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Agricultural Education Comprehensive Major, 64-66 hours: B.S.Ed., Secondary Program—No Minor Required (Certifies Grades 9-12)

CIP: 131301

The Major in Agricultural Education is designed to prepare teachers of agriculture for the secondary and adult levels in compliance with state certification requirements.

Requirements

The Northwest Core (44-47 hours)

Institutional Requirements (4 hours)

Required Courses (38 hours)

AGRI 03102Principles of Microeconomics in Agriculture *

3
AGRI 03112Agricultural Mechanics

4
AGRI 03130Plant Science *

4
AGRI 03150Animal Science

4
AGRI 03234Fundamentals of Soil Science

4
AGRI 03296Seminar

1
AGRI 03304Farm Management and Record Analysis

3
AGRI 03396Agricultural Advocacy

3
AGRI 03422Community Programming in Agriculture

2
COM 29102Fundamentals of Oral Communication *

3
PSYC 08299Educational Psychology

3
 
CHEM 24112General Chemistry *

3
CHEM 24113General Chemistry Laboratory *

1
OR
CHEM 24114General Chemistry I *

3
CHEM 24115General Chemistry I Laboratory *

1

AGRI 03102, AGRI 03130, COM 29102, PSYC 08299, CHEM 24112 and CHEM 24113, CHEM 24114 and CHEM 24115: These courses fulfill a Northwest Core requirement as well as a requirement of the major, but the number of credit hours may be counted only once toward the total number of credit hours required for graduation.

Must achieve a grade of C or better in COM 29102 and PSYC 08299.

Students must take two of the following with a minimum of one horticulture class (6 hours):

AGRI 03232Crop Production

3
AGRI 03330Forage Crop Science

3
AGRI 03385Greenhouse Crop Production

3
AGRI 03388Fruit and Vegetable Crop Production

3
AGRI 03438Advanced Crop Production

3
AGRI 03540Grain Crops

3
AGRI 03389Turfgrass Management

3
Horticulture elective

3

Choose one of the following (2-3 hours):

AGRI 03238Techniques of Crop Scouting

1 to 2
AGRI 03381Applied Entomology

3
AGRI 03432Soil and Water Conservation

3
AGRI 03434Weed Science: Ecology and Control

3
AGRI 03440Introduction to Precision Agriculture

3

Electives (8-9 hours)

Advisor-approved electives in agriculture

8 to 9

Required Courses in Agricultural Education (10 hours)

AGRI 03320Foundations of Agricultural Education

3
AGRI 03420Program Planning in Agricultural Education

3
AGRI 03421Conducting Supervised Agriculture Experience Programs

2
AGRI 03524Methods of Instruction and Assessment in Agricultural Education Laboratories

2

Degree Requirement (3 hours)

EDUC 61569Multiculturalism in Education

3

Professional Education Requirements (28 hours)

AGRI 03580Methods of Instruction and Assessment in Agricultural Education

2
EDCI 62111Ecology of Teaching

1
EDCI 62109Positive Communication in an Inclusive Classroom

2
EDCI 62119Professional Learning Community III

1
EDUC 61301Developmental Foundations of Adolescent and Content Literacy

2
EDUC 61302Professional Learning Community Middle and Secondary IV

1
EDUC 61311Designing Integrated Middle School and Secondary Curriculum

1
EDUC 61312Professional Learning Community for Middle School and Secondary V

1
EDUC 61324Intervention and Assessment: Literacy, Special Populations, and English Language

2
EDUC 61325Professional Learning Community VI

1
PSYC 08322Adolescent Psychology

2
EDUC 61432Professional Education Capstone

2
EDUC 61472Directed Teaching in the Secondary School

1 to 10

Free Electives as needed to reach minimum 120 graduation hours

This major will meet Missouri teacher certification standards for Agricultural Education grades 9-12.