ALEC Undergraduate Programs

Programs/Options

A degree in agricultural education is designed to prepare students with the necessary communication and interpersonal skills, leadership training, and knowledge of technical agriculture to be a teacher of agricultural education at the secondary or postsecondary level, or accept employment in agribusiness leading to positions in training and/or development. The degree provides good preparation for work in agricultural extension, positions in foreign service, and agricultural educators in business and industry. Many students graduate with a dual degree in agricultural education and another degree in the College. Agricultural education students may elect to follow the teaching options or the leadership option.

Minors

You could develop an understanding of the importance of communication in addressing 21st Century global issues related to food, fiber, fuel, and water; develop a level of self-awareness as well as the cognitive and emotional ability to effectively work with people from diverse back grounds and perspectives, or be better prepared to assume leadership roles in business and industry as well as in communities. You can do all this and more with an ALEC minor!