Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communication
Description
General Information
A degree in agricultural leadership, education and communication is designed to prepare students with the necessary communication and interpersonal skills, leadership training, and knowledge of technical agriculture, natural resources, and environmental sciences for employment in agribusiness leadership training and/or development, teaching school based agricultural education, and/or careers in communications, advocacy, and public service. The core curriculum gives students a balanced education in communications, leadership development and the teaching and learning process.
Options
Each ALEC student studies a core curriculum that provides a comprehensive approach to human development through leadership, education and communication preparing for a wide range of careers in the human sciences. In addition to the core, there are four different options from which students can choose an area of focus that meets their individual interests and career objectives. These options include:
Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Communication
Leadership
Agricultural Education*
Skilled and Technical Sciences*
*Both agricultural education and skilled and technical sciences options lead to a recommendation for Nebraska teacher certification.
Major Department Admission
(Applies only to agricultural education and skilled and technical sciences options)
Student admission to the teacher education program in the Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communication requires successful completion of ALEC 494 Undergraduate Seminar in Agricultural Education at least six months prior to student teaching. Student teaching is conducted off campus through university-approved agreements with cooperating secondary schools. Plans for student teaching must be made early.
To be admitted into the student teaching program candidates must have:
- A minimum scholastic grade point average of 2.75, including no grades lower than C within the endorsement area and no grade lower than C+ within professional education courses.
- Passing scores within PRAXIS I SERIES – Core Academic Skills (reading, writing, and mathematics).
- One thousand (1,000) hours of verified paid work experience within their intended teaching endorsement area or 300 hours of supervised employment under the direction of a University of Nebraska–Lincoln academic unit.
ALEC 431 Student Teaching is available as Pass/No Pass only. Meet with your advisor to plan for your student teaching experience.
Nebraska Teaching Certificate Requirements
To qualify for a Nebraska Department of Education (NDE) issued teaching certificate a student must successfully complete the teaching endorsement requirements. NDE also requires a passing score on the corresponding PRAXIS II SERIES Content Area Test and an institutional verification from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln Certification Officer.
Such certification will include a broad field endorsement to teach either secondary agricultural education or skilled and technical science (6-12). The choice is available to students completing an agricultural education endorsement to complete additional coursework qualifying for subject endorsement in biology.
Students in other agricultural degree programs may qualify based upon meeting endorsement and teaching certificate requirements.
Criminal History/Background Check
Effective August 2012, individuals enrolled in any Nebraska teacher education course requiring a practicum experience in schools or other institutions must have successfully completed a background review prior to any practicum visitations. Two successful background checks will be required during your teacher preparation program; one prior to your initial practicum experience and a second prior to your student teaching field experience. If any new charges or convictions are acquired after a background check has been completed, students are required to report those to the Director of Field Experiences immediately after the event occurs. Depending upon the infraction or change, an additional background check may be required at your cost. For more information, contact Tylee Hanson (thanson9@unl.edu). You are obligated to immediately report a change in criminal history. Background reviews must be completed through the CEHS vendor. See your advisor or practicum course instructor for the necessary details to request and complete a background review.
College Requirements
College Admission
Requirements for admission into the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources (CASNR) are consistent with general University admission requirements (one unit equals one high school year): 4 units of English, 4 units of mathematics, 3 units of natural sciences, 3 units of social sciences, and 2 units of world language. Students must also meet performance requirements: a 3.0 cumulative high school grade point average OR an ACT composite of 20 or higher, writing portion not required OR a score of 1040 or higher on the SAT Critical Reading and Math sections OR rank in the top one-half of graduating class; transfer students must have a 2.0 (on a 4.0 scale) cumulative grade point average and 2.0 on the most recent term of attendance.
Admission Deficiencies/Removal of Deficiencies
Students who are admitted to CASNR with core course deficiencies must remove these deficiencies within the first 30 credit hours at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, or within the first calendar year at Nebraska, whichever takes longer, excluding foreign languages. Students have up to 60 credit hours to remove world language deficiencies. College-level coursework taken to remove deficiencies may be used to meet degree requirements in CASNR.
Deficiencies in the required entrance subjects can be removed by the completion of specified courses in the University or by correspondence.
The Office of Admissions, Alexander Building (south entrance), City Campus, provides information to new students on how deficiencies can be removed.
College Degree Requirements
Curriculum Requirements
The curriculum requirements of the College consist of three areas: ACE (Achievement-Centered Education), College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources Core, and Degree Program requirements and electives. All three areas of the College Curriculum Requirements are incorporated within the description of the Major/Degree Program sections of the catalog. The individual major/degree program listings of classes ensures that a student will meet the minimum curriculum requirements of the College.
World Languages/Language Requirement
Two units of a world language are required. This requirement is usually met with two years of high school language.
Experiential Learning
All undergraduates in the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources must take an Experiential Learning (EL) designated course. This may include 0-credit courses designed to document co-curricular activities recognized as Experiential Learning.
Minimum Hours Required for Graduation
The College grants the bachelors degree in programs associated with agricultural sciences, natural resources, and related programs. Students working toward a degree must earn at least 120 semester hours of credit. A minimum cumulative grade point average of C (2.0 on a 4.0 scale) must be maintained throughout the course of studies and is required for graduation. Some degree programs have a higher cumulative grade point average required for graduation. Please check the degree program on its graduation cumulative grade point average.
Grade Rules
Removal of C-, D, and F Grades
Only the most recent letter grade received in a given course will be used in computing a student’s cumulative grade point average if the student has completed the course more than once and previously received a grade or grades below C in that course.
The previous grade (or grades) will not be used in the computation of the cumulative grade point average, but it will remain a part of the academic record and will appear on any transcript.
A student can remove from his/her cumulative average a course grade of C-, D+, D, D-, or F if the student repeats the same course at the University of Nebraska and receives a grade other than P (pass), I (incomplete), N (no pass), W (withdrew), or NR (no report). If a course is no longer being offered, it is not eligible for the revised grade point average computation process.
For complete procedures and regulations, see the Office of the University Registrar website at http://www.unl.edu/regrec/course-repeats.
Pass/No Pass
Students in CASNR may take any course offered on a Pass/No Pass basis within the 24-hour limitation established by the Faculty Senate. However, a department may specify that the Pass/No Pass status of its courses be limited to non-majors or may choose to offer some courses for letter grades only.
GPA Requirements
A minimum cumulative grade point average of C (2.0 on a 4.0 scale) must be maintained throughout the course of studies and is required for graduation. Some degree programs have a higher cumulative grade point average required for graduation. Please check the degree program on its graduation cumulative grade point average.
Transfer Credit Rules
To be considered for admission a transfer student, Nebraska resident or nonresident, must have an accumulated average of C (2.0 on a 4.0 scale) and a minimum C average in the last semester of attendance at another college. Transfer students who have completed less than 12 credit hours of college study must submit either ACT or SAT scores.
