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Nov 07, 2024
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2012-2013 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communications Major, BS in Agriculture – Agricultural Leadership Concentration
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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.
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Requirements for the Bachelor of Science in Agriculture • Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communications Major • Agricultural Leadership Concentration
Advisor
Stephens |
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First Year |
Hours Credit |
AGNR 100 or ALEC 101 |
1 |
ALEC 102 , ALEC 103 |
6 |
Agricultural and Resource Economics Elective (any AREC course) |
3 |
AGNR 290 |
3 |
1BIOL 101 *-BIOL 102 * or BIOL 111 *-BIOL 112 * or BIOL 130 *-BIOL 140 * |
8 |
ENGL 101 *, ENGL 102 * |
6 |
MATH 113 * and Quantitative Reasoning Elective * |
6 |
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Second Year |
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ALEC 202 , ALEC 211 , ALEC 240 * |
9 |
Animal Science Elective (any ANSC course) |
3 |
1Physical Science Electives* |
8 |
2AREC 201 * or ECON 201 * |
4 |
Environmental and Soil Science Elective (any ESS course) |
4 |
FDST 101 or FDST 150 * |
3 |
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Third Year |
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ALEC 303 , ALEC 304 , ALEC 440 * |
9 |
EPP 313 or EPP 321 |
3 |
3 Cultures and Civilizations Elective * |
3 |
3 Arts and Humanities Elective * |
3 |
Plant Sciences Elective (any PLSC course) |
3 |
PHIL 244 * or PHIL 252 *; and PHIL 346 * |
6 |
ANSC 495 |
3 |
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Fourth Year |
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ALEC 412 , ALEC 450 , ALEC 492 |
10 |
Biosystems Engineering and Technology Elective (any BSET course) |
3 |
3 Cultures and Civilizations Elective * |
3 |
2, 3 Social Sciences Elective * |
3 |
4Free Electives |
7 |
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Total 120 |
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* 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. |
2 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 Science requirement. In these cases, the student should take two courses from the approved General Education-Social Sciences list . |
3 Choose from the University General Education list . |
4 Free electives may be selected from any courses not already required for the major. |
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