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2018-2019 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2018-2019 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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


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Advisors
Leal, Mahan, 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 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 students entering Fall 2013 or later)

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 full-time, degree-seeking students who first entered Fall 2013 or later. uTrack does not apply to transfer students who enter prior to Fall 2015.

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


Term 1 Hours Milestone Notes
1Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources Elective 3 2.5 cumulative GPA
AGNR 100  or AGNR 103    1  
2Biological Sciences Electives* 4  
ENGL 101 * or ENGL 118  3  
4Quantitative Reasoning Elective * 3  
Term 2
ALEC 211   3 2.7 cumulative GPA
ANSC 160   2 ENGL 101 
2Biological Sciences Electives* 4  
ENGL 102  3  
MATH 115  3  
Term 3
ALEC 201   1 2.7 cumulative GPA
ALEC 240 *, CMST 210 *, CMST 217 *, CMST 240 *, or CMST 247  3 MATH 113 * or higher
3AREC 201 * or ECON 201 * or ECON 207  4  
CHEM 100 * or CHEM 120 * or CHEM 128  4  
PLSC 320  or PLSC 321    3  
Term 4
1Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources Elective 3 2.7 cumulative GPA
AREC 212   3 ENGL 102 
ESS 210   4  
PSYC 110 * or PSYC 117 * or EDPY 210  3  
ANSC 281   2  
Term 5
AREC 313  or AREC 314   2 2.7 cumulative GPA
4Cultures and Civilizations Elective * 3 ALEC 201  
EPP 313  or EPP 321   3  
ESS 334   3  
FDSC 150  3  
Term 6
ALEC 345   3 2.7 cumulative GPA
4Arts and Humanities Electives * 6 ALEC 211  
FORS, FWF or WFS Elective 3  
PLSC 250  3  
Term 7
ALEC 440  3 2.7 cumulative GPA
ALEC 434 , ALEC 492   9 ALEC 345  
FDSC 241   3  
ALEC 303   3  
Term 8
1Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources Electives (300-400 level) 6  No Milestones
ANSC 280   2  
AGNR 180 * or AGNR 480    3  
5Unrestricted Elective 3  
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 Select sequence from BIOL 101 *-BIOL 102 *, BIOL 113 *-BIOL 114 *-BIOL 115 *, BIOL 150 *-BIOL 160 *-BIOL 159 *, or BIOL 158 *-BIOL 168 *-BIOL 167 *.
3 AREC 201 * (4) or ECON 201 * (4) or ECON 207 * (4) satisfies the University General Education – Social Sciences 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.
4 Chosen from the University General Education list .
5 Any courses not already required for the major.

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