Faculty—Harbstreit, Harris
E-mail: srh@k-state.edu
www.coe.ksu.edu/ageducation/
Bachelor of science in agriculture
130 semester hours
Agricultural education involves the broad study of agriculture including a core of course work in agricultural economics, agronomy, animal science, agricultural technology management, and horticulture.
Agricultural education is designed for students who wish to meet requirements to teach agriculture in a public school setting or work in other areas where education and teaching are integral (i.e. extension, agribusiness, etc.). Graduates in this option meet Kansas State Board of Education licensure requirements.
Sixteen weeks during the second semester of the senior year are devoted to full-time student teaching.
Students must complete the university general education requirements specified by the College of Agriculture. See the College of Agriculture General Requirements section.
| Communications (8 hrs.) | ||
| ENGL 100 | Expository Writing I | 3 |
| ENGL 200 | Expository Writing II | 3 |
| SPCH 105 | Public Speaking | 2 |
| Humanities* (6 hrs.) | ||
| Social sciences* (6 hrs.) | ||
| *Specific courses are required to fulfill these categories. Check with your advisor. | ||
| Quantitative sciences (6 hrs.) | ||
| MATH 100 | College Algebra | 3 |
| or | ||
| Higher level math course | ||
| or | ||
| Grade of C or better of Algebra CLEP test | ||
| STAT 320 | Elements of Statistics | |
| Natural sciences (12 hrs.) | ||
| BIOL 198 | Principles of Biology | 4 |
| CHM 110 | General Chemistry | 3 |
| CHM 111 | General Chemistry Lab | 1 |
| HORT 201 | Principles of Horticultural Science | 4 |
| or | ||
| AGRON 220 | Crop Science | 4 |
| Agricultural science (19 hrs.) | ||
| AGEC 120 | Principles of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness | 3 |
| AGEC 308 | Farm and Ranch Management | 3 |
| or | ||
| AGEC 318 | Food and Agribusiness Management | 3 |
| HORT 350 | Plant Propagation | 3 |
| or | ||
| HORT 570 | Greenhouse Operation and Management | 3 |
| HORT 350 | Plant Propagation | 3 |
| ASI 102 | Principles of Animal Science | 3 |
| ASI 318 | Fundamentals of Nutrition | 3 |
| or | ||
| ASI 500 | Genetics | 3 |
| Agricultural technology management (7 hours) | ||
| ATM 160 | Engineered Systems/Technology Agriculture | 3 |
| ATM elective | 3 | |
| IMSE 252 | Welding Laboratory | 1 |
| Animal and food science and industry electives (6 hours) | ||
| Choose 6 hours from the following list (or course approved by your advisor) | ||
| GENAG 101 | Ag Orientation | 1 |
| GENAG 200 | Topics in Agriculture | 1 |
| GENAG 505 | Comparative Agriculture | 1 |
| GENAG 515 | Honors Presentation | 1 |
| ASI 105 | Animal Science and Industry | 1 |
| ASI 106 | Dairy/Poultry Science | 1 |
| ASI 303 | History Attitudes of Animal Use | 3 |
| ASI 310 | Poultry and Poultry Product Evaluation | 3 |
| ASI 315 | Livestock and Meat Evaluation | 3 |
| ASI 318 | Fundamentals of Nutrition | 3 |
| ASI 325 | Beginning Horse Evaluation | 2 |
| ASI 330 | Horse as a Window to the World | 3 |
| ASI 340 | Principles of Meat Science | 2 |
| ASI 350 | Meat Science | 3 |
| ASI 361 | Meat Animal Processing | 2 |
| or | ||
| ASI 370 | Principles of Meat Evaluation | 2 |
| ASI 385 | Wool Grading and Evaluation | 1 |
| ASI 396 | Dairy Cattle Judging | 2 |
| ASI 400 | Farm Animal Reproduction | 4 |
| ASI 450 | Principles of Livestock Selection | 2 |
| ASI 500 | Genetics | 3 |
| ASI 510 | Animal Breeding Principles | 3 |
| ASI 515 | Beef Science | 3 |
| ASI 520 | Companion Animal Management | 3 |
| ASI 521 | Horse Science | 3 |
| ASI 524 | Sheep Science | 3 |
| ASI 535 | Swine Science | 3 |
| ASI 595 | Contemporary Issues in ASI and Agriculture | 3 |
| FDSCI 302 | Introduction to Food Science | 3 |
| or | ||
| FDSCI 305 | Fundamentals of Food Processing | 3 |
| FDSCI 430 | Food Products Evaluation | 3 |
