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Master's of Agricultural
Education Degree
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
enrollingsimultaneously 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)
- 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
529
Curriculum
Development
in Agricultural and Extension Education (or
AEE 595E Program Planning in Agricultural Education)
- AEE
535
Teaching
Agriculture
in Public Schools
- AEE
578
Scientific
Inquiry
in Agricultural and Extension Education
2.
Complete 12 hours of subject matter courses
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:
- AEE 503 Youth Organization Management
- AEE 522 Experiential Learning in Agriculture
- AEE 595 Teaching Biotechnology
- AEE 530 Priority Management
- AEE 507 Comparative Agricultural and Extension Education
- AEE 560 Organizational and Administrative Leadership
- AEE 595V Marketing
3.
Complete 6 hours of elective courses
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.
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