Program: Agricultural Education, B.S.: Teacher Certification Concentration - Texas Tech University

Mar 29, 2025

2024-2025 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog

Communication Literacy Requirement. Communication Literacy courses for the Agricultural Education: Teacher Certification major are ACOM 2302 ; AGED 4303 , 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 2330 - Fundamental Concepts of Soil Science 3 Semester Credit Hours
PSS 1411 - Principles of Horticulture 4 Semester Credit Hours
Advanced Ag. Elective 3 Semester Credit Hours
Advanced Ag. Elective 3 Semester Credit Hours
(AGSM 3305 *, AAEC 3305 , PSS 3321 , ANSC production class)

Total: 16

Spring

ANSC 3305 - Applied Animal Nutrition 3 Semester Credit Hours †
OR
ANSC 3301 - Principles of Nutrition 3 Semester Credit Hours
Language, Philosophy, and Culture 3 Semester Credit Hours
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 4310 - Advanced Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE) Management 3 Semester Credit Hours *
AGED 4312 - Managing a Classroom in Secondary Agricultural Education 3 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 *

Total: 14

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 †

Total: 15

Total Hours: 120

* Fall only

† Spring only

‡ Recommended Summer Year 3

Agricultural Electives. Choose from the following prefixes: AAEC, ACOM, AGLS, ANSC, FDSC, LARC, NRM, PSS.