| ENTOM 305 | Animal Heath Entomology | 2 |
| ENTOM 306 | Animal Health Entomology Lab | 1 |
| Horticulture/agronomy/natural resource electives (6 hours) | ||
| Choose 6 hours from the following list (or course approved by your advisor) | ||
| GENAG 101 | Ag Orientation | 1 |
| GENAG 200 | Topics in Agriculture | 1 |
| GENAG 505 | Comparative Agriculure | 1 |
| GENAG 515 | Honors Presentation | 1 |
| HORT 210 | Concepts of Floral Design | 3 |
| HORT 275 | Concepts of Horticulture Design | 3 |
| HORT 350 | Plant Propagation | 3 |
| HORT 374 | Woody Plant Material I | 3 |
| HORT 375 | Woody Plant Material II | 3 |
| HORT 376 | Herbaceous Ornamental Plants | 3 |
| HORT 377 | Plants in the Interior Environment | 3 |
| HORT 508 | Landscape Maintenance | 3 |
| HORT 515 | Turf Management | 3 |
| HORT 520 | Fruit Production | 3 |
| HORT 560 | Vegetable Crop Production | 3 |
| AGRON 320 | Seed Technology | 3 |
| AGRON 330 | Weed Science | 3 |
| AGRON 335 | Environmental Quality | 3 |
| AGRON 340 | Grain Grading | 2 |
| AGRON 350 | Plant and Seed Identification | 2 |
| AGRON 360 | Crop Growth and Development | 3 |
| AGRON 375 | Soil Fertility | 3 |
| AGRON 385 | Soil Fertility Lab | 2 |
| AGRON 415 | Soils Judging | 1 |
| AGRON 450 | Crops Team | 2 |
| AGRON 501 | Range Management | 3 |
| AGRON 550 | Forage Management and Utilization | 3 |
| AGRON 551 | Forage Management Lab | 1 |
| AGRON 610 | Biotechnology | 3 |
| AGRON 630 | Principles of Crop Improvement | 3 |
| AGRON 635 | Soil Conservation and Management | 3 |
| ENTOM 300 | Economic Entomology | 2-3 |
| ENTOM 301 | Insects and People | 3 |
| ENTOM 312 | General Entomology | 2 |
| ENTOM 313 | General Entomology Lab | 1 |
| ENTOM 320 | Horticulture Entomology | 2-3 |
| FOR 375 | Introduction to Natural Resource Management | 3 |
| PLPTH 300 | Microbes, Plants, Human | 3 |
| PLPTH 500 | Principles of Plant Pathology | 3 |
| Ag economics and ag communications (3 hours) | ||
| Choose 3 hours from the following list (or course approved by your advisor) | ||
| AGEC 220 | Grain and Livestock Marketing Systems | 3 |
| AGEC 410 | Agricultural Policy | 3 |
| AGEC 415 | The Global Agriculural Economy, Hunger, and Poverty | 3 |
| AGEC 420 | Commodity Futures | 3 |
| AGEC 515 | Food and Agribusiness Marketing | 3 |
| AGEC 516 | Agricultural Law and Economics | 3 |
| AGEC 525 | Natural Resources and Environmental Economics | 3 |
| AGCOM 310 | Communicating in the Agriculture Industry | 3 |
| AGCOM 400 | Agricultural Business Communications | 3 |
| Pre-professional (13 hrs.) | ||
| EDSEC 300 | Introduction to Agricultural Education | 1 |
| EDSEC 310 | Foundations of Education | 3 |
| FSHS 110 | Introduction to Human Development | 3 |
| DED 318 | Instructional Media | 2 |
| EDSEC 620 | Principles and Philosophy Career and Technical Education | 3 |
| EDSEC 505 | Field Experience in Agricultural Education | 1 |
| Professional | ||
| *EDSEC 405 | Middle Level Education | 2 |
| Block I (8 hrs.) | ||
| EDCEP 315 | Educational Psychology | 3 |
| EDSP 323 | Exceptional Student in the Secondary School | 2 |
| EDSEC 376 | Core Teach Skills and Lab | 3 |
| Block II (16 hrs.) | ||
| EDCEP 525 | Interpersonal Relations in Schools | 1 |
| EDCIP455 | Teaching in a Multicultural Society | 1 |
| EDSEC 400 | Leadership and Professional Development | 2 |
| EDSEC 477 | Middle Level/Secondary Reading | 2 |
| EDSEC 500 | Methods of Teaching Agriculture | 3 |
| EDSEC 520 | Content and Reading Methods Lab | 1 |
| EDSEC 615 | Lab and Safety Techniques for Teaching Agriculture | 3 |
| EDSEC 621 | Program Planning in Agricultural Education | 3 |
| Block III (12 hrs.) | ||
| EDSEC 586 | Teaching Participation and Professional Development Seminar | 12 |
| Total | 130 | |
| *May be taken any time after admission to the teacher education program but must be completed before Block III. | ||