Master's of Extension Education Degree
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The Master's of
Extension Education degree is a non-thesis degree and is designed
primarily for people who currently (or would like to) work with the
cooperative extension service or in other informal education settings
such as the Peace Corps, international development, farm museums, rural
development, USDA, agricultural missionary work, sustainable
agriculture, nature centers, etc.
Student's gain an in depth knowledge of the context and content of
informal education with a major emphasis on extension education. This degree program is 36 semester hours in length. This program is designed to be completed on-campus. At least 27 of the hours must be completed on-campus. The other 9 hours can be completed by distance education. This is a non-thesis degree. Students applying to this progam must take the Graduate Record Exam (GRE). The requirements for the Master's of Extension Education degree are: 1. Complete the seven core required courses (21 hours)
Students can take 15 hours of elective courses. The courses are chosen based upon the career goals of the student. One could choose courses in Family and Consumer Science, Youth Development, Animal Science, Crop Science, Horticulture, Agricultural and Resource Economics, Entomology, Forestry, etc. The student can also take additional courses in agricultural and extension education. 3. Prepare a professional portfolioAs a part of the quality control
measures employed in the department and for USDA and Graduate School
evaluation purposes, all Master's students are required to have a
professional portfolio. This portfolio contains examples of the
student's work during the program and from work settings for those who
are currently employed in an informal education setting. This
portfolio will be presented to the
student's advisory committee during the Master's comprehensive exam.
Your advisor can provide more details about this requirement.
4. Complete the comprehensive Master's Examination There is 1 1/2 - 2 hour
oral comprehensive exam. This examination is based upon the student's
courses work and focuses on the ability to synthesize and apply the
information that has been taught. .
While you will probably never need to know this--the Graduate School code for this degree program is AEE (MR). A table comparing all five Master's degree programs offered by the Department of Agricultural and Extension Education can be found at http://www.ncsu.edu/cals/agexed/grad/masterschart.html. Return to the Graduate Degrees page |