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2011-2012 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2011-2012 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communications Major, BS in Agriculture – Agricultural Education 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 agricultural science concentration is designed for students who want a broad, general background in agriculture and natural resources. 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.

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


 

Advisor

Stephens
   

First Year

Hours Credit

AGNR 100  or ALEC 101  1
ALEC 102  3
AGNR 290  3
1BIOL 101 *-BIOL 102 * or BIOL 130 *-BIOL 140 * 8
2AREC 201 * or ECON 201 * 4
ENGL 101 *, ENGL 102 * 6
ESS 120 * or ESS 220 * 3
MATH 113 *, MATH 115 * 6
   

Second Year

 
ALEC 201 , ALEC 202 , ALEC 211  7
AREC 212  3
ANSC 220  3
3Arts and Humanities Elective * 3
1Physical Science Electives* 8
ESS 210  4
PLSC 230  and PLSC 220  or PLSC 221  6
   

Third Year

 
ALEC 240  *, ALEC 345  6
BSET 202 , BSET 452  6
EDPY 401  3
EPP 313  or EPP 321  3
FWF 212  or FWF 317  3
PLSC 250      3
PSYC 110 * 3
SPED 402  3
3Cultures and Civilizations Elective * 3
   

Fourth Year

 
ALEC 434 , ALEC 435 , ALEC 436 , ALEC 440 * 18
ANSC 381  3
2Arts and Humanities Elective * 3
   
 

Total 125

   
* Meets University General Education Requirement .
1 Physical Science Electives–two courses (8 hours) from chemistry, physics, geology, GEOG 131 -GEOG 132 , ESS 210 . CHEM 130  is a prerequisite/corequisite to BIOL 140 . Therefore, students who choose BIOL 130 -BIOL 140  should take CHEM 120 -CHEM 130  for their physical science electives.
2 AREC 201  (4) or ECON 201  (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 Science list.
3 Choose from the University General Education lists .

 

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