth century. This accreditation is granted to only approximately 30 percent of all undergraduate business programs in the United States. It is based on such things as our academic standards, the qualifications of our faculty, the characteristics of our students, our curriculum, and our quality control processes. This accreditation assures students at UCCS that they have access to one of the best undergraduate business programs in the country.

About two thirds of the academic coursework in the PGM Program is taken in the College of Business with the remainder in areas outside business, thus providing students with broad educational experiences. Most of the academic program is identical to the program pursued by all Business and Marketing majors. More specific information about the academic curriculum requirements can be found in the College of Business undergraduate curriculum.

Unlike other business students, PGM students take specialized academic and professional courses that develop their expertise in the areas essential to a successful career in the golf industry.

Presented below are the requirements included in the PGM Program curriculum (as modified in 2008); the courses are presented in the sequence that students are expected to follow as they complete the program. (This curriculum may be changed by the faculty of the University and College of Business in response to new needs in education.)

 

Department	No.	Course Title	Credit
Year 1		Fall Term
PGMT	100	Orientation to Professional Golf Management	2
Economics	101	Microeconomics	3
English	131	Rhetoric & Writing (a)	3
Mathematics	104 or 111	College or Linear Algebra (b)	3
Elective		Approved course (Freshman Seminar is recommended)	3
		Total Credits	14
Year 1		Spring Term
PGMT	101	Introduction to  PGA/PGM™  (Level 1)	3
Economics	202	Macroeconomics	3
Info. Systems	110	Information-Based Decision Making (c)	3
Mathematics	112	Calculus for Business & Economics	3
Elective		Social Sciences area	3
		Total Credits	15
Year 1		Summer Term
PGMT	110	Cooperative Internship (Level 1)	1
		Total Credits	1
Year 2		Fall Term
PGMT	102	PGA/PGM™ (Level 1 cont'd)	1
Business Law	200	Business Law	3
Communications	201 or 210	Oral Communication or Public Speaking	3
Accounting	201	Introduction to Financial Accounting	3
Quant. Methods	201	Business Statistics	3
Elective		Humanities area	3
		Total Credits	16
Year 2		Spring Term
PGMT	200	Intro to PGA/PGMTM  (Level 2)	3
PGMT	350	Turf Grass Management	3
Biology	345	Anatomy & Exercise Science Applied to Golf (with lab)	4
Accounting	202	Introduction to Managerial Accounting	3
Quant. Methods	202	Process & Statistics-Based Decisions	3
		Total Credits	16
Year 2		Summer Term
PGMT	210	Cooperative Internship (Level 2)	1
		Total Credits	1
Year 3		Fall Term
PGMT	211	Cooperative Internship (Level 2 cont'd)	1
		Total Credits	1
Year 3		Spring Term
PGMT	300	PGA/PGMTM (Level 3)	3
Marketing	300	Principles of Marketing	3
Business Admin.	300	Integrated Skills for Management	3
Finance	305	Basic Finance	3
Elective		Non-freshman Communication (COMM 324, ENGL 307, ENGL 309)	3
		Total Credits	15
Year 3		Summer Term
PGMT	360	Food & Beverage Management	3
Marketing	330	Marketing Research	3
Marketing	450	Retail Merch., Mgmt., & Promotion	3
Marketing	451	Sport Marketing	3
		Total Credits	12
Year 4		Fall Term
Marketing	440	Service Management & Marketing	3
Management	330	Intro to Management & Organization	3
Info. Systems	300	Introduction to Information Systems	3
Operations Mgmt.	300	Fundamentals of Operations Mgmt.	3
Elective		Open	3
		Total Credits	15
Year 4		Spring Term
Business Admin.	400	Government, Law & Society	3
Business Admin.	450	Cases & Concepts in Business Policy	3
Marketing	480	Marketing Policies & Strategies	3
Elective		Open	3
		Total Credits	12
Year 4		Summer Term
PGMT	410	Cooperative Internship (Level 3)	1
		Total Credits	1
Year 5		Fall Term
PGMT	411	Cooperative Internship (Level 3 cont'd)	1
		Total Credits	1
		TOTAL CREDITS FOR THE PROGRAM	120

Notes:

• (a) Students must have at least 19 as their composite ACT score to enroll in ENGL 131; those who have less than 19 are encouraged to complete a preparatory English course in the summer before they enroll in UCCS. Alternatively, they may choose to take the equivalent of ENGL 131 at a community college before enrolling in UCCS.
• (b) Students who have at least 23 on their Math ACT score or at least 540 on their math SAT score may elect to skip MATH 104 and enroll in MATH 112 in their first semester; if so, they must take a business elective in place of MATH 104 during their time in the program. Students who have less than 23 as their Math ACT score or less than 540 on their math SAT must take the Algebra Diagnostic Test to be placed in either MATH 104 or MATH 090. Students who are placed in MATH 090 are encouraged to complete a preparatory math course in the summer before they enroll in UCCS. Alternatively, they may choose to take the equivalent of MATH 104 at a community college before enrolling in UCCS.
• (c) Students may demonstrate their competence in computing by completing INFS 110 at UCCS.  They may also demonstrate that competence by completing a similar course elsewhere or by passing a multiple choice examination provided by the Information Systems faculty. Those who pass the exam at UCCS will substitute an open elective in its place.

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