What are the objectives of the online GEM program?
Core Objectives: • Explore the business side of the golf industry. • Analyze current issues and trends in the golf industry • Examine practices to make current golf operations more profitable. • Examine how various types of golf courses operate their facilities. • Plan, evaluate, and revise a Marketing Plan and a Project Management Plan for a golf operation. • Understand current technologies associated with the golf industry. • Analyze the principles and philosophies of running a successful golf operation. • Interpret educational research and conduct applied research to improve teaching and learning. Professional Core Objectives: • Reflect on one’s own practice to select goals and formulate a professional development plan or license renewal plan aligned with the Wisconsin Standards. • In collaboration with peers and professors engage in continuous and development associated with the golf industry.
