Agribusiness, Agricultural Education Certification, B.S.

Agriculture
Chaney Mosley, program coordinator
615-904-8037
chaney.mosley@mtsu.edu

Agribusiness majors seeking certification to teach agricultural education in secondary schools (grades 7-12) must complete (1) the Agribusiness major, (2) a minor in MTeach , and (3) professional agricultural education courses.

Academic Map

Following is a printable, suggested four-year schedule of courses:

Agribusiness, Agricultural Education Certification, B.S., Academic Map

Degree Requirements

True Blue Core (TBC)	41 hours
Major Requirements	43 hours
Agribusiness Core	13 hours
Major Courses	30 hours
Supporting Courses	17 hours*
MTeach Minor	30 hours
TOTAL	120-131 hours

*This program requires courses that can also fulfill requirements of the True Blue Core curriculum. If courses for this program are also used to fulfill True Blue Core requirements, the program of study may be completed in 120 hours.

True Blue Core (41 hours)

True Blue Core (TBC) requirements (shown in curricular listings below) include courses in the Foundational Skills areas of Written Communication (WC), Information Literacy (Info Lit), Non-Written Communication (NWC), and Quantitative Literacy (Quant Lit). Knowledge Domains include Human Society and Social Relationships (HSSR), Scientific Literacy (Sci Lit), Creativity and Cultural Expression (CCE), and History and Civic Learning (HCL), which include Discovery and Explorations categories. Students must choose at least one course from each Discovery category.

The following courses required by the major meet True Blue Core requirements:

PSCI 1030 /PSCI 1031 (Sci Lit)
BIOL 1030 /BIOL 1031 (Sci Lit)
ECON 2410 (HSSR)

Major Requirements (43 hours)

MTeach Minor (30 hours)

See MTeach minor for further information.

Curriculum: Agribusiness, Agricultural Education Certification

Freshman

MSE 1010 - Step 1: Inquiry Approaches to Teaching 1 credit hour
MSE 2010 - Step 2: Inquiry Lesson Design 1 credit hour
AGBS 1210 - Principles of Agribusiness 3 credit hours
AGRI 1000 - Orientation in Agriculture 1 credit hour
ANSC 1410 - Introduction to Animal Science 3 credit hours
AGED 2230 - Introduction to School-Based Agricultural Education 3 credit hours
ECON 2410 - Principles of Economics, Macroeconomics 3 credit hours (HSSR)
Written Communication 3 credit hours
Information Literacy 3 credit hours
Quantitative Literacy 3 to 4 credit hours
Creativity and Cultural Expression 3 credit hours
BIOL 1030 - Exploring Life 4 credit hours (Nat Sci) AND
BIOL 1031 - Exploring Life Lab 0 credit hours (Nat Sci)

Subtotal: 31-32 Hours

Sophomore

Non-Written Communication 3 credit hours
Creativity and Cultural Expression Literature 3 credit hours
Human Society and Social Relationships 3 credit hours
History and Civic Learning 6 credit hours
PSCI 1030 - Topics in Physical Science 4 credit hours (Nat/Sci) AND
PSCI 1031 - Topics in Physical Science Lab 0 credit hours (Sci Lit)
AGED 4000 - Foundations of Agricultural Engineering and Applied Technologies Education 3 credit hours
AGED 4230 - Program Planning in School-Based Agricultural Education 3 credit hours
AGRI 3010 - Debate and Discussion in Agricultural Contexts 3 credit hours
PLSO 1610 - Elements of Plant Science 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 31 Hours

Junior

AGED 4220 - Methods of Teaching Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources 3 credit hours
ANSC 3440 - Livestock Management 3 credit hours
PLSO 3340 - Fundamentals of Soil Science 3 credit hours
PLSO 3600 - Horticulture in Our Lives 3 credit hours OR
PLSO 4620 - Greenhouse Management 3 credit hours
AGBS 4150 - Agricultural Policy 3 credit hours OR
AGBS 4190 - International Agriculture 3 credit hours
AGBS electives 9 credit hours
Creativity and Cultural Expression 3 credit hours
YOED 3520 - Knowing and Learning in Science and Mathematics 3 credit hours
YOED 3550 - Classroom Interactions in Mathematics and Science 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 33 Hours

Senior

AGBS elective 3 credit hours
AGRI 4740 - Research Methods 3 credit hours
YOED 4040 - Residency I: MTeach 4 credit hours
YOED 4050 - Project-Based Instruction in Mathematics and Science 3 credit hours
YOED 4400 - Residency II 12 credit hours