Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communications

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https://ag.tennessee.edu/alec

Christopher Stripling, Interim Head

Professor
Stephens, C.A., PhD – Iowa State

Associate Professor
Stripling, C.T., PhD – Florida

Assistant Professors
Gill, T.G., PhD – Florida
Richards, J.K., PhD – Tennessee

Emeriti Faculty
Lessly, R.R., EdD – Oklahoma State
Todd, J.D., EdD – Illinois
Waters, R.G., PhD – Penn State

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 community engagement and leadership development concentration is designed for students who want to develop leadership skills and pursue careers in extension, government, community or youth organizations, business/industry, or international environments. The agricultural education concentration leads to teacher licensure in agricultural sciences in the State of Tennessee. 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. The online Bachelor of Science degree is for students who have an Associates of Science degree from a regionally accredited community college prior to enrolling in the online ALEC program.

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