Feb 07, 2025

2019-2020 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog

2019-2020 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Agricultural Education, B.S.: Teacher Certification Concentration

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Communication Literacy Requirement. Communication Literacy courses for the Agricultural Education: Teacher Certification major are ACOM 2302 ; AGED 2304 , AGED 4404 , and AGED 4306 .

Recommended Curriculum

First Year

Fall

AGED 2300 - Introduction to Agricultural Education 3 Semester Credit Hours
CHEM 1305 - Chemical Basics 3 Semester Credit Hours
CHEM 1105 - Experimental Chemical Basics 1 Semester Credit Hours
PSS 1321 - Agronomic Plant Science 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 1301 - Essentials of College Rhetoric 3 Semester Credit Hours

Total: 13

Spring

AGSM 2303 - Welding and Metalwork 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 1302 - Advanced College Rhetoric 3 Semester Credit Hours
HIST 2300 - History of the United States to 1877 3 Semester Credit Hours
ANSC 1401 - General Animal Science 4 Semester Credit Hours
AAEC 2305 - Fundamentals of Agricultural and Applied Economics 3 Semester Credit Hours
(fulfills Social and Behavioral Sciences requirement)

Total: 16

Second Year

Fall

ACOM 2302 - Scientific Communications in Agriculture and Natural Resources 3 Semester Credit Hours
POLS 1301 - American Government 3 Semester Credit Hours
HIST 2301 - History of the United States since 1877 3 Semester Credit Hours
BIOL 1401 - Biology of Plants 4 Semester Credit Hours
OR
BIOL 1402 - Biology of Animals 4 Semester Credit Hours
Ag. Elective 3 Semester Credit Hours

Total: 16

Spring

AGED 3333 - Developing Secondary Agricultural Education Programs 3 Semester Credit Hours
COMS 2300 - Public Speaking 3 Semester Credit Hours
(fulfills Oral Communication requirement)
MATH 1320 - College Algebra 3 Semester Credit Hours
POLS 2306 - Texas Politics and Topics 3 Semester Credit Hours
Advanced Ag. Elective 3 Semester Credit Hours

Total: 15

Third Year

Fall

Creative Arts 3 Semester Credit Hours (select from the university core curriculum )
PSS 2432 - Principles and Practices in Soils 4 Semester Credit Hours
PSS 1411 - Principles of Horticulture 4 Semester Credit Hours
ANSC 3402 - Animal Breeding and Genetics 4 Semester Credit Hours
OR
PSS 3421 - Fundamental Principles of Genetics 4 Semester Credit Hours

Total: 15

Spring

ANSC 3305 - Applied Animal Nutrition 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGL 2307 - Introduction to Fiction 3 Semester Credit Hours
(fulfills Language, Philosophy, and Culture requirement)
AGED 4303 - Designing and Integrating the Agricultural Curriculum 3 Semester Credit Hours
AGSM 3304 - Systems in Agricultural Mechanics 3 Semester Credit Hours
MATH 2300 - Statistical Methods 3 Semester Credit Hours

Total: 15

Fourth Year

Fall

AGED 4404 - Methods of Teaching Agriscience in the Secondary School 4 Semester Credit Hours
AGED 4410 - Integrating Science into Agricultural Education 4 Semester Credit Hours
AGED 3100 - Introduction to Teaching Agricultural Education 1 Semester Credit Hours
AGSM 4303 - Laboratory Methods in Agricultural Systems Management 3 Semester Credit Hours
AGED 4312 - Managing a Classroom in Secondary Agricultural Education 3 Semester Credit Hours

Total: 15

Spring

EDLL 4382 - Adolescents, Multiliteracies, and Content Area Learning 3 Semester Credit Hours
AGED 4306 - Student Teaching 3 Semester Credit Hours
(will enroll in 9 SCH of AGED 4306)
AGED 4311 - Agricultural Education Senior Seminar 3 Semester Credit Hours

Texas Tech University Academic Catalog

Agricultural Education, B.S.: Teacher Certification Concentration

Recommended Curriculum

First Year

Fall

Total: 13

Spring

Total: 16

Second Year

Fall

Total: 16

Spring

Total: 15

Third Year

Fall

Total: 15

Spring

Total: 15

Fourth Year

Fall

Total: 15

Spring

Total: 15

Total Hours: 120