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UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM
Agricultural Education majors may choose from two options. The curriculum in agricultural education is designed to provide professional preparation for extension agents, for teachers of agricultural education and for persons in agriculture service areas where the knowledge, skills, attitudes and experiences essential to teaching are desirable attributes.
Agricultural education graduates are employed by high schools, area vocational schools, community colleges, Extension Service, Natural Resource Conservation Service, Rural Development and other state and government agencies.
Professional courses in teacher training are provided in agricultural education, education and psychology. Persons preparing to teach spend 10-12 weeks in an approved high school agriculture department as student teachers. Students not planning to teach must substitute an approved internship program with an agricultural agency. Students in agricultural education gain leadership experiences through the Collegiate FFA Chapter or Collegiate 4-H.
Teaching Option
The teaching option permits a student to choose a balanced program among animal science, plant and soil science, agricultural economics and agricultural mechanics. Graduates are eligible to receive a class two (standard) teaching certificate which permits them to teach in high schools and qualifies them as instructors of agricultural education under National Vocational Education Acts.
Students in this option may pursue a teaching minor in a variety of disciplines that provides them with additional employment opportunities in the field of education.
A minimum of 128 credits is required for graduation; 42 of these credits must be in courses numbered 300 and above.
Teaching Option Advising Packet
Relations Option
The relations option is designed specifically to prepare students for entry-level employment in the Extension Service or public agriculture sector. It provides broad-based education that emphasizes six subject matter areas: animal science, plant science, economics, education communications and agricultural technology. An internship in a local Extension office or an approved internship program with an agricultural agency is required.
A minimum of 128 credits is required for graduation; 42 of these credits must be in upper division courses (courses numbered 300 and above).
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