Master's of Agricultural
Education Degree
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The Master's of
Agricultural Education degree is a non-thesis degree and is designed
primarily for people who currently (or would like to) teach agriculture
at the middle school, high school and/or community college level.
Student's gain an in depth knowledge of the context and content of
school-based agricultural 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. Upon completion of the program, the student will receive the Master's degree and can also apply for the Master's (M) teaching license from the state of North Carolina (one has to apply for the teaching license-it does not automatically happen). It should be noted that one has to first have the initial teaching license (the "A") before applying for the "M". If one does not have the "A" license it is possible to work on that license while in the graduate program. This is done by enrolling simultaneously in the NCSU LEAP program. 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 Agricultural Education degree are: 1. Complete the six core required courses (18 hours)
In order to
qualify for the advanced (M) teaching license in North Carolina, one
must
complete 12 hours of course work that can be classified as subject
matter
or technical courses. The Department of Agricultural and Extension
Education
defines subject matter courses to be those containing substantial
content
that could be taught to high school agricultural students. Therefore
nearly
any course taught in the traditional fields of agriculture such as
Animal
Science, Crop Science, Horticulture, Agricultural and Resource
Economics,
Entomology, Forestry, etc. fit this definition. There are some courses
that
are taught within the Department that also contain content that could
be
taught to high school agricultural students. The AEE courses that
qualify
as subject matter courses include:
Students may choose
any six hours of courses they desire.
4. Prepare a teaching portfolio In order
to
qualify for the advanced (M) teaching license in North Carolina, one
must
prepare a teaching portfolio. This portfolio will be presented to the
student's advisory committee during the Master's comprehensive exam.
More detail about this requirement can be found at http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/agexed/graede/portfolio.html
5. 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.
If a student wants the content of this degree but does not desire teacher certification, the student's graduate committee can approve appropriate modifications to the degree requirements. While you will probably never need to know--the Graduate School code for this degree program is ATE(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 |