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2013-2014 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2013-2014 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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


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Advisors
Stephens, Stripling

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.

uTrack Requirements (for first-year students)

Universal Tracking (uTrack) is an academic monitoring system designed to help students stay on track for timely graduation. In order to remain on track, students must complete the minimum requirements for each tracking semester known as milestones. Milestones include successful completion of specified courses and/or attainment of a minimum GPA. uTrack requirements only affect first-time, first-year, full-time, degree-seeking students entering Fall 2013.

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


Term 1 Hours Milestone Notes
1,2Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources Elective 3 2.0 cumulative GPA
ALEC 101  1  
ENGL 101 * or ENGL 118 * 3  
MATH 113 * or MATH 117 * 3  
PLSC 210  3  
Term 2
ANSC 160  or ANSC 280 * 3 2.0 cumulative GPA
ENGL 102 * 3  
3Physical Science Elective* 4  
2,4Quantitative Reasoning Elective * 3  
Term 3
ALEC 240 * 3 2.0 cumulative GPA
5AREC 201 * or ECON 201 * 4 ENGL 101 *
6Biological Sciences Elective* 4  
FDST 100  or FDST 150 * 3  
PLSC 230  or PLSC 435  3  
Term 4
ALEC 211  3 2.0 cumulative GPA
AREC 212  3 ENGL 102 *
6Biological Sciences Elective* 4  
ESS 210  4  
PLSC 250 * 3  
Term 5
AREC 315  3 2.0 cumulative GPA
2,4Arts and Humanities Elective * 3 MATH 113 * or higher
2,4Cultures and Civilizations Elective * 3  
EPP 313  or EPP 321  3  
2,4,5Social Sciences Elective * 3  
Term 6
2,7Minor Requirement 15 2.0 cumulative GPA
    ALEC 211 
Term 7
2,4Arts and Humanities Elective * 3 2.0 cumulative GPA
2,4Cultures and Civilizations Elective * 3  
2,7Minor Requirement 9  
Term 8
1,2Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources Electives 9 No milestones
2,8Unrestricted Electives 6  
     
TOTAL 120  

* Meets University General Education Requirement .
1 Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources Electives may be selected from any courses in the college not already required for the major.
2 One of the University General Education Electives, Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources Electives, Unrestricted Electives or a course taken as part of one of the minors must be a Communicating through Writing (WC) course. Unrestricted Electives may be selected from any courses not already required for the major.
3 Select one course (4 hours) from chemistry, physics, geology, ESS 210 ; GEOG 131 *, GEOG 132 *, GEOG 137 *. CHEM 130 * is a 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.
4 Chosen from the University General Education list .
5 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.
6 Select sequence from BIOL 101 *-BIOL 102 *, BIOL 111 *-BIOL 112 *, BIOL 130 *-BIOL 140 *, or BIOL 138 *-BIOL 148 *.
7 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, watershed, 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 Unrestricted Electives.
8 Any courses not already required for the major.

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