Ordinarily, credits earned at an accredited college are accepted by the University. The College, however, will evaluate all hours submitted on an application for transfer and reserves the right to accept or reject any of them. Sixty (60) is the maximum number of hours the University will accept on transfer from a two-year college. Ninety (90) is the maximum number of hours the University will accept from a four-year college. Transfer credit in the degree program must be approved by the degree program advisor on a Request for Substitution Form to meet specific course requirements, group requirements, or course level requirements in the major. At least 9 hours in the major field, including the capstone course, must be completed at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln regardless of the number of hours transferred.
The College will accept no more than 10 semester hours of C-, D+, D, and D- grades from other schools. The C-, D+, D, and D- grades can only be applied to free electives. This policy does not apply to the transfer of grades from UNO or UNK to the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.
Joint Academic Transfer Programs
The College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources has agreements with many institutions to support joint academic programs. The transfer programs include dual degree programs and cooperative degree programs. Dual degree programs offer students the opportunity to receive a degree from a participating institution and also to complete the requirements for a bachelor of science degree in CASNR. Cooperative programs result in a single degree from either the University of Nebraska–Lincoln or the cooperating institution.
Dual Degree Programs
A to B Programs
The A to B Program, a joint academic program offered by the CASNR and participating community colleges, allows students to complete the first two years of a degree program at the participating community college and continue their education and study in a degree program leading toward a bachelor of science degree.
The A to B Program provides a basic knowledge plus specialized coursework. Students transfer into CASNR with junior standing.
Depending on the community college, students enrolled in the A to B Program may complete the requirements for an associate of science at the community college, transfer to the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, and work toward a bachelor of science degree.
Participating community colleges include:
- Central Community College
- Metropolitan Community College
- Mid-Plains Community College
- Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture
- Nebraska Indian Community College
- Northeast Community College
- Southeast Community College
- Western Nebraska Community College
3+2 Programs
Two specialized degree programs in animal science and veterinary science are offered jointly with an accredited college or school of veterinary medicine. These two programs permit CASNR animal science or veterinary science students to receive a bachelor of science degree from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln with a degree in animal science or veterinary science after successfully completing two years of the professional curriculum in veterinary medicine at an accredited veterinary school. Students who successfully complete the 3+2 Program, must provide transcripts and complete the Application for Degree form via MyRED. Students without MyRED access may apply for graduation in person at Husker Hub in the Canfield Administration Building, or by mail. Students should discuss these degree programs with their academic advisor.
Cooperative Degree Programs
Academic credit from the University and a cooperating institution are applied towards a four-year degree from either the University of Nebraska–Lincoln (University degree-granting program) or the cooperating institution (non-University degree-granting program). All have approved programs of study.
UNL Degree-Granting Programs
A University of Nebraska–Lincoln degree-granting program is designed to provide students the opportunity to complete a two-year program of study at one of the four-year institutions listed below, transfer to CASNR, and complete the requirements for a bachelor of science degree.
Chadron State College. Chadron State College offers a 2+2 program leading to a grassland ecology and management degree program and a transfer program leading to a bachelor of science in agricultural education in the teaching option.
Wayne State College. Wayne State College offers a 3+1 program leading to a bachelor of science in plant biology in the ecology and management option and a 3+1 program leading to a bachelor of science in Applied Science.
University of Nebraska at Kearney. Transfer programs are available for students pursuing degree programs leading to a bachelor of science degree.
University of Nebraska at Omaha. Transfer programs are available for students pursuing degree programs leading to a bachelor of science degree.
Non University of Nebraska–Lincoln Degree-Granting Programs
CASNR cooperates with other institutions to provide coursework that is applied towards a degree at the cooperating institution. Pre-professional programs offered by CASNR allow students to complete the first two or three years of a degree program at the University prior to transferring and completing a degree at the cooperating institution.
Chadron State College–Range Science. The 3+1 Program in range science allows Chadron State College students to pursue a range science degree through Chadron State College. Students complete three years of coursework at Chadron State College and one year of specialized range science coursework (32 credit hours) at CASNR.
Dordt College (Iowa)–Agricultural Education: Teaching Option. This program allows students to pursue an Agricultural Education Teaching Option degree leading toward a bachelor of science in agricultural education. Students at Dordt College will complete 90 credit hours in the Agricultural Education: Teaching Option Transfer Program.
Residency
Students must complete at least 30 of the total hours for their degree using University of Nebraska–Lincoln credits. At least 18 of the 30 credit hours must be in courses offered through CASNR1 (>299) including the appropriate ACE 10 degree requirement or an approved ACE 10 substitution offered through another Nebraska college and excluding independent study regardless of the number of hours transferred. Credit earned during education abroad may be used toward the residency requirement if students register through the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and participate in prior-approved education abroad programs. The University of Nebraska–Lincoln open enrollment and summer independent study courses count toward residence.
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Includes courses taught by CASNR faculty through interdisciplinary prefixes (e.g., LIFE, MBIO, ENVR, SCIL, EAEP, HRTM, ENSC) and CASNR crosslisted courses taught by non-CASNR faculty.
Online and Distance Education
There are many opportunities to earn college credit online through the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Some of these credits may be applicable not only as elective credits but also toward the fulfillment of the College’s education requirements. Credits earned online may count toward residency. However, certain offerings may not be counted toward scholarship requirements or academic recognition criteria.
For further information, contact:
Office of Online and Distance Education
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
305 Brace Labs
Lincoln, NE 68588-0109
402-472-4681
http://online.unl.edu/
Independent Study Rules
Students wishing to take part in independent studies must obtain permission; complete and sign a contract form; and furnish copies of the contract to the instructor, advisor, departmental office, and the Dean’s Office. The contract should be completed before registration. Forms are available in 103 Agricultural Hall or online at the CASNR website.
Independent study projects include research, literature review or extension of coursework under the supervision and evaluation of a departmental faculty member.
Students may only count 12 hours of independent study toward their degrees and no more than 6 hours can be counted during their last 36 hours earned, excluding senior thesis, internships, and courses taught under an independent study number.
Other College Degree Requirements
Capstone Course Requirement
A capstone course is required for each CASNR degree program. A capstone course is defined as a course in which students are required to integrate diverse bodies of knowledge to solve a problem or formulate a policy of societal importance.
ACE Requirements
All students must fulfill the Achievement Centered Education (ACE) requirements. Information about the ACE program may be viewed at ace.unl.edu.
The minimum requirements of CASNR reflect the common core of courses that apply to students pursuing degrees in the college. Students should work with an advisor to satisfy ACE outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 10 with the college requirements.
