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 03102	Principles of Microeconomics in Agriculture *	3
AGRI 03112	Agricultural Mechanics	4
AGRI 03130	Plant Science *	4
AGRI 03150	Animal Science	4
AGRI 03234	Fundamentals of Soil Science	4
AGRI 03296	Seminar	1
AGRI 03304	Farm Management and Record Analysis	3
AGRI 03396	Agricultural Advocacy	3
AGRI 03422	Community Programming in Agriculture	2
COM 29102	Fundamentals of Oral Communication *	3
PSYC 08299	Educational Psychology	3
CHEM 24112	General Chemistry *	3
CHEM 24113	General Chemistry Laboratory *	1
	OR
CHEM 24114	General Chemistry I *	3
CHEM 24115	General 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 03232	Crop Production	3
AGRI 03330	Forage Crop Science	3
AGRI 03385	Greenhouse Crop Production	3
AGRI 03388	Fruit and Vegetable Crop Production	3
AGRI 03438	Advanced Crop Production	3
AGRI 03540	Grain Crops	3
AGRI 03389	Turfgrass Management	3
	Horticulture elective	3

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

AGRI 03238	Techniques of Crop Scouting	1 to 2
AGRI 03381	Applied Entomology	3
AGRI 03432	Soil and Water Conservation	3
AGRI 03434	Weed Science: Ecology and Control	3
AGRI 03440	Introduction to Precision Agriculture	3

Electives (8-9 hours)

Advisor-approved electives in agriculture

8 to 9

Required Courses in Agricultural Education (10 hours)

AGRI 03320	Foundations of Agricultural Education	3
AGRI 03420	Program Planning in Agricultural Education	3
AGRI 03421	Conducting Supervised Agriculture Experience Programs	2
AGRI 03524	Methods of Instruction and Assessment in Agricultural Education Laboratories	2

Degree Requirement (3 hours)

EDUC 61569

Multiculturalism in Education

3

Professional Education Requirements (28 hours)

AGRI 03580	Methods of Instruction and Assessment in Agricultural Education	2
EDCI 62111	Ecology of Teaching	1
EDCI 62109	Positive Communication in an Inclusive Classroom	2
EDCI 62119	Professional Learning Community III	1
EDUC 61301	Developmental Foundations of Adolescent and Content Literacy	2
EDUC 61302	Professional Learning Community Middle and Secondary IV	1
EDUC 61311	Designing Integrated Middle School and Secondary Curriculum	1
EDUC 61312	Professional Learning Community for Middle School and Secondary V	1
EDUC 61324	Intervention and Assessment: Literacy, Special Populations, and English Language	2
EDUC 61325	Professional Learning Community VI	1
PSYC 08322	Adolescent Psychology	2
EDUC 61432	Professional Education Capstone	2
EDUC 61472	Directed 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.