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Apr 23, 2024
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2021-2022 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communications Major, BS in Agriculture – Community Engagement and Leadership Development 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 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.
Students who have an Associate of Science or Associate of Science in Teaching degree from a regionally accredited community college may complete the Community Engagement and Leadership Development Concentration as an ALEC Distance Education student.
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.
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Requirements for the Bachelor of Science in Agriculture – Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communications Major – Community Engagement and Leadership Development Concentration
| Term 1 |
Hours |
Milestone Notes |
| 1Agricultural Core Elective |
3 |
2.5 cumulative GPA |
| 2,6Natural Sciences Elective * |
3 |
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| ALEC 102 |
3 |
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| 6ENGL 101 * or 6ENGL 118 * |
3 |
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| 2,6Quantitative Reasoning Elective * |
3 |
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| Term 2 |
| ALEC 211 |
3 |
2.5 cumulative GPA |
| ALEC 202 |
3 |
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| 2,6Natural Sciences Elective * |
3 |
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| 6ENGL 102 * |
3 |
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| 6MATH 115 * |
3 |
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| Term 3 |
| 9ALEC 201 |
1 |
2.7 cumulative GPA |
| 6ALEC 240 *, CMST 210 *, CMST 217 *, CMST 240 *, or CMST 247 * |
3 |
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| 3,6Social Sciences Elective * |
3 |
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| 1Agricultural Core Elective |
3 |
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| 4,6Biological Sciences Electives* |
4 |
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| Term 4 |
| 2,6Arts and Humanities Elective * |
3 |
2.7 cumulative GPA |
| 2,6Cultures and Civilizations Elective * |
3 |
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| 1Agricultural Core Elective |
3 |
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| 4,6Biological Sciences Electives* |
4 |
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| ALEC 150 or 5Community Engagement Elective |
3 |
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| Term 5 |
| ALEC 303 |
3 |
2.7 cumulative GPA |
| 3,6Social Sciences Elective * |
3 |
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| 1Agricultural Core Elective (300-400 level) |
3 |
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| 5,9Community Engagement Electives |
6 |
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| Term 6 |
| 2,6Cultures and Civilizations Elective * |
3 |
2.7 cumulative GPA |
| 2,6Arts and Humanities Elective * |
3 |
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| 1Agricultural Core Elective (300-400 level) |
3 |
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| 5,9Community Engagement Electives |
6 |
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| Term 7 |
| ALEC 440 * |
3 |
2.7 cumulative GPA |
| 8ALEC 434 |
3 |
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| ALEC 340 |
3 |
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| ALEC 441 |
3 |
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| 5,7Community Engagement Elective |
3 |
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| Term 8 |
| 1Agricultural Core Elective (300-400 level) |
3 |
No milestones |
| ALEC 450 |
3 |
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| ALEC 492 |
6 |
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| ALEC 421 |
3 |
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| TOTAL |
120 |
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| 1 |
Agricultural Core is any Herbert College course except those with an ALEC prefix. To meet the agricultural core requirement, students are encouraged to select a minor in Animal Science ; Biosystems Engineering Technology ; Entomology and Plant Pathology ; Environmental and Soil Sciences ; Food and Agricultural Business ; Food Science ; Forestry ; Honors Food, Agricultural, Natural Resources, and Human Sciences ; International Agriculture and Natural Resources ; Natural Resource and Environmental Economics ; Plant Sciences ; Wildlife and Fisheries ; or Watershed . |
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Chosen from the University General Education list . |
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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. |
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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 *. |
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Community Engagement elective chosen from ALEC 485 ; CFS 210 *, CFS 213 , CFS 220 *, CFS 240 , CFS 320 , or CFS 360 ; COUN 333 , COUN 460 , or COUN 480 ; CSE 300 ; PSYC 235 , PSYC 335 , PSYC 409 , PSYC 450 , PSYC 454 , PSYC 459 , PSYC 461 , PSYC 470 , PSYC 471 , PSYC 472 , PSYC 475 , or PSYC 481 *; PUBH 201 *, PUBH 315 , PUBH 401 , or PUBH 430 ; SOCI 342 , SOCI 360 *, SOCI 363 *, or SOCI 375 ; WGS 200 * or WGS 370 *. |
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Distance Education students who have earned the A.S. degree from a Tennessee community college or university may apply A.S. coursework to meet this requirement. Distance Education students who have earned an A. S. degree from a regionally accredited community college or university and have met the general education requirements may apply A.S coursework to meet this requirement. |
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Distance Education students who have earned the A.S. degree from a Tennessee community college or university or from a regionally accredited community college may choose from the following courses to meet this requirement: SOWK 200 , SOWK 250 *, SOWK 316 , or any other course not required for the major. |
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Distance Education students who have earned the A.S. degree from a Tennessee community college or university or from a regionally accredited community college may satisfy the ALEC 434 requirement by substituting ALEC 493 . |
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Distance Education students who have earned the A.S. degree from a Tennessee community college or university or from a regionally accredited community college may apply A.S. coursework to meet this requirement. |
* Meets University General Education Requirement .
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