Catalog Rule
Students must fulfill the requirements stated in the catalog for the academic year in which they are first admitted to the University of Nebraska–Lincoln or when they were first admitted to a Joint Academic Transfer Program. Students transferring from a community college, but without admission to a Joint Academic Transfer Program, may be eligible to fulfill the requirements as stated in the catalog for an academic year in which they were enrolled at the community college prior to attending the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. This decision should be made in consultation with academic advisors, provided the student a) was enrolled in a community college during the catalog year they are utilizing, b) maintained continuous enrollment at the previous institution for 1 academic year or more, and c) continued enrollment at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln within 1 calendar year from their last term at the previous institution. In consultation with advisors, a student may choose to follow a subsequent catalog for any academic year in which they are admitted to and enrolled as a degree-seeking student at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources. Students must complete all degree requirements from a single catalog year. The catalog which a student follows for degree requirements may not be more than 10 years old at the time of graduation.
Learning Outcomes
Graduates of agricultural leadership, education and communication will be able to:
- Demonstrate effective written, visual, and oral communication to communicate to diverse audiences about agricultural and environmental sciences.
- Apply leadership knowledge, skills, and competencies to analyze, evaluate, and solve issues effectively with people from diverse backgrounds and perspectives in complex and global environments.
- Design and deliver an instructional program that will engage an audience, meet identified learning objectives, and assess learning.
- Demonstrate critical thinking, problem solving, and reflective skills to become life-long learners and engage in continual professional growth.
Graduates in the agricultural and environmental sciences communication option will be able to:
- Demonstrate competence in visual and written communication techniques.
- Apply communication concepts, theories, and principles of critical thinking to real world issues facing agriculture and the environment.
- Understand diverse perspectives related to food, fuel, water, landscapes, and people in Nebraska, nationally and globally.
- Communicate agricultural and environmental science information in lay language to targeted audiences.
Graduates in the agricultural education option will be able to:
- Understand the central concepts, tools of inquiry, and structures of the disciplines he or she teaches and can create learning experiences that make these aspects of subject matter meaningful for students.
- Understand how children learn and develop and can provide learning opportunities that support their intellectual, social, and personal development.
- Understand how students differ in their approaches to learning and create instructional opportunities that are adapted to diverse learners.
- Understand and use a variety of instructional strategies to encourage student’s development of critical thinking, problem solving, and performance skills.
- Use an understanding of individual and group motivation and behavior to create a learning environment that encourages positive social interaction, active engagement in learning, and self-motivation.
- Use knowledge of effective verbal, nonverbal, and media communication techniques to foster active inquiry, collaboration, and supportive interaction in the classroom.
- Plan instruction based upon knowledge of subject manner, students, the community, and curriculum goals.
- Understand and use formal and informal assessment strategies to evaluate and ensure the continuous intellectual, social, and physical development of the learner.
- Be a reflective practitioner who continually evaluates the effects of his/her choices and actions on others (students, parents and other professionals in the learning community) and who actively seeks out opportunities to grow professionally.
Graduates in the skilled and technical sciences option will be able to:
- Understand the central concepts, tools of inquiry, and structures of the disciplines he or she teaches and can create learning experiences that make these aspects of subject matter meaningful for students.
- Understand how children learn and develop and can provide learning opportunities that support their intellectual, social, and personal development.
- Understand how students differ in their approaches to learning and create instructional opportunities that are adapted to diverse learners.
- Understand and use a variety of instructional strategies to encourage student’s development of critical thinking, problem solving, and performance skills.
- Use an understanding of individual and group motivation and behavior to create a learning environment that encourages positive social interaction, active engagement in learning, and self-motivation.
- Use knowledge of effective verbal, nonverbal, and media communication techniques to foster active inquiry, collaboration, and supportive interaction in the classroom.
- Plan instruction based upon knowledge of subject manner, students, the community, and curriculum goals.
- Understand and use formal and informal assessment strategies to evaluate and ensure the continuous intellectual, social, and physical development of the learner.
- Be a reflective practitioner who continually evaluates the effects of his/her choices and actions on others (students, parents and other professionals in the learning community) and who actively seeks out opportunities to grow professionally.
Graduates in the leadership option will be able to:
- Apply knowledge of leadership theories, models, and behaviors to solve problems in agricultural and environmental sciences fields and beyond.
- Develop competence to apply leadership skills at the individual, team, and organizational/community levels.
- Develop critical thinking skills to analyze and evaluate leadership issues in complex and global environments.
- Develop a level of self-awareness as well as the cognitive and emotional ability to effectively work with and develop people from diverse backgrounds and perspectives.
- Develop and implement a personal plan for transfer of knowledge, skills, and behaviors gained to career/professional life via a guided capstone internship.
Major Requirements
Core Requirements
The following basic courses are required for majors in agricultural leadership, education, and communication. In addition, students must select and meet requirements of one of the ALEC options, depending on their own individual interests and career objectives.
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| College Integrative Courses (ACE 8) | ||
| SCIL 101 | Science and Decision-Making for a Complex World | 3 |
| Credit Hours Subtotal: | 3 | |
| Departmental Requirements | ||
| ALEC 102 | Interpersonal Skills for Leadership (ACE 2) | 3 |
| ALEC 300 | Teaching and Learning Design | 3 |
| ALEC 305 | Presentation Strategies to Communicate Agricultural and Environmental Sciences | 3 |
| Credit Hours Subtotal: | 9 | |
| Communications | ||
| Written Communication (ACE 1) | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Writing and Inquiry | ||
| Writing and Argument | ||
| Writing and Communities | ||
| Technical Communication I 2 | ||
| Technical Communication II 2 | ||
| Fundamentals of Editing and Reporting II 1 | ||
| Credit Hours Subtotal: | 3 | |
| Mathematics and Statistics (beyond college algebra) (ACE 3) | ||
| Select 5-6 hours of the following (depending on option): | 5-6 | |
| Statistics | ||
| Trigonometry | ||
| College Algebra and Trigonometry 3 | ||
| Applied Calculus | ||
| Calculus I | ||
| Contemporary Mathematics | ||
| Introduction to Statistics 4 | ||
| Statistical Methods | ||
| Natural Sciences (ACE 4) | 8 | |
| Agricultural Education Option must select 8 credits, one from CASNR Approved Life Sciences category and one from the Chemistry category. | ||
| Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Communication option must select 8 credits from 2 of 3 science categories with at least one course from CASNR Approved Life Sciences. | ||
| Leadership Option must select 8 credits from 2 of 3 science categories. | ||
| Skilled and Technical Sciences Option must select 8 credits from 2 of 3 science categories. | ||
| CASNR Approved Life Sciences | ||
| Plant Science and Agronomic Plant Science Laboratory | ||
| Plant Science and Horticultural Plant Science Laboratory | ||
| Plant Science and Plant Sciences Laboratory | ||
| General Biology and General Biology Laboratory 5 | ||
| Fundamentals of Biology I and Fundamentals of Biology I laboratory 5 | ||
| Insect Biology and Insect Identification | ||
| Chemistry | ||
| Chemistry in Context I and Chemistry in Context I Laboratory | ||
| General Chemistry I and General Chemistry I Laboratory | ||
| Physics | ||
| Physical Principles in Agriculture and Life Sciences 6 | ||
| Elementary General Physics I | ||
| Elements of Physics | ||
| General Physics I | ||
| Credit Hours Subtotal: | 13 | |
| Economics, Humanities and Social Sciences | ||
| Select one of the following (ACE 6): | 3 | |
| Introduction to the Economics of Agriculture 7 | ||
| Economic Essentials and Issues | ||
| Principles of Macroeconomics | ||
| Principles of Microeconomics | ||
| Select 3 hours of Humanities (ACE 5) | 3 | |
| Select 3 hours of Arts (ACE 7) | 3 | |
| Select 3 hours of Global Awareness & Diversity (ACE 9) | 3 | |
| Free Electives | 0-26 | |
| Required Option (includes ACE 10) | 65-82 | |
| Credit Hours Subtotal: | 92 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 120 | |
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Not an approved course for the Leadership option.
