Admission Requirements:
Students seeking admission into the Master of Science in Agriculture with a major in Agricultural Education must meet the admission requirements of the Graduate School and the specific program requirements. In addition, applicants must have completed a minimum of 18 semester hours of professional education courses including the requirements for a valid teaching certificate based on a four-year teacher education program. Applicants who do not meet the requirements for a valid teaching certificate based on a four-year teacher education program will be required to complete the undergraduate courses required for such a certificate. These courses may be completed concurrently with graduate work, but must be completed before the student is admitted to candidacy for the degree.

For unconditional admission, academic proficiency must be established through satisfaction of either of the following admission selection criteria:

1.    A minimum cumulative undergraduate grade point average of 3.00 (or 3.25 on the last 60 hours) and a raw score of at least 30 on the Miller Analogies Test (MAT) or a minimum score of 790 on the combined verbal and quantitative sections of the Graduate Record Examination (GRE).

2.    A minimum cumulative undergraduate grade point average of 2.75 (or 3.00 on the last 60 hours) and a raw score of at least 35 on the MAT or a minimum score of 820 on the combined verbal and quantitative sections of the GRE.

For conditional admission, academic proficiency must be established through satisfaction of either of the following admission selection criteria:

1.   The total undergraduate GPA is 2.50 AND when the undergraduate GPA is multiplied by 10 and then multiplied by the MAT score the total is at least 600.

2.   The total undergraduate GPA is at least 2.50 AND when the undergraduate GPA is multiplied by the GRE score the total is at least 1850.

• Courses required of all candidates:

  College of Education Core Courses Required of All Areas of Emphasis (9 hours)

  o    EDFN 6763, Philosophies of Education

  o    EDFN 6773, Introduction to Statistics and Research

  o    PSY 6513, Advanced Educational Psychology

  Courses in the Major (9 hours)

  o    VOED 6513, History and Principles of Vocational Education

  o    VOED 6573, Introduction to Research and Evaluation in Vocational Education

  o    VOED 5443, Advanced Methods of Teaching in Career and Technical Education

  Technical Agriculture Courses (9 hours)

  o    Nine Hours of Technical Agriculture

  Thesis or Non-Thesis Option: Six hours of the total hours required of a degree                                                            may be thesis

  o    Thesis Option: Six hours of Thesis

  o    Non-Thesis Option: Three hours of Non-Thesis Research Experience (AGRI 6393) AND three hours of elective coursework

Minimum hours required for this program: 33

  For further information, you may contact our Agricultural Education faculty members:  

COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE GRADUATE COURSE DESCRIPTIONS