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2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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


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Advisor
Beasley, Granberry, Stripling, Lay

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 education concentration leads to teacher licensure in agricultural sciences in the State of Tennessee.

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.

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


Term 1 Hours Milestone Notes
1,5AREC 201 * or ECON 201 * or ECON 207  4 2.5 cumulative GPA
2,5Biological Sciences Electives* 4  
5ENGL 101 * or ENGL 118  3  
3,5Quantitative Reasoning  Elective* 3  
Term 2
2,5Biological Sciences Electives* 4 2.5 cumulative GPA
ALEC 421 *, EDPY 210 *, PSYC 110 *, or PSYC 117 * 3 ENGL 101 
5ENGL 102  3  
5MATH 115  3  
5CHEM 102 * and CHEM 103 *, or CHEM 122 * and CHEM 123 *, or CHEM 128  4  
Term 3
5ALEC 240 *, CMST 210 *, CMST 217 *, CMST 240 *, or CMST 247  3 2.5 cumulative GPA
5ESS 210   4 MATH 113 * or higher
5CSM 125  or CSM 202 3  
PLSC 210 * 3  
Term 4
ALEC 211 * 3 2.5 cumulative GPA
5ANSC 150 * 3 ENGL 102 
AREC 212   3  
4,5Unrestricted Elective or 3,5Global Citizenship – International  Elective* 3  
PLSC 320  or PLSC 321   3  
ALEC 392   2  
Term 5
ALEC 300   1 2.5 cumulative GPA
ALEC 485 * or ALEC 483   3  
5ALEC 150   3  
EPP 313  or EPP 321   3  
5ALEC 102 * or ALEC 202 * or 4,5Unrestricted Elective  3  
Term 6
ALEC 345   3 2.75 cumulative GPA
5ANSC 250   4 ALEC 211 *
5FDSC 150  or EPP 123 * 3  
FDSC 241   3  
PLSC 330   3  
Term 7
ALEC 434 * 3 2.75 cumulative GPA
ALEC 440 * 3 ALEC 345  
EDPY 301   3  
SPED 303   3  
ETEC 386   3  
Term 8
ALEC 475   15 No milestones
TOTAL 120  
1 AREC 201 * (4) or ECON 201 * (4) or ECON 207 * (4) satisfies the Volunteer Core  – 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 Volunteer Core  – Social Sciences  requirement. In these cases, the student should take two courses from the Social Sciences  list.
2 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 *.
3 Chosen from the Volunteer Core  list.
4 Any course not already required for the major.
5 Students who have earned the A.S. degree in agriculture or related field of study from a Tennessee community college or university may apply A.S. coursework to meet this requirement.

*  Meets Volunteer Core Requirements .

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