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

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.

Term 1

• ^2,5 Biological Sciences Electives 4 Credit Hours *
• ^3,5 Quantitative Reasoning  Elective 3 Credit Hours *

• ⁵  ENGL 101 - English Composition I 3 Credit Hours * (or equivalent)

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• ^1,5 Select one course:

• AREC 201 - Economics of the Global Food and Fiber System 4 Credit Hours *
• ECON 201 - Introductory Economics: A Survey Course 4 Credit Hours *
• ECON 207 - Honors: Introductory Economics 4 Credit Hours *

Term 2

• ^2,5 Biological Sciences Electives 4 Credit Hours *

• ⁵  ENGL 102 - English Composition II 3 Credit Hours *
• ⁵  MATH 115 - Statistical Reasoning 3 Credit Hours *

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• Select one course:

• ALEC 421 - Youth Development 3 Credit Hours *
• EDPY 210 - Psychoeducational Issues in Human Development 3 Credit Hours *
• PSYC 110 - General Psychology 3 Credit Hours *
• PSYC 117 - Honors: General Psychology 3 Credit Hours *

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• ⁵ Choose separate lecture and lab or honors lecture/lab combined:

• CHEM 102 - Principles of Chemistry 3 Credit Hours * and
• CHEM 103 - Principles of Chemistry Laboratory 1 Credit Hours *

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• CHEM 122 - General Chemistry I 3 Credit Hours * and
• CHEM 123 - General Chemistry I Laboratory 1 Credit Hours *

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• CHEM 128 - Honors: General Chemistry I 4 Credit Hours *

Term 3

• ⁵  ESS 231 - Fundamentals of Soil Science 3 Credit Hours
• ⁵  ESS 232 - Fundamentals of Soil Science Laboratory 1 Credit Hours
• ⁵  CSM 125 - Fundamentals of Building Systems and Materials 3 Credit Hours
• PLSC 210 - Horticulture: Principles and Practices 3 Credit Hours *

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• ⁵ Select one course:

• ALEC 240 - Effective Oral Communication 3 Credit Hours *
• CMST 210 - Public Speaking 3 Credit Hours *
• CMST 217 - Honors: Public Speaking 3 Credit Hours *
• CMST 240 - Business and Professional Communication 3 Credit Hours *
• CMST 247 - Honors: Business and Professional Communication 3 Credit Hours *

Term 4

• ALEC 211 - Knowledge, Society, and Leadership 3 Credit Hours *
• ALEC 392 - Agricultural Education Seminar and Field Experience 2 Credit Hours
• ⁵  ANSC 150 - Global Animal Agriculture Systems and Society 3 Credit Hours *
• AREC 212 - Introduction to Agribusiness Management 3 Credit Hours

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• Select one course:

• PLSC 320 - Landscape Plant Identification, Taxonomy and Morphology I 3 Credit Hours
• PLSC 321 - Landscape Plant Identification, Taxonomy and Morphology II 3 Credit Hours

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• Select one course:

• ^4,5 Unrestricted Elective 3 Credit Hours
• ^3,5 Global Citizenship – International  Elective 3 Credit Hours *

Term 5

• ⁵  ALEC 150 - The Land Grants’ Agricultural Legacy: A Complicated American Experience 3 Credit Hours
• ALEC 300 - Careers and Professional Development 1 Credit Hours

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• Select one course:

• ALEC 483 - International Agriculture Education and Extension Systems 3 Credit Hours
• ALEC 485 - Global Sustainable Development Goals 3 Credit Hours *

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• Select one course:

• EPP 313 - Introductory Plant Pathology 3 Credit Hours
• EPP 321 - Introductory Entomology 3 Credit Hours

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• ⁵ Select one course:

• ALEC 102 - Interpersonal Leadership Development 3 Credit Hours *
• ALEC 202 - Leadership and Diversity in Organizations and Communities 3 Credit Hours *
• ^4,5 Unrestricted Elective 3 Credit Hours

Term 6

• ALEC 345 - Program Planning and Learning Design in Agriscience Education 3 Credit Hours
• ⁵  ANSC 250 - Introduction to Animal Handling and Management 4 Credit Hours
• FDSC 241 - Food Preservation and Packaging 3 Credit Hours
• PLSC 330 - Plant Propagation 3 Credit Hours

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• ⁵ Select one course:

• FDSC 150 - History and Culture of Food 3 Credit Hours
• EPP 123 - Chocolate: Bean to Bar 3 Credit Hours *

Term 7

• ALEC 434 - Methods of Teaching Agriscience 3 Credit Hours *
• ALEC 440 - Writing for Professional Careers in Industry and Academia 3 Credit Hours *
• EDPY 301 - Professional Studies: Applied Educational Psychology  3 Credit Hours
• SPED 303 - Professional Studies for Special Education and Diverse Learners 3 Credit Hours
• ETEC 386 - Integrating Technology into the Curriculum 3 Credit Hours

Term 8

• ALEC 475 - Student Teaching in Agricultural Education 15 Credit Hours

Total Credit Hours 120

Footnotes

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 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 .