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2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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


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Advisors
Greig, 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

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 entered prior to Fall 2015.

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


Term 1 Hours Milestone Notes
AGNR 100  or AGNR 103   1 2.0 cumulative GPA
ENGL 101 * or ENGL 118  3  
JREM 175   3  
AGNR 180 * or AGNR 480   3  
1Quantitative Reasoning Elective * 3  
Term 2
ENGL 102  3 2.0 cumulative GPA
JREM 200  3 ENGL 101 *
FDSC 150  3  
Animal Science Elective (any ANSC course) 2  
1Quantitative Reasoning Elective * 3  
Term 3
1Natural Sciences Elective * 3 2.0 cumulative GPA
ALEC 211   3 MATH 113 * or higher
ALEC 240  3  
ALEC 330   3  
1Arts and Humanities Elective * 3  
Term 4
1Natural Sciences Elective * 3 2.0 cumulative GPA
2AREC 201 * or ECON 201 * or ECON 207  4 ENGL 102 
ADVT 250   3  
AREC 212   3  
1Arts and Humanities Elective * 3  
Term 5
ALEC 303   3 2.0 cumulative GPA
1Cultures and Civilizations Elective * 3 JREM 175  
JREM 400   3  
Forestry, Wildlife and Fisheries Elective (any FORS, FWF, or WFS course) 3  
3Biological Sciences Electives* 4  
Term 6
ALEC 442  or ALEC 443   3 2.0 cumulative GPA
ALEC 340   3 ALEC 330  
JREM 451 * or JREM 456 * 3  
1,2Social Sciences Elective * 3  
3Biological Sciences Electives* 4  
Term 7
6Journalism & Electronic Media Elective 3 2.0 cumulative GPA
ALEC 440 * 3 ALEC 211  
4Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources Elective 3  
ALEC 492   6  
Term 8
Plant Sciences Elective (any PLSC course) 3 No milestones
4Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources Elective 3  
ALEC 441   3  
JREM 466   3  
5Unrestricted Elective 3  
TOTAL 120  
* Meets University General Education Requirement .
1 Chosen from the University General Education list .
2 AREC 201 * (4) or ECON 201 * (4) or ECON 207 * (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.
3 Select sequence (8 hours) from BIOL 101 *-BIOL 102 *, BIOL 113 *-BIOL 114 *-BIOL 115 *, BIOL 150 *-BIOL 160 *-BIOL 159 *, or BIOL 158 *-BIOL 168 *-BIOL 167 *.
4 The Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources electives may be selected from any courses in the college not already required for the major.
5 Any courses not already required for the major.
6 JREM 333 , JREM 360 , JREM 390 , or JREM 446 .

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