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Not approved courses for Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Communication option.
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If MATH 103 is taken, only 2 credit hours can be counted toward this requirement.
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STAT 218 is required for Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Communication option.
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Available for Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Communication and Leadership options only.
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AGST 109 available for Leadership option only.
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AECN 141 or ECON 212 required for Agricultural Education option.
Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Communication Option
This option prepares students for careers in communications, advocacy, and public service roles in the agricultural, natural resources, and environmental disciplines. Degree requirements provide students with a broad education combining skills and knowledge in agricultural, environmental, and natural resources sciences; the social sciences; and mass communications. The agricultural and environmental sciences communication core provides an introduction to the areas of competence required of a professional communicator. Graduates of this program are also qualified to pursue careers in public relations and public service in government agencies, nonprofits, and private organizations. The program’s general education requirements provide students with a well-rounded introduction to science, communications, humanities, and the social sciences. The agricultural and environmental sciences communication core provides an introduction to the areas of competence required of a professional communicator.
A minimum cumulative grade point average of C (2.0 on a 4.0 scale) must be maintained throughout the course of study and is required for graduation.
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required ALEC Courses | ||
| ALEC 90 | Orientation to Agricultural & Environmental Sciences Communication | 0 |
| ALEC 136 | Fundamentals of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Communication | 3 |
| ALEC 207 / ADPR 207 | Communicating Science with Public Audiences | 3 |
| ALEC 260 | Introduction to Digital Media in Agricultural and Environmental Sciences | 3 |
| ALEC 307 | Advanced Strategic Writing for Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Communication | 3 |
| ALEC 350 | Agriculture, the Environment & Science in the Media | 3 |
| ALEC 388 / AECN 388 | Ethics in Agriculture and Natural Resources (ACE 8) | 3 |
| ALEC 481 | Editing and Publishing Capstone Experience in Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Communication | 1 |
| ALEC 495B | Internship in Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Communication | 2 |
| Select an additional course in ACE 6: | 3 | |
| Introduction to Anthropology | ||
| Introduction to Psychology | ||
| Introduction to Sociology | ||
| Advanced AESC Skills Course | ||
| ALEC 360 | Advanced Visual Communication for Agricultural and Environmental Sciences | 3 |
| or ALEC 361 | Video and Audio Production for Communicating Agricultural and Environmental Sciences | |
| Strategic Communication Courses | ||
| Select 6 hours from the following: | 6 | |
| Special Topics | ||
| Digital Imaging and Storytelling in Agriculture and Natural Resources | ||
| Independent Study in Communications | ||
| Issues Management and Crisis Communications in Agricultural and Environmental Sciences | ||
| Public Information Campaigns | ||
| Leadership and Diversity in Organizations and Communities | ||
| Leadership and Motivation | ||
| Strategy Development for Advertising and Public Relations | ||
| Credit Hours Subtotal: | 33 | |
| Required Supporting Courses | ||
| ADPR 151 | Introduction to Advertising and Public Relations | 3 |
| JOUR 200A | Fundamentals of Editing and Reporting I | 3 |
| Capstone Course (ACE 10) | ||
| ALEC 480 | Capstone Experience in Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Communication | 3 |
| CASNR Minor | 15-18 | |
| Additional CASNR Courses 1 | ||
| Complete 15 hours of coursework in any CASNR department. Select in consultation with advisor. | 15 | |
| Free electives | 0-8 | |
| Credit Hours Subtotal: | 39-50 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 72-83 | |
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Select courses at any level from ABUS, AECN, ALEC, AGRI, AGRO, ASCI, ENVR, GRAS, NREE, NRES, PLAS, SOIL, VBMS, or WATS.
Agricultural Education Option
This option emphasizes interpersonal communication and leadership theory, a breadth of required agricultural science and natural resource course work, and field experiences to reinforce classroom learning. Completion of the agricultural education option provides professional endorsement and certification to teach agricultural education and work-based learning grades 6-12 in secondary educational institutions.
To be admitted into the student teaching program, candidates must have:1) a minimum scholastic grade point average of 2.75, including no grade lower than C within the endorsement area and no grades lower than C+ within professional education courses; 2) a documented attempt or passage of the Praxis I Core exam; 3) 1,000 hours of verified paid work experience within the agriculture, food, and natural resources (AFNR) career cluster, or 300 hours of supervised employment in the AFNR career cluster under the direction of a University of Nebraska–Lincoln academic unit. ALEC 431 Student Teaching is available as Pass/No Pass only. Meet with your advisor to plan for your student teaching experience.
Teaching Certificate
To actively engage in the teaching profession, a candidate must fulfill both the CASNR degree requirements and the professional certification requirements of the Nebraska Department of Education (NDE). Students may apply for a Nebraska teaching certificate at www.education.ne.gov/tcert/. Students completing the agricultural education option are also required to complete the work-based learning endorsement. Requirements for the work-based learning endorsement are included in the agricultural education degree option. As part of the application, students are required to send their transcripts to NDE and may do so through MyRED.
