Agriculture, BS, Ag Education Concentration

Location(s): Alpine
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The Agriculture curriculum is designed to be a broad-based student-centered program that prepares students with marketable technical skills within the agricultural field for careers in business, industry, education, and government.

The agricultural education concentration is designed to prepare the student for a career as a high school agricultural educaiton teacher and includes all course work needed to be certified by TEA.

Program Requirements

Core Curriculum: 42

First-Year Seminar: 1

Agriculture Core: 28 Credits

ANSC 2312 - Current Issues in Ag Credit Hours: 3
NRM 2305 - Soils Credit Hours: 3
ANSC 3416 - Lvstk Wildlife Nutr Mgmt Credit Hours: 4
STAT 3308 - Agricultural Statistics Credit Hours: 3
ANSC 2301 - Introduction to Agriculture Credit Hours: 3
OR
ANSC 1419 - Introductory Animal Science Credit Hours: 4
AGB 2302 - Agri Economics Credit Hours: 3
ANSC 4305 - Agri Genetics Credit Hours: 3
NRM 2301 - Range Resources Credit Hours: 3
NRM 2303 - Prin Conservation Biology Credit Hours: 3
OR
NRM 2330 - Wildlife Conservation & Mgmt Credit Hours: 3

Notes:

ANSC 2312 and NRM 2305 should be taken to satisfy core requirements.

Ag Eduction Concentration: 30 Credits

AGED 2304 - Intro to Ag Education Credit Hours: 3
AGED 3318 - Tch Methods in Ag Ed Credit Hours: 3
AGED 3319 - Special Pop in Ag Educ Credit Hours: 3
AGED 3320 - Public Policies in Agriculture Credit Hours: 3
AGED 3321 - Curriculum & Prog Planning Credit Hours: 3
ANSC 4317 - Senior Capstone Credit Hours: 3
BIOL 1311 - General Botany Credit Hours: 3
IT 2307 - Welding Technology Credit Hours: 3
IT 2309 - Tech/Sm Eng Maint & Repair Credit Hours: 3
NRM 1301 - Horticulture Credit Hours: 3

Advanced ANSC or IT electives: 6 Credits

ANSC 3000
OR
ANSC 4000
IT 3000
OR
IT 4000

Notes:

Student can select from any upper level ANSC or IT courses

Education Block Courses: 21 Credits

EDUA 4306 - Survey of Exceptional Children Credit Hours: 3
EDUA 4314 - Reading Skills for Content Sub Credit Hours: 3
EDUA 3302 - Developmental & Learning Thry. Credit Hours: 3
EDUA 3300 - Pedagogy & Prof. Resp. Credit Hours: 3
EDUA 4322 - Classroom Management Credit Hours: 3
EDUA 4605 - Student Tchng: Secondary Schl Credit Hours: 6

Notes:

Prior to taking Education Block courses students must meet with the Director of Teacher Education and fulfill testing requirements

Total Hours: 120

Core Curriculum: 42

First-Year Seminar: 1

Required Core Courses: 28

Required Ag Education Concentration: 30

Advanced Animal Science or IT Electives: 6

Teacher Certification: 21

[3 classes (9 sch) that are listed in major sections can be taken as core.]

Agriculture, BS, Ag Education Concentration

Location(s): AlpineClose

Program Requirements

Agriculture Core: 28 Credits

Notes:

Ag Eduction Concentration: 30 Credits

Advanced ANSC or IT electives: 6 Credits

Notes:

Education Block Courses: 21 Credits

Notes:

Total Hours: 120

Location(s): Alpine
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