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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

Agricultural Education and Advocacy 4-Year Plan

The Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Education and Advocacy requires a minimum of 120 credit hours.

Suggested Four-Year Plan

Year 1

First Semester

CIS 110 - Composition and Communication I 3 Credit Hours
OR
WRD 110 - Composition and Communication I 3 Credit Hours
AEA 110 - Introduction to Agricultural Education and Advocacy 3 Credit Hours
UK Core - Quantitative Foundations Credit(s): 3
AFE 100 - Issues in Agriculture, Food and Environment 3 Credit Hours
ASC 101 - Domestic Animal Biology 3 Credit Hours

Second Semester

CIS 111 - Composition and Communication II 3 Credit Hours
OR
WRD 111 - Composition and Communication II 3 Credit Hours
ASC 102 - Introduction to Livestock and Poultry Production 3 Credit Hours
UK Core - Arts and Creativity Credit(s): 3
UK Core - Statistical Inferential Reasoning Credit(s): 3
UK Core - Global Dynamics Credit(s): 3

Year 2

First Semester

AEA 362 - Field Experience in Agricultural Education and Advocacy 3 Credit Hours
EDP 203 - Teaching Exceptional Learners in Regular Classrooms 3 Credit Hours
ECO 201 - Principles of Economics I 3 Credit Hours
UK Core - Humanities Credit(s): 3
UK Core - Social Sciences Credit(s): 3

Second Semester

AEC 302 - Agricultural Management Principles 4 Credit Hours
AEA 371 - Advising a Non-Profit Youth Organization 3 Credit Hours
AEN 252 - Fabrication and Construction for Technical Systems 3 Credit Hours
HDF 357 - Adolescent Development 3 Credit Hours
PLS 366 - Fundamentals of Soil Science 4 Credit Hours

Year 3

First Semester

AEA 580 - Foundations of Teaching Agricultural Education and Advocacy 3 Credit Hours
PLS 210 - The Life Processes of Plants 3 Credit Hours
OR
PLS 386 - Plant Production Systems 4 Credit Hours
AEN Course Credit(s): 3
ASC Course Credit(s): 3
UK Core - Natural, Physical and Mathematical Sciences Credit(s): 3

Second Semester

AEA 583 - The Art and Science of Curriculum Design and Assessment 3 Credit Hours
AEC Course Credit(s): 3
NRE or FOR Course Credit(s): 3
Agriculture Elective Credit(s): 1-3
Agriculture Elective Credit(s): 1-3

Year 4

First Semester

AEA 586 - Methods in Teaching and Advocating Agriculture 3 Credit Hours
Agriculture Elective Credit(s): 1-3
PLS Course Credit(s): 3
Elective Credit(s): 1-4
Elective Credit(s): 1-4
Elective Credit(s): 1-4

Second Semester

AEA 592 - Teaching Experience in Agricultural Education 12 Credit Hours