Foundation Degree Golf and Sports Turf Management
Foundation degree
In Nantwich
Description
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Type
Foundation degree
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Location
Nantwich
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Duration
2 Years
This course provides an opportunity for you to gain an exciting and varied qualification, which is well respected in the industry. It will appeal to students who wish to develop practical skills, complemented by relevant theory. This course has been welcomed by employers in the industry and relies on close links between the college and the workplace. The specialist facilities provided at.
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Start date
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About this course
At least 140 UCAS points (to include a science A Level) GNVQ/NVQ Level 3 BTEC National Diploma Substantial work experience will be considered, as well as, or in place of, formal qualifications
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Course programme
Foundation Degree Golf and Sports Turf Management
Introduction
This course provides an opportunity for you to gain an exciting and varied qualification, which is well respected in the industry. It will appeal to students who wish to develop practical skills, complemented by relevant theory. This course has been welcomed by employers in the industry and relies on close links between the college and the workplace.
The specialist facilities provided at Reaseheath include a nine-hole golf course affiliated to the EGU. This popular golf facility is maintained, along with the college's excellent playing fields, with a range of cutting edge turf machinery and irrigation systems.
Our foundation degree students have thrived on the experience of visiting sporting venues in North Carolina, Spain, Scotland, England and Wales, where they have been able to study climate-related regimes of turf management.
Course Structure
HNC modules*
Year 1
- Academic and Professional Development*
- Business Studies with Law*
- Conservation in a Horticultural Setting
- Golf Course Maintenance and Mechanisation
- Principles of Horticultural Science*
- Surveying and Levelling*
- Work Based Learning 1 and 2
10 week placement
Year 2
- Event Organisation*
- Finance
- Marketing and Human Resource Management*
- Root Zone Technology*
- Sports Turf Design and Construction*
- Turf Science*
- Work Based Learning 3
- Work Based Project*
Length of the course
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Foundation Degree full-time: 2 years includes a 10 week work placement
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HNC part-time: 1 day per week for 2 years
Application
Full-time:
- Apply through UCAS
Course code: KN32
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Institution code: HAUC H12
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Campus code: R
Part time:
- Apply directly to Reaseheath (application form available at the back of our prospectus) or online.
Further study
- Honours degree in related subjects
Career options
- Golf course management
- Sports facility management
- Agronomist
- Technical/advisory roles
- Teaching
Foundation Degree Golf and Sports Turf Management