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

Programme overview

The M.S. in Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communications is a professional degree for training community and organizational developers, professional trainers, Extension agents, communications officers, educational assessment professionals, customer service specialists, and agriculture classroom teachers to address issues as they pertain to teaching and learning in and about food, agriculture, natural resources, and the environment.

Faculty: College of Agricultural, Consumer & Environmental Sciences | Study mode: full-time | Location: Champaign, IL, United States

What you will study

Required courses listed include ALEC 500 Foundations of Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communications; ALEC 510 Program Planning, Implementation and Evaluation; ALEC 505 Learner-Centered Instruction; AGCM 495 Communicating Science; HDFS 590 Advanced Research Methods.

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Entry requirements

We are looking for highly motivated students with strong academic records. Students with backgrounds in agriculture, education, behavioral or social sciences are especially encouraged to apply. The minimum undergraduate grade-point average for admission is 3.0 (A = 4.0). Applicants for the online/off-campus program are not required to take the Graduate Record Examination (GRE). International applicants from non-English-speaking countries must have official TOEFL scores of at least 575 (written version) or 233 (computer-based version) to be eligible for admission. To receive full consideration for admission (and financial aid opportunities if you are applying for the full-time, on-campus program), please apply by February 15 for possible admission the following fall semester. We utilize a rolling admission process for people applying to the part-time online MS Degree. Previous

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