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2012-2013 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2012-2013 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communications Major, BS in Agriculture – Agricultural Science Concentration


The Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communications major is designed for students who want a broad, general background in agriculture and wish to develop their leadership and communication skills to pursue careers in business and industry, agricultural education, agricultural extension education and agricultural communications. The agricultural science concentration is designed for students who want a broad, general background in agriculture and natural resources. The agricultural leadership concentration is designed for students who want to develop their leadership skills and pursue careers in government, youth organizations, business/industry, international environments and leadership positions within the community. The agricultural education concentration leads to teacher licensure in agricultural sciences in the State of Tennessee. The agricultural extension concentration is designed for those interested in agricultural extension careers. The agricultural communications concentration is designed for those students wanting a background in agriculture while pursuing communication careers in areas such as journalism, electronic media, marketing/management, and broadcasting.

Requirements for the Bachelor of Science in Agriculture • Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communications Major • Agricultural Science Concentration


Advisor
Stephens
   
First Year Hours Credit
AGNR 100  or ALEC 101  1
AGNR 290  3
ANSC 160  3
1Physical Science Electives* 8
ENGL 101 *, ENGL 102 * 6
MATH 113 * and Quantitative Reasoning Elective * 6
PLSC 210  3
   
Second Year  
ALEC 211 , ALEC 240 *          6
AREC 212  3
FDST 101  or FDST 150 * 3
1BIOL 101 *-BIOL 102 * or BIOL 111 *-BIOL 112 * or BIOL 130 *-BIOL 140 * 8
ESS 210  4
PLSC 250 * 3
2AREC 201 * or ECON 201 * 4
   
Third Year  
AREC 315  3
EPP 313  or EPP 321  3
3, 4Cultures and Civilizations Elective * 3
3, 4Arts and Humanities Elective * 3
PLSC 230  or PLSC 435  3
5Minor 15
   
Fourth Year  
5Minor 9
3Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources Electives 9
3, 4Arts and Humanities Elective * 3
3, 4Cultures and Civilizations Elective * 3
2, 3, 4Social Sciences Elective * 3
3Free Electives 2
  Total 120
   
* Meets University General Education Requirement .
1 Physical Science Electives–two courses (8 hours) from chemistry, physics, geology, ESS 210 , GEOG 131 *-GEOG 132 *. CHEM 130 * is a prerequisite/corequisite to BIOL 140 *. Therefore, students who choose BIOL 130 *-BIOL 140 * should take CHEM 120 *-CHEM 130 * for their physical science electives. BIOL 111 *-BIOL 112 * has no chemistry requirement.
AREC 201 * (4) or ECON 201 * (4) satisfies the University General Education–Social Science requirement and the major requirement for economics. If the student transfers ECON LD for 3 credits, it will satisfy the major requirement but will not satisfy the General Education–Social Sciences requirement. In these cases, the student should take two courses from the Social Sciences list .
3 One of the University General Education Electives, Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources Electives, Free Electives or a course taken as part of one of the minors must be a Communicating through Writing (WC) course . Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources Electives may be selected from any courses not already required for the major. Free electives may be selected from any courses not already required for the major.
4 Choose from the University General Education list .
5 Students should select one of the minors offered by the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources: animal science, biosystems engineering technology, entomology and plant pathology, environmental and soil sciences, food and agricultural business, agricultural leadership, food science, food technology, forestry, international agriculture and natural resources, natural resource and environmental economics, plant sciences, wildlife and fisheries science, or one of the minors in the College of Communication and Information (see listing in this catalog), or submit an individualized plan of study before the third year, for approval by the advisor, department head, and the Dean’s Office. If the minor is less than 24 hours, the excess hours will become free electives.