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural, Food and Natural Resources 1 | ||
| Research and Applied Technology | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Biotechnology: Food, Health and Environment | ||
| Genetics | ||
| Site-specific Crop Management | ||
| Policy | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Legal Aspects in Agriculture | ||
| Resource and Environmental Economics I | ||
| Policy Issues in Agriculture and Natural Resources | ||
| Rural Community Economics | ||
| Natural Resources Policy | ||
| Production and Management | ||
| Select 3 hours from each of the following four subject areas: | 12 | |
| Agribusiness | ||
| Farm and Ranch Management | ||
| Agribusiness Entrepreneurship in Food Products Marketing | ||
| Introduction to Commodity Marketing | ||
| Marketing of Agricultural Commodities | ||
| Animal Systems | ||
| Fundamentals of Animal Biology and Industry | ||
| Animal and Carcass Evaluation | ||
| Animal Management | ||
| Principles of Meat Evaluation, Grading and Judging | ||
| Principles of Livestock Evaluation and Judging | ||
| Principles of Meat Animal Evaluation | ||
| Fresh Meats | ||
| Animal Breeding and Genetics | ||
| Animal Welfare | ||
| Natural Resources & Environmental Service Systems | ||
| Resource and Environmental Economics I | ||
| Natural Resource and Environmental Law | ||
| Soil Resources | ||
| Introduction to Grassland Ecology and Management | ||
| Soil Nutrient Relationships | ||
| Agroecology | ||
| Beekeeping | ||
| Wildlife and Natural Resource Conservation | ||
| Introduction to Environmental Science | ||
| Introduction to Conservation Biology | ||
| Principles of Ecology | ||
| Introduction to Forest Management | ||
| Wildlife Ecology and Management | ||
| Human Dimensions of Fish and Wildlife Management | ||
| Environmental Education Curricula | ||
| Environmental Health | ||
| Wildlife Damage Management | ||
| Plant Systems | ||
| Resource-Efficient Crop Management | ||
| Forage Crop and Pasture Management | ||
| Woody Plants for Landscapes: Identification, Management, and Use | ||
| Herbaceous Landscape Plants | ||
| Plant Propagation | ||
| Introductory Turfgrass Management and Introductory Turfgrass Management Laboratory | ||
| Floral Design II | ||
| Soil Evaluation | ||
| Greenhouse Practices and Management | ||
| Hydroponics for Growing Populations | ||
| Edible Landscapes | ||
| Arboriculture: Maintenance & Selection of Landscape Trees | ||
| Landscape Solutions | ||
| Power, Structural & Technical Systems | ||
| Select 9 hours of the following: | 9 | |
| Power and Machinery Principles | ||
| Fundamentals of Electrical Systems (UNL) | ||
| or from SCC-Lincoln: 4 | ||
AUTT 1003 | Small Engines | |
CNST 1101 | Basic Woods Manufacturing or | |
CNST 1201 | Construction Basics | |
WELD 1060 | Basic Oxy -Acetylene/Shielded Metal | |
WELD 1070 | Arc Theory and Lab & Advanced Oxy -Acetylene/Shielded Metal Arc Techniques | |
WELD 1080 | GTAW Theory & Lab | |
| Food Products & Processing Systems | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Animal Products | ||
| The Science of Food | ||
| Credit Hours Subtotal: | 30 | |
| Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources Electives | ||
| Select 9 hours from courses within any of the five previous categories. | 9 | |
| Credit Hours Subtotal: | 9 | |
| Professional Education Core 3 | ||
| ALEC 135 | Early Field Experience in Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communication | 3 |
| ALEC 234 | Planning Leadership and Experience Programs | 3 |
| ALEC 308 | Laboratory Instruction and Management | 3 |
| ALEC 405 | Methods of Instruction for Secondary Agriscience Education | 3 |
| ALEC 405L | Methods of Instruction Laboratory Education | 1 |
| ALEC 413 | Program Development | 3 |
| ALEC 494 | Undergraduate Seminar in Agricultural Education | 1 |
| EDPS 457 | Learning and Motivation Principles for Secondary Teaching | 3 |
| or EDPS 362 | Learning in the Classroom | |
| SPED 201 | Introduction to Special Education | 3 |
| TEAC 330 / ETHN 330 | Multicultural Education (ACE 9) 4 | 3 |
| or SOCI 217 | Sociology of Race and Ethnicity | |
| Credit Hours Subtotal: | 26 | |
| Capstone Course | ||
| ALEC 431 | Student Teaching | 1-12 |
| Credit Hours Subtotal: | 12 | |
| Free Electives | ||
| Select 5-6 hours | 5-6 | |
| Credit Hours Subtotal: | 5 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 82 | |
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A minimum of 15 hours completed at the 200 level or above, and including at least 9 hours completed at the 300 level or above. Students must have a course in four CASNR departments or program areas. A course may be used to fulfill more than one category; however, the hours will only count once toward the 39-hour agricultural science requirement.
No grades lower than C within the endorsement area.
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Courses available through SCC-Lincoln or SCC-Milford. Meet with your advisor to plan for your mechanized systems classes.
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No grades lower than C+ within professional education courses.
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TEAC 330 or SOCI 217 required for Agricultural Education option.
Biology Endorsement Requirements
If the student desires to qualify for both an endorsement in agricultural education and a subject endorsement in biology, the following coursework should be integrated into the teaching option.
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Supporting Laboratory Based Courses | ||
| Chemistry | ||
| CHEM 109A & CHEM 109L | General Chemistry I and General Chemistry I Laboratory | 4 |
| Physics | ||
| Select one course from the following: | 4-5 | |
| Elementary General Physics I | ||
| Elements of Physics | ||
| General Physics I | ||
| Physical Principles in Agriculture and Life Sciences | ||
| Earth Science | ||
| GEOL 101 | Dynamic Earth | 4 |
| Biology Courses | 24 | |
| Select at least one of the suggested courses from each of the following categories; however, within Fundamentals of Biology, both LIFE 120 and LIFE 121 are required. A minimum of 24 different hours are required. At least 12 hours must be taken at the 200 level or higher. Other coursework may be negotiated with your academic advisor. | ||
| Select at least one of the suggested courses from each of the following categories: | ||
| Botany 1 | ||
| Plant Science and Agronomic Plant Science Laboratory | ||
| Plant Science and Horticultural Plant Science Laboratory | ||
| Resource-Efficient Crop Management | ||
| Forage Crop and Pasture Management | ||
| Fundamentals of Biology (all required) 1 | ||
| Fundamentals of Biology I and Fundamentals of Biology I laboratory | ||
| Fundamentals of Biology II and Fundamentals of Biology II Laboratory | ||
| Ecology 1 | ||
| Introduction to Conservation Biology | ||
| Principles of Ecology and Ecology Laboratory | ||
| Wildlife Ecology and Management | ||
| Genetics 1 | ||
| General Genetics | ||
| Genetics | ||
| Zoology and/or Microbiology 1 | ||
| Insect Biology and Insect Identification | ||
| Fundamentals of Animal Biology and Industry | ||
| Anatomy and Physiology of Domestic Animals | ||
| Animal Management | ||
| Companion Animal and Equine Behavior | ||
| Food Safety and Sanitation | ||
| Integrated Laboratory Management | ||
| Laboratory Instruction and Management | ||
| Science Methods Instruction | ||
| Professional Practicum Experience III Secondary Science and Learning and Teaching Principles and Practices: Secondary Science | ||
| Student Teaching | ||
| Students seeking a dual endorsement will be required to complete their student teaching experience in a school where they will spend teaching time in both biology and agriculture. | ||
| Credit Hours Subtotal: | 36-37 | |
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To be eligible for the biology endorsement, a student must maintain a minimum grade point average of 2.75 in the coursework or its equivalency.
