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Master's of Extension
Education Degree
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)
- AEE
501
Foundations
of
Agricultural
and Extension Education
- AEE
505
Trends
and
Issues
in Agricultural and Extension Education
- AEE
526
Information
Technologies
in
Agricultural and Extension Education
- AEE
521
Program
Planning
in
Extension Education
- AEE
523
Adult
Education
in
Agriculture
- AEE
577
Program
Evaluation
in
Agricultural and Extension Education
- AEE
578
Scientific
Inquiry
in
Agricultural and Extension Education
2.
Complete 15 hours of electives
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 portfolio
As 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.
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