BS Agricultural Education at Texas A&M University

Programme overview

This program prepares students to successfully work toward teacher certification, resulting in the ability to teach Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources (AFNR) classes in a secondary school setting. The Agricultural Education curriculum includes a combination of courses in scientific agriculture and professional education that will meet requirements for employment and advanced study in careers emphasizing formal and informal programs of education. A student following this curriculum must meet the requirements of admission to the teacher education program as determined by the State of Texas.

Faculty: College of Agriculture and Life Sciences | Department: Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communications | Duration: 120 semester credit hours | Study mode: full-time | Location: College Station, TX, United States

What you will study

Graduation requirements include a requirement for 3 hours of International and Cultural Diversity courses and 3 hours of Cultural Discourse courses. A course satisfying a Core category, a college/department requirement, or a free elective can be used to satisfy this requirement. See an academic advisor. Course list includes AGEC 105 Introduction to Agricultural Economics; ECON 202 Principles of Economics; ECON 203 Principles of Economics; FINP 235 Foundations of Money Education; ANSC 107 General Animal Science; ANSC 108 General Animal Science Laboratory. The plan of study totals 120 semester credit hours.

Career pathways

The Agricultural Education curriculum includes a combination of courses in scientific agriculture and professional education that will meet requirements for employment and advanced study in careers emphasizing formal and informal programs of education. In addition to teaching in a secondary agriculture program, career options may include working as an agricultural extension agent, working for a marketing agency or ag

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Application information

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

First-year students can enter in Fall or Spring; transfer students can enter in Spring, Summer or Fall (Summer and Fall cannot both be applied for in the same year).

First-year, College Station: Fall applications open August 1 and close December 1 (additional required and optional documents due December 15); Spring applications close October 15. McAllen: Fall deadline March 1, Spring deadline October 15. Galveston: Fall deadline May 1, Spring deadline December 1. The non-refundable application fee is $75. Applications are made through Common App or ApplyTexas. Texas A&M is test optional: ACT or SAT scores are not required for first-year applicants.

Transfer applicants: Spring applications open August 1 and close October 15 (College Station, McAllen, Fort Worth) or December 1 (Galveston). Summer and Fall applications open January 1; the Fall deadline is March 1 (College Station, Fort Worth, McAllen) or July 1 (Galveston); the Summer deadline for Galveston is May 1.

Apply through the official page: https://admissions.tamu.edu/

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