The agricultural education major is for the student who desires to teach agriculture in a school setting. State of the art facilities await students who choose the agricultural education major at SAU. After completing the general education requirements, students focus on courses in agriculture and education. Admission to the Teacher Education Program is required.
The Results
Students who complete all degree requirements will earn a bachelor of science degree in agricultural education. This degree prepares students to meet the state of Arkansas teacher licensure requirement.
About SAU Agriculture
The Agriculture program at SAU has highly trained, award-winning and motivated faculty who challenge our students, and help them to achieve their goals in a friendly environment that encourages conceptual thinking. We strive to provide as many diverse learning experiences as possible and the advantage to interface with the complexities of the industry of Agriculture.
Learning Goals
- Our graduates communicate effectively
- Our students acquire knowledge of agricultural systems to make ethical and informed decisions relating to food and fiber production
- Our students can assimilate knowledge to develop critical thinking skills related to agriculture production and science
- Our graduates understand the value of technology and its application in Agricultural Communication and Agriculture Production
- Our graduates possess knowledge in the field of Agriculture
Student Stories
My time at SAU helped me build relationships and contacts across the state in agriculture which has been very valuable in event planning or identifying experts in areas for things such as professional development.
Curriculum
University Requirement (2 hours)
GSTD 1002 – Freshman Seminar
General Education (31 hours)
(4 hours of physical science general education requirements are included in the major.)
AGEC 2073 – Principles of Agricultural Economics (Social Science requirement)
Chemistry (4 hours)
Select one of the following course combinations:
CHEM 1013 – College Chemistry I and CHEM 1011 – College Chemistry I Lab
or
CHEM 1023 – University Chemistry I and CHEM 1021 – University Chemistry I Lab
Agriculture Core (20 hours)
AGEC 3043 – Farm Management
AGRI 4033 – Issues in Agriculture
ANSC 1003 – Introduction to Animal Science and ANSC 1001 – Introduction to Animal Science Lab
ANSC 2002 – Animal Nutrition I and ANSC 2001 – Animal Nutrition I Lab
PLSC 1003 – Introduction to Plant Science and PLSC 1001 – Introduction to Plant Science Lab
PLSC 2012 – Soils Science and PLSC 2011 – Soils Science Lab
Agricultural Science (10 hours)
ANSC 3202 – Animal Production and ANSC 3302 – Animal Production Lab
PLSC 2022 – Elements of Forestry and PLSC 2021 – Elements of Forestry Lab
PLSC 3032 – Greenhouse Management and PLSC 3031 – Greenhouse Management Lab
Mechanical Technology (11 hours)
AGED 2011 – Agricultural Structures and AGED 2012 – Agricultural Structures Lab
AGED 2021 – Agricultural Metals and AGED 2022 – Agricultural Metals Lab
AGED 2031 – Agricultural Mechanics Applications and AGED 2032 – Agricultural Mechanics Applications Lab
AGED 4502 – Fabrication of Agricultural Mechanics Projects
Teacher Education (28 hours)
AGED 2003 – Introduction to Agricultural Education
AGED 3003 – Professional Leadership and Communication
AGED 3013 – Methods of Teaching FFA Events
AGED 4001 – Classroom and Group Management in Agricultural Education
AGED 4003 – Methods of Teaching Agricultural Mechanics
AGED 4013 – Methods in Agricultural Education
AGED 4023 – Program Development
AGED 4033 – Experiential Learning in Agriculture
EDUC 4203 – Strategies for Content Area Reading
SPED 4073 – Introduction to Special Education
Residency Requirements (14 hours)
TEDU 4001 – Professional Learning I
TEDU 4006 – Residency I
TEDU 4011 – Professional Learning II
TEDU 4016 – Residency II
