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Teacher Certification - Non Majors

Concurrent Enrollment:

Certification to Teach High School Agricultural Education in Texas1

Basic Requirements

 GPA

●          2.5 or higher

 Agricultural Sciences Courses

●          TBA by an Advisor in the Department

 Required Education Courses 2

●          EDSE 4310       Learning, Cognition, & Instruction
●          EDSE 4322       Diversity and Learning
●          EDLL 4380        Literacy in the Content Area

Required Agricultural Systems Management (6 hours – Select any two below)

●          AGSM 2303      Welding and Metal Work
●          AGSM 3303      Engine Theory
●          AGSM 4302      Agricultural Buildings


 Agricultural Education Courses

●          AGED 2300      Introduction to Agricultural Education (Multicultural Course)
 ●          AGED 3313      Management of Supervised Agricultural Experiences
●          AGED 3331      Principles of Agricultural Leadership

 Student Teaching Block (1 Full Semester – 18 hours)

●          AGSM 4305      Conducting Agricultural Mechanics Programs
●          AGED 4304      Methods of Teaching Agricultural Science
●          AGED 4306      Student Teaching (9 hours)
 ●          EDSE 4311      Curriculum Development

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 1 Concurrent enrollment for most students in the following TTU academic departments:  (1) Range, Wildlife, and Fisheries Management; (2) Animal and Food Sciences; (3) Agricultural and Applied Economics; and (4) Plant and Soil Science.

 2Can be taken as graduate courses and included in M.S. in Agricultural Education either as a graduate student or as a final semester senior student (with appropriate GPA and approval of graduate school)