BS Agricultural Leadership, Education, & Communications at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Programme overview

The major in Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communications is for students wishing to pursue careers in various professional contexts. The major currently offers three concentrations. Agricultural Communications, where students will learn and apply communication skills in telling the story of food, agriculture, and the environment.

Faculty: College of Agricultural, Consumer & Environmental Sciences | Department: Agricultural Leadership, Education, & Communications | Duration: 126 credit hours | Study mode: full-time | Location: Champaign, IL, United States

What you will study

Requires 126 credit hours. Required courses listed include ALEC 110 Introduction to Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communications; ALEC 451 Professional Development in ALEC; AGCM 220 Communicating Agriculture; LEAD 340 Leadership Ethics & Society: Addressing Contemporary Challenges.

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Application information

Entry requirements

is to the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign through College of Agricultural, Consumer & Environmental Sciences; the catalogue entry lists no separate programme-specific admission requirements.

First-year students enter in the fall term; the first-year application opens September 1. Spring transfer admission is offered with an application deadline of October 1 and fall transfer admission with a final deadline of April 1.

First-year applications open September 1. Early Action deadline November 1 (materials by November 7); Regular deadline January 5 (materials by January 11). Early Action decisions by January 29; Regular decisions by February 26; commit deadline May 1.

Spring transfer: application opens September 1, deadline October 1, materials by October 15, online programmes deadline December 1. Fall transfer: opens January 15, priority deadline February 1, final deadline April 1 (materials by April 5), online programmes deadline July 15.

First-year applicants apply through the Common App. The application fee is $75, or an approved fee waiver sent by a counselor. The ACT and SAT are optional for all first-year applicants, including international students.

Graduate applicants apply online through the Graduate College application; deadlines and term availability are set by each programme. Medicine, law and veterinary medicine applicants apply directly to their colleges.

Apply through the official page: https://aces.illinois.edu/admissions

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