Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communications Major, BS in Agriculture – Community Engagement and Leadership Development 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

• ¹ Agricultural Core Elective 3 Credit Hours *
• ^2,6 Natural Sciences  Elective 3 Credit Hours *
• ^2,6 Quantitative Reasoning  Elective 3 Credit Hours *

• ALEC 102 - Interpersonal Leadership Development 3 Credit Hours *
• ⁶  ENGL 101 - English Composition I 3 Credit Hours * (or equivalent)

Term 2

• ^2,6 Natural Sciences  Elective 3 Credit Hours *

• ALEC 202 - Leadership and Diversity in Organizations and Communities 3 Credit Hours *
• ALEC 211 - Knowledge, Society, and Leadership 3 Credit Hours *
• ⁶  ENGL 102 - English Composition II 3 Credit Hours *
• ⁶  MATH 115 - Statistical Reasoning 3 Credit Hours *

Term 3

• ¹ Agricultural Core Elective 3 Credit Hours
• ^4,6 Biological Sciences Electives 4 Credit Hours *
• ^5,8,9 Community Engagement Elective 3 Credit Hours

• ⁸  ALEC 201 - Field Experience in Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communications 1 Credit Hours

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• ⁶ 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

• ¹ Agricultural Core Elective 3 Credit Hours
• ^4,6 Biological Sciences Electives 4 Credit Hours *
• ^6,10 Engaged Inquiries  Elective 3 Credit Hours *
• ^3,8 Unrestricted Elective 3 Credit Hours

• ALEC 150 - The Land Grants’ Agricultural Legacy: A Complicated American Experience 3 Credit Hours *

Term 5

• ¹ Agricultural Core Elective 3 Credit Hours (300-400 level)
• ^5,8,9 Community Engagement Electives 6 Credit Hours
• ^3,8 Unrestricted Elective 2 Credit Hours

• ALEC 300 - Careers and Professional Development 1 Credit Hours
• ALEC 303 - Analysis of Leadership Approaches and Styles 3 Credit Hours *

Term 6

• ¹ Agricultural Core Elective 3 Credit Hours (300-400 level)
• ^5,8,9 Community Engagement Electives 6 Credit Hours
• ^2,6 Expanded Perspectives  Elective 3 Credit Hours *

• ALEC 425 - Curriculum Development 3 Credit Hours

Term 7

• ^5,9 Community Engagement Elective 3 Credit Hours

• ALEC 340 - Public Strategies for Communicating to Global Sectors 3 Credit Hours *
• ⁷  ALEC 434 - Methods of Teaching Agriscience 3 Credit Hours *
• ALEC 440 - Writing for Professional Careers in Industry and Academia 3 Credit Hours *
• ALEC 441 - Communicating in Crisis 3 Credit Hours

Term 8

• ¹ Agricultural Core Elective 3 Credit Hours (300-400 level)

• ALEC 421 - Youth Development 3 Credit Hours *
• ALEC 450 - Servant Leadership 3 Credit Hours *
• ALEC 492 - Internship In Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communications 1-15 Credit Hours (6 hours)

Total Credit Hours 120

Footnotes

1. Knoxville campus students interested in pursuing a career as an agriculture and natural resources Extension agent should complete 18 hours in one Herbert College of Agriculture department (not ALEC). Students are strongly encouraged to declare a minor in that department; however, if the minor requires less than 18 hours, students will need to take additional hours within the same department. Distance education students can select any course in the Herbert College of Agriculture not already required in the major.
2. Chosen from the Volunteer Core  list.
3. Any course not already required for the major
4. Select sequence (8 hours) from BIOL 101 *-BIOL 102 *, BIOL 150 *-BIOL 160 *-BIOL 159 *, or BIOL 158 -BIOL 168 *-BIOL 167 *.
5. Community Engagement elective chosen from ALEC 325 *, ALEC 483 , 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 *. Distance Education students may select alternative courses in consultation with their academic advisor.
6. Distance Education students who have earned the A.S. degree from a Tennessee community college or university can 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 Volunteer Core requirements can apply A.S coursework to meet this requirement. 
7. Distance Education students can satisfy the ALEC 434 * requirement by substituting ALEC 493 .  
8. Distance Education students who have earned the A.S. degree from a Tennessee community college or university or from a regionally accredited community college can apply A.S. coursework to meet this requirement.
9. Knoxville campus students interested in pursuing a career in family and consumer sciences Extension should select 18 hours from CFS 210 *, CFS 213 , CFS 220 *, CFS 240 , CFS 320 *, CFS 360 ; HTM 101 , HTM 341; NUTR 100 *, NUTR 302 ; PUBH 201 *, and PUBH 315 .
10. Any approved Engaged Inquiries  elective except those with an ALEC prefix.

* Meets Volunteer Core Requirement .