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Agricultural Education
Division of Agricultural Education
http://ageducation.montana.edu/
Agricultural Education majors may choose from two options.
The curriculum in agricultural education is designed to provide professional preparation for extension agents, for teachers of agricultural education and for persons in agriculture service areas where the knowledge, skills, attitudes and experiences essential to teaching are desirable attributes.
Agricultural education graduates are employed by high schools, area vocational schools, community colleges, Extension Service, Natural Resource Conservation Service, Rural Development and other state and government agencies. Our graduates are prepared for a wide variety of jobs because they have a broad base of knowledge combined with excellent people skills.
Professional courses in teacher training are provided in agriculture, education and psychology. Persons preparing to teach spend 10-12 weeks in an approved high school agriculture department as student teachers. Students not planning to teach must substitute an approved internship program with an agricultural agency. Students in agricultural education gain leadership experiences through the Collegiate FFA Chapter and other College of Agriculture student organizations.
Teaching Option
The teaching option permits a student to choose a balanced program among animal range science, plant sciences, agricultural economics and agricultural mechanics.
Graduates are eligible to receive a class two (standard) teaching certificate which permits them to teach in high schools and qualifies them as instructors of agricultural education under National Vocational Education Acts.
Students in this option may pursue a teaching minor in a variety of disciplines that provides them with additional employment opportunities in the field of education.
Relations Option
The relations option
is designed specifically to
prepare students for
entry-level employment
in the Extension Service or
public agriculture
sector. It provides
broad-based education that
emphasizes six subject matter
areas:
animal science, plant
science, economics, education,
communications and agricultural
technology. An internship
in a local Extension office
or an approved internship
program with an agricultural
agency is required.
Curricula in Agricultural Education
A minimum of 128 credits is required for graduation; 42 of these credits must be in courses numbered 300 and above.
| Freshman Year |
F |
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S |
| WRIT 101W--College Writing I
| 3 |
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| ECON 101IS--Econ Way of Think
| 3 |
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| AGED 251US--Leadership Dev for Agr
| 3 |
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| MATH 150Q--Liberal Arts Math
| 3 |
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| ARNR 101--Prin of Rnglnd Mgmt
| 3 |
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| ARNR 102--Prin of Rnglnd Mgmt Lab
| 1 |
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| CHEM 121IN--Intro Gen Chemistry
| |
|
4 |
| PSPP 102--Plnt Sci,Res, & Envir
| |
|
3 |
| HDCF 150IS--Lifespan Human Devlpmnt
| |
|
3 |
| ARNR 100--Intro Animal Science
| |
|
3 |
| AGED 105--Microcomputers in Agri
| |
|
3 |
|
16 | |
16 |
| | |
| Sophomore Year |
F |
|
S |
| BIOL 102--Molecular and Cellular Biology
| 4 |
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| ENGL 221--College Writing II
| 3 |
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| EDCI 209--Ed Psy Hum Dev Adol
| 3 |
|
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| LRES 201IN--Soil Resource
| 3 |
|
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| Ag Relations Curriculum Electives
| 3 |
|
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| University Core
| |
|
3 |
| AGED 309--Phil & Prog in Ext
| |
|
3 |
| ECON 201IS--Intro Micro Theory
| |
|
3 |
| AGEC 210IS--Economics of Ag Business
| |
|
3 |
| Ag Relations Curriculum Electives
| |
|
6 |
|
16 | |
18 |
| | |
| Junior Year |
F |
|
S |
| University Core
| 3 |
|
|
| AGEC 321--Econ of Ag Mktg
| 3 |
|
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| VTMB 271--Funct Anatomy Dom Anml
| 4 |
|
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| *Ag Relations Curriculum Electives
| 3 |
|
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| BIOL 204--Insect Biology
| 3 |
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| University Core
| |
|
3 |
| Take one of the following: |
| PSPP 318--Biometry |
3 |
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| STAT 216Q--Elementary Statistics |
3 |
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| AGED 301--Rural Electrification
| |
|
3 |
| AGED 400--Seminar
| 1 |
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| AGED 476--Internship
| |
|
4-8 |
| HDCF 356--Exceptional Needs
| |
|
3 |
|
16 | |
14-18 |
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| Senior Year |
F |
|
S |
| University Core
| |
|
3 |
| AGED 355--Teaching Practices
| 1 |
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| AGED 482--Non Frml Teaching Methods
| 2 |
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| *Ag Relations Curriculum Electives
| 6-8 |
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| AGED 417--Crit Think Food & Fiber
| |
|
3 |
| AGED 312--Communicating Agriculture
| |
|
3 |
| University Core
| |
|
3 |
| *Ag Relations Curriculum Electives
| |
|
6 |
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12-14 | |
15 |
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*A minimum of 25 Ag Relations Curriculum Electives must be taken with advisor approval, 12 of which must come from the College of Agriculture.
A minimum of 128 credits is required for graduation; 42 of these credits must be in courses numbered 300 and above.
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