With a focus on disseminating scientific knowledge, agricultural education and communication professionals empower communities to gain a balanced understanding of food systems, natural resources, and related sciences. Agricultural Education and Communication students supplement core technical agriculture courses with teaching, leadership, or media experiences.
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To graduate with this major, students must complete all university, college, and major requirements.
Department Information
The UF/IFAS Department of Agricultural Education and Communication is a group of faculty, staff and students committed to connecting people with agriculture through agricultural communication, education, leadership development and Extension education. Website
Two specializations are offered: agricultural education, and communication and leadership development. Each requires core technical agriculture courses and preprofessional education. Department advisors help students in selecting appropriate electives.
Students will learn the knowledge and skills needed to educate individuals, enhance leadership in communities and organizations and communicate ideas and issues to different audiences. Through formal courses and internship experiences, students will learn to apply principles of communication and educational theory to work-based settings; to create, interpret and analyze written and oral messages and multimedia presentations used in agricultural and life sciences; and to educate and communicate agricultural issues effectively to various audiences.
Before Graduating Students Must
Agricultural education specialization: Achieve a passing grade on the state of Florida's Professional Knowledge Exam for teacher certification.
Communication and leadership development specialization: Achieve a minimum grade of C in AEC 4052, the communication and leadership development capstone experience, as evaluated by a committee of faculty.
Complete requirements for the baccalaureate degree, as determined by faculty.
Students Will Learn to
Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs)
Content
Describe, explain and apply fundamental pedagogical concepts, skills and processes.
Describe, explain and apply fundamental concepts, skills and processes in technical agriculture.
Critical Thinking
Analyze and apply data from multiple assessments and measures to diagnose students’ learning needs, inform instruction based on those needs and drive the learning process.
Critique and assess data-informed research to improve instruction and student achievement.
Communication
Demonstrate written communication forms in a manner appropriate in agricultural education.
Develop oral communication presentations in a manner appropriate in agricultural education.
