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2015-2016 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2015-2016 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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


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 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 Leadership Concentration


Term 1 Hours Milestone Notes
ALEC 101 , ALEC 103   4 2.0 cumulative GPA
1Biological Sciences Electives* 4  
ENGL 101 * or ENGL 118 * 3  
5Quantitative Reasoning Elective * 3  
Term 2
2Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources Elective 3 2.0 cumulative GPA
ALEC 102   3 ENGL 101 *
1Biological Sciences Electives* 4  
ENGL 102 * 3  
5Quantitative Reasoning Elective * 3  
Term 3
ALEC 202 , ALEC 240 * 6 2.0 cumulative GPA
Animal Science Elective (any ANSC course) 3 MATH 113 * or higher
3AREC 201 * or ECON 201 * or ECON 207 * 4  
4Physical Science Electives* 4  
Term 4
ALEC 211   3 2.0 cumulative GPA
Environmental and Soil Sciences Electives (any ESS course) 4 ENGL 102 *
FDST 100  or FDST 150 * 3  
4Physical Science Electives* 4  
Term 5
Agricultural and Resource Economics Elective (any AREC course) 3 2.0 cumulative GPA
5Cultures and Civilizations Electives * 6 ALEC 102  or ALEC 103  
EPP 313  or EPP 321   3  
Plant Sciences Elective (any PLSC course) 3  
Term 6
ALEC 303 , ALEC 304 , ALEC 340   9 2.0 cumulative GPA
ANSC 495   1 ALEC 102 , ALEC 103  
5Arts and Humanities Elective * 3  
Term 7
ALEC 440 * 3 2.0 cumulative GPA
PHIL 346 * 3 ALEC 202  
PHIL 244 * or PHIL 252 * 3  
3,5Social Sciences Elective * 3  
6Unrestricted Electives 4  
Term 8
ALEC 450 , ALEC 492   9 No milestones
6Unrestricted Electives 6  
TOTAL 120  
* Meets University General Education Requirement .
1 Select sequence from BIOL 101 *-BIOL 102 *, BIOL 111 *-BIOL 112 *, BIOL 150 *-BIOL 160 *-BIOL 159 *, or BIOL 158 *-BIOL 168 *-BIOL 167 *. BIOL 160 * has a CHEM 130 * corequisite, so students who choose BIOL 150 *-BIOL 160 *-BIOL 159  * should take CHEM 120 *-CHEM 130 * for their physical science electives. BIOL 111 *-BIOL 112 * has no chemistry requirement.
2 Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources Electives may be selected from any courses in the college not already required for the major.
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 General Education – Social Sciences list.
4 Select two course (8 hours) from chemistry, physics, geology, ESS 210 ; GEOG 131 *, GEOG 132 *, GEOG 137 *. CHEM 130 * is a prerequisite/corequisite to BIOL 160 *. Therefore, students who choose BIOL 150 *-BIOL 160 *-BIOL 159 * should take CHEM 120 *-CHEM 130 * for their physical science electives. BIOL 111 *-BIOL 112 * has no chemistry requirement.
5 Chosen from the University General Education list .
6 Any courses not already required for the major.