Agriculture Education (BSEd)

Specific General Education requirements:

• BIO 101 - Biology in Your World
• BIO 111 - Laboratory for Biology in Your World

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• CHM 107 - Chemistry for the Citizen AND
• CHM 108 - Chemistry for the Citizen Laboratory

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• CHM 116 - Fundamentals of Chemistry AND
• CHM 117 - Fundamentals of Chemistry Laboratory

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• CHM 160 - General Chemistry I

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• GEP 101 - First-Year Foundations

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• UHC 110 - Freshman Honors Seminar

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• AGR 301 - Agriculture Transfer Student Orientation

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• PSY 121 - Introductory Psychology

Area of Specialization:

Students must select a minimum of 20 hours of Agriculture courses to complete 45 hours of Technical Agriculture required by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (MoDESE). These courses must consist of any agriculture course not required as a major or Professional Education requirement.

Public Affairs Capstone Experience Requirement

• AGE 493 - Supervised Teaching (Secondary Agriculture)
• AGE 494 - Supervised Teaching (Secondary Agriculture)

Teaching methods and supervised teaching (15 hours):

• AGE 558 - Teaching of Agriculture
• AGE 493 - Supervised Teaching (Secondary Agriculture)
• AGE 494 - Supervised Teaching (Secondary Agriculture)

Additional Professional Education Required Core and Competencies (20 hours):

Refer to Teacher Education and Teacher Certification Requirements .

This program also requires compliance with Teacher Education for eligibility to enroll in Professional Education courses; admission to and continuance in Teacher Education; approval for supervised teaching; and recommendation for certification which includes following GPA requirements. All GPA requirements include both Missouri State and transfer grades.

1. at least a 3.00 GPA in the certificate subject area (major field of study) which includes all courses listed under major requirements.
2. at least a 3.00 GPA in any additional certificate subject area.
3. at least a 3.00 GPA in the professional education courses; and no grade lower than a “C-” in all professional education courses.

Total Credit Hours: 35