Skilled and Technical Sciences Option
Completion of the skilled and technical sciences option provides professional endorsement and certification to teach skilled and technical sciences and work-based learning grades 6-12 in secondary educational institutions. Students who meet entry requirements in this option will have completed a variety of coursework from their community college. See website http://alec.unl.edu/sts/sts-22-programs. Many of the courses within the community college system have direct equivalencies with the ACE program at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Following a comprehensive transfer analysis, students will be provided an accurate degree audit of the remaining ACE courses needed at the University, along with the professional program in agricultural education. The minimum requirements of CASNR reflect the common core of courses that apply to students pursuing degrees in the college. Students should work with an advisor to satisfy the requirements of ACE outcomes 5, 7, 8, and 10. ACE requirements 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 9 will be completed through their academic programs within the community college system since it is a requirement for an associate of science or an associate of applied science degree at their institutions.
The transfer policy in CASNR will be in effect for all students interested in the STS 2+2 program. See your STS faculty advisor for details.
To be admitted into the student teaching program, candidates must have:1) a minimum scholastic grade point average of 2.75, including no grade lower than C within the endorsement area and no grades lower than C+ within professional education courses; 2) a documented attempt or passage of the Praxis I Core exam; 3) 1,000 hours of verified paid work experience within the Skilled and Technical Sciences (STS) career cluster, or 300 hours of supervised employment in the STS career cluster under the direction of a University of Nebraska–Lincoln academic unit. ALEC 431 Student Teaching is available as Pass/No Pass only. Meet with your advisor to plan for your student teaching experience.
Teaching Certificate
To actively engage in the teaching profession, a candidate must fulfill both the CASNR degree requirements and the professional certification requirements of the Nebraska Department of Education (NDE). Students may apply for a Nebraska teaching certificate at www.education.ne.gov/tcert/. Students completing the skilled and technical sciences option are also required to complete the work-based learning endorsement. Requirements for the work-based learning endorsement are included in the skilled and technical sciences degree option. As part of the application, students are required to send their transcripts to NDE and may do so through MyRED.
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Skilled and Technical Sciences Endorsement Area (transferred) | 36 | |
| Credit Hours Subtotal: | 36 | |
| Professional Core 1 | ||
| ALEC 135A | Introduction to Skilled and Technical Sciences Education | 1 |
| ALEC 235 | STS Technical Skills and Skills USA | 3 |
| ALEC 308 | Laboratory Instruction and Management | 3 |
| ALEC 405 | Methods of Instruction for Secondary Agriscience Education | 3 |
| ALEC 405L | Methods of Instruction Laboratory Education | 1 |
| ALEC 413 | Program Development | 3 |
| ALEC 494 | Undergraduate Seminar in Agricultural Education | 1 |
| ALEC 496 | Independent Study in Leadership Education (SkillsUSA/PDP) | 3 |
| EDPS 457 | Learning and Motivation Principles for Secondary Teaching | 3 |
| or EDPS 362 | Learning in the Classroom | |
| SPED 201 | Introduction to Special Education | 3 |
| TEAC 259 | Instructional Technology | 3 |
| Capstone Course (ACE 10) | ||
| ALEC 431 | Student Teaching (must complete 12 hours) | 1-12 |
| Credit Hours Subtotal: | 39 | |
| Maximum Credits for Transfer into UNL is 60 credits 2 | ||
| Total Credit Hours | 75 | |
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No grades lower than C+ within professional education courses.
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Students should work with an advisor.
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Skilled and Technical Science Credit Requirements for BS Degree in Agricultural Education | 60 | |
| Maximum Credits for Transfer into UNL | 60 | |
| Minimum Credit Hours Required for Graduation | 120 | |
Leadership Option
This option is recommended for those interested in pursuing a career in the agricultural industry in the areas of leadership development, commodity board advocacy, executive development, youth and leadership development, extension, consulting/training, organizational development, human resources, public policy, rural and community development.
A minimum cumulative grade point average of C (2.0 on a 4.0 scale) must be maintained throughout the course of study and is required for graduation.
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Additional ACE 2 Course | ||
| Choose 1 course from the following: | 3 | |
| Business and Professional Communication | ||
| Public Speaking | ||
| Credit Hours Subtotal: | 3 | |
| Leadership Core | ||
| ALEC 202 | Foundations of Leadership Theory and Practice | 3 |
| ALEC 302 | Dynamics of Effective Leadership in Organizations | 3 |
| ALEC 388 / AECN 388 | Ethics in Agriculture and Natural Resources (ACE 8) | 3 |
| ALEC 407 | Supervisory Leadership | 3 |
| ALEC 410 / NRES 413 | Environmental Leadership | 3 |
| ALEC 422 | Facilitation and Project Planning | 3 |
| ALEC 428 / NRES 428 | Leadership in Public Organizations | 3 |
| ALEC 455 | Dynamics of Effective Leadership in Groups & Teams | 3 |
| ALEC 466 | Leadership and Diversity in Organizations and Communities | 3 |
| ALEC 477 | Leadership and Motivation | 3 |
| AECN 376 | Rural Community Economics | 3 |
| AGRI 388 | Employment Seminar | 1 |
| Optional: | ||
| ALEC 414 | Classic Figures in Leadership | 3 |
| CASNR Minor 1 | 12-18 | |
| Credit Hours Subtotal: | 46-55 | |
| Capstone Course (ACE 10) | ||
| ALEC 495A | Internship in Leadership Development | 5 |
| Credit Hours Subtotal: | 5 | |
| Free Electives | ||
| Select 15-26 hours | 15-26 | |
| Credit Hours Subtotal: | 15-26 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 69-89 | |
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The leadership and communication minor and the leadership and entrepreneurship minor are not permitted.
Additional Major Requirements
Grade Rules
Pass/No Pass
The college will permit no more than a total of 24 semester hours of Pass/No Pass grades to be applied toward degree hours. Please note that this total includes ALEC 431 Student Teaching which is 12 hours of Pass/No Pass, therefore, students can only complete 12 credit hours in other courses with a Pass/No Pass grade.
Requirements for Minor Offered by Department
Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Communication Minor
The agricultural and environmental sciences communication minor provides students an opportunity to focus on building communication skills and knowledge in the context of global challenges and issues in science related to food, fiber, fuel, water, and health. Students complete a series of communication courses using problem-based and experiential-learning strategies that effectively help them translate their field of science for a global, non-scientific audience. Students enrolled in the minor will build knowledge and skills in visual literacy, media literacy, and science literacy, which meet the growing demand of the modern workforce.
Students earning a minor in agricultural and environmental sciences communication will be able to:
- Develop an understanding of the importance of communication in addressing 21st Century global issues related to food, fiber, fuel, water, and health.
- Identify and analyze effective communication strategies for discussing challenging issues influencing science literacy.
- Develop and demonstrate excellence in written and oral communication through various course assignments and projects.
- Create messages and campaigns about controversial scientific issues utilizing critical communication theories and frameworks, as well as multimedia tools and applications for increasing the science literacy of diverse audiences.
- Design, implement, and evaluate a communications project integrated into real-world science engagement contexts connected to CASNR disciplines that demonstrates an understanding of media literacy, science literacy, visual literacy, and digital citizen concepts.
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Complete 6 hours from the following courses: | 6 | |
| Fundamentals of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Communication | ||
| Communicating Science with Public Audiences | ||
| Introduction to Digital Media in Agricultural and Environmental Sciences | ||
| Complete 9 hours from the following courses: | 9 | |
| Presentation Strategies to Communicate Agricultural and Environmental Sciences | ||
| Advanced Strategic Writing for Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Communication | ||
| Agriculture, the Environment & Science in the Media | ||
| Advanced Visual Communication for Agricultural and Environmental Sciences | ||
| Video and Audio Production for Communicating Agricultural and Environmental Sciences | ||
| Ethics in Agriculture and Natural Resources | ||
| Special Topics | ||
| Digital Imaging and Storytelling in Agriculture and Natural Resources | ||
| Independent Study in Communications | ||
| Issues Management and Crisis Communications in Agricultural and Environmental Sciences | ||
| Public Information Campaigns | ||
| Leadership and Motivation | ||
Leadership and Communication Minor
An 18-hour minor in leadership and communication is available through the Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communication. Combining a leadership and communication minor with any CASNR degree strengthens students’ “employability” base by making them competent technical professionals who are also strong leaders and effective communicators.
Students earning a minor in leadership and communication will be able to:
- Competently apply leadership knowledge and skills at the individual, team and organizational levels.
- Develop a level of self-awareness as well as the cognitive and emotional ability to effectively work with people from diverse backgrounds and perspectives.
- Develop leadership competencies to effectively communicate in a variety of contexts.
- Develop and practice using critical thinking skills related to leadership and communication in order to effectively influence others.
The 18-hour minor is comprised of upper and lower division courses as follows:
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Leadership & Communication Core Courses | ||
| ALEC 102 | Interpersonal Skills for Leadership 1 | 3 |
| ALEC 202 | Foundations of Leadership Theory and Practice | 3 |
| ALEC 302 | Dynamics of Effective Leadership in Organizations | 3 |
| Credit Hours Subtotal: | 9 | |
| Advanced Leadership Courses | ||
| Select three of the following: | 9 | |
| Presentation Strategies to Communicate Agricultural and Environmental Sciences | ||
| Instructional Internship in Leadership Development 2 | ||
| Ethics in Agriculture and Natural Resources | ||
| Supervisory Leadership | ||
| Environmental Leadership | ||
| Classic Figures in Leadership | ||
| Facilitation and Project Planning | ||
| Dynamics of Effective Leadership in Groups & Teams | ||
| Leadership and Diversity in Organizations and Communities | ||
| Leadership and Motivation | ||
| Independent Study in Leadership Education: Experiential Learning in Leadership | ||
| Leading People and Effective Communication I 3 | ||
| Leading People and Effective Communication II 3 | ||
| Credit Hours Subtotal: | 9 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 18 | |
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ENGR 100, ALEC 153, or ALEC 165 can be used in place of ALEC 102. No more than 3 credit hours of ALEC 102, ALEC 153, ALEC 165 or ENGR 100 can be applied to meet the minor requirements.
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For students who have been selected as teaching assistants.
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May be substituted for Air Force ROTC students only.
Leadership and Entrepreneurship Minor
An 18-hour minor in leadership and entrepreneurship is available through a joint program offered by the Departments of Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communication and the Engler Agribusiness Entrepreneurship Program. This minor is intended for those who are interested in gaining additional professional skills in leadership and entrepreneurship. The 18-hour minor is comprised of theory-based and applied courses as well as experiential learning opportunities.
Expected outcomes from a minor in leadership and entrepreneurship:
- In the contexts of commerce and community, students are able to apply knowledge and skills about leadership and entrepreneurship.
- Understand human aspects of organizational models.
- Navigate social systems in businesses and communities.
- Effectively negotiate consumer relations, business-to-business relations, and community relations.
- Better prepared to assume leadership roles in business and industry as well as in communities.
- Better prepared to be an effective and engaged citizen.
- Effectively negotiate political and regulatory landscapes using critical thinking and creative problem-solving.
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Leadership Theory | ||
| Select one course from the following: | 3 | |
| Foundations of Leadership Theory and Practice | ||
| Dynamics of Effective Leadership in Organizations | ||
| Leadership and Motivation | ||
| Credit Hours Subtotal: | 3 | |
| Application of Leadership Theory | ||
| Select one course from the following: | 3 | |
| Supervisory Leadership | ||
| Environmental Leadership 1 | ||
| Dynamics of Effective Leadership in Groups & Teams | ||
| Leadership and Diversity in Organizations and Communities 1 | ||
| Credit Hours Subtotal: | 3 | |
| Entrepreneurship Foundation | ||
| EAEP 101 | Introductory Seminar on Opportunities in Entrepreneurship | 2 |
| Credit Hours Subtotal: | 2 | |
| Entrepreneurship Development | ||
| Select one course from the following: | 3 | |
| Agribusiness Entrepreneurial Finance | ||
| Business Systems in Entrepreneurship | ||
| Credit Hours Subtotal: | 3 | |
| Experiential Learning in Leadership and/or Entrepreneurship | ||
| Select 7 hours from the following: | 7 | |
| Interpersonal Skills for Leadership 2 | ||
| Chancellor's Leadership Class | ||
| Pepsi Service Scholars | ||
| Instructional Internship in Leadership Development 3 | ||
| Facilitation and Project Planning | ||
| Independent Study in Leadership Education (Field Experience) | ||
| Independent Study in Leadership Education: Experiential Learning in Leadership | ||
| Study Tours in International Agriculture | ||
| Independent Study in Entrepreneurship | ||
| Credit Hours Subtotal: | 7 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 18 | |
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Junior standing is required for these three courses.
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With 20-hour service learning project.
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Credit received for being a teaching assistant.
Students who wish to minor in leadership and communication must first meet with a Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communication (ALEC) faculty member from the leadership program. Students who wish to minor in leadership and entrepreneurship must meet with either an ALEC or Engler Agribusiness Entrepreneurship Program faculty member. A completed Declaration of Minor form, filled out with the assistance of the faculty member, should be signed by the student’s academic advisor and turned into the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources Dean’s office.
Description: Develop expertise in the use of drafting equipment, geometric construction, orthographic projections, dimensioning, and the application of American National Standards Institute (ANSI) standards.
| Credit Hours: | 3 |
|---|---|
| Max credits per semester: | 3 |
| Max credits per degree: | 3 |
| Grading Option: | Graded with Option |
Credit Hours:3
ACE:
Description: Introduction to the principles and practices of positive interpersonal relationships for leadership development. Self-awareness, awareness of others, effective interpersonal communication, and the building of trust relationships as a basis for understanding and developing leadership. An experiential approach, field projects and a supervised service project. Open to freshman or sophomores or Agricultural Leadership, Education & Communication degree students or Leadership & Communication minor students or Leadership & Entrepreneurship minor students.
| Credit Hours: | 3 |
|---|---|
| Max credits per semester: | 3 |
| Max credits per degree: | 3 |
| Grading Option: | Graded with Option |
| ACE Outcomes: | ACE 2 Communication Competence |
| Experiential Learning: | Community Engagement |
Credit Hours:3
ACE:ACE 2 Communication Competence
Prerequisites: ALEC 122.
Description: Applying computer commands to create two-dimensional engineering and architectural drawings.
This course is a prerequisite for: ALEC 346
| Credit Hours: | 3 |
|---|---|
| Max credits per semester: | 3 |
| Max credits per degree: | 3 |
| Grading Option: | Graded with Option |
Credit Hours:3
ACE:
Description: Fundamental woodworking tools and processes. Hand tool, lathe and machine related projects.
| Credit Hours: | 3 |
|---|---|
| Max credits per semester: | 3 |
| Max credits per degree: | 3 |
| Grading Option: | Graded with Option |
| Course and Laboratory Fee: | $15 |
Credit Hours:3
ACE:
This course is the first course in the Project Lead the Way pre-engineering program and requires no prerequisite. This is a secondary course training option for pre service teachers in Skilled and Technical Sciences. It is a STEM skill requirement for the 2+2 articulation agreement with various community colleges across the state of Nebraska. By allowing pre-service teachers to complete this course, students can reverse transfer the credit back to the community colleges to enforce rigorous training needs in the STEM field for future STS teachers coming out of the ALEC department.
Description: Students dig deep into the engineering design process, applying math, science, and engineering standards to hands - on projects. They work both individually and in teams to design solutions to a variety of problems using 3d modeling software, and use an engineering notebook to document their work.
This course is a prerequisite for: ALEC 115
| Credit Hours: | 4 |
|---|---|
| Max credits per semester: | 4 |
| Max credits per degree: | 4 |
| Grading Option: | Graded with Option |
| Offered: | SUMMER |
Credit Hours:4
ACE:
Description: Forming, molding, separating, and fabricating of industrial materials.
This course is a prerequisite for: ALEC 303
| Credit Hours: | 3 |
|---|---|
| Max credits per semester: | 3 |
| Max credits per degree: | 3 |
| Grading Option: | Graded with Option |
| Course and Laboratory Fee: | $25 |
Credit Hours:3
ACE:
Prerequisites: ALEC 105, Introduction To Engineering Design is a prerequisite
This course is the second foundational course taught in the Project Lead the Way pre-engineering curriculum. Students that complete this course will be certified to teach both foundational courses in any secondary PLTW pre-engineering program across the country. This certification gives UNL STS students in the ALEC department a rigorous STEM skill set. Once the course is completed the credit will be reverse transferred back to the community college to fulfill the STEM skill requirement of the 2+2 articulation agreements established with UNL and the ALEC department.
Description: Through problems that engage and challenge, students explore a broad range of engineering topics, including mechanisms, the strength of structures and materials, and automation. Students develop skills in problem solving, research, and design while learning strategies for design process documentation, collaboration, and presentation.
| Credit Hours: | 5 |
|---|---|
| Max credits per semester: | 5 |
| Max credits per degree: | 5 |
| Grading Option: | Graded with Option |
Credit Hours:5
ACE:
Prerequisites: ALEC 101.
Description: Basic skills in the construction of architectural drawings, plot plans, elevation view, wall and floor sections, and roof construction. Architectural modeling.
This course is a prerequisite for: ALEC 103
| Credit Hours: | 3 |
|---|---|
| Max credits per semester: | 3 |
| Max credits per degree: | 3 |
| Grading Option: | Graded with Option |
Credit Hours:3
ACE:
Description: Explore the career opportunities available in agricultural leadership, education and communication focusing on agribusiness, industry training positions, secondary agriscience instruction, extension education, agricultural and environmental sciences communication, and international agricultural education. Course has guest speakers and field trips.
This course is a prerequisite for: ALEC 234
| Credit Hours: | 2 |
|---|---|
| Max credits per semester: | 2 |
| Max credits per degree: | 2 |
| Grading Option: | Graded with Option |
Credit Hours:2
ACE:
Prerequisites: Agricultural leadership, education and communication major
Description: An exploration of the history, philosophy, goals, and objectives of career and Technical Education, more specifically, School-Based Agricultural Education. An introduction to lesson plan development, objective/essential question writing, and peer teaching will provide knowledge and skills that will be used in an early field experience. The early field experience will provide a platform for critical reflection that will help mold future agricultural teachers.
| Credit Hours: | 3 |
|---|---|
| Max credits per semester: | 3 |
| Max credits per degree: | 3 |
| Grading Option: | Graded with Option |
Credit Hours:3
ACE:
Description: This is an introduction to basic lesson plan development, objective writing, and teaching in Skilled and Technical Sciences. A 40-hour early field experience in a Skills USA affiliated STS education program is required. The early field experience explores teaching as a potential career.
This course is a prerequisite for: EDPS 457
| Credit Hours: | 1 |
|---|---|
| Max credits per semester: | 1 |
| Max credits per degree: | 1 |
| Grading Option: | Graded with Option |
Credit Hours:1
ACE:
Description: Introduction to all areas of agricultural and environmental sciences (AES) communications and core competencies related to communication, including how to share AES stories through multimedia projects. Introduction to various AES issues using different communication styles while exploring how these may differ based on audience and media utilized.
| Credit Hours: | 3 |
|---|---|
| Max credits per semester: | 3 |
| Max credits per degree: | 3 |
| Grading Option: | Graded |
Credit Hours:3
ACE:
Prerequisites: Admission to the Chancellor's Leadership Class program
Description: Leadership development. Understanding of self, develop leadership knowledge, and how to make a difference n the community.
| Credit Hours: | 3 |
|---|---|
| Max credits per semester: | 3 |
| Max credits per degree: | 3 |
| Grading Option: | Graded with Option |
Credit Hours:3
ACE:
Prerequisites: Pepsi Scholarship for Outstanding Leadership and Service recipient
Requires 2 to 3 hours per week of outside of class time in community service.
Description: Civic and social responsibility through service-learning programming. Introduction to civic life, civic agent, and life-long service.
| Credit Hours: | 3 |
|---|---|
| Max credits per semester: | 3 |
| Max credits per degree: | 3 |
| Grading Option: | Graded with Option |
| ACE Outcomes: | ACE 8 Civic/Ethics/Stewardship |
Credit Hours:3
ACE:ACE 8 Civic/Ethics/Stewardship
Prerequisites: Good standing in the University Honors Program or by invitation.
Description: Topic varies.
| Credit Hours: | 3 |
|---|---|
| Max credits per semester: | 3 |
| Max credits per degree: | 3 |
| Grading Option: | Graded with Option |
Credit Hours:3
ACE:
Description: Introduction to electricity and/or electronics and their applications to industry. AC and DC circuit design, construction, and analysis.
| Credit Hours: | 3 |
|---|---|
| Max credits per semester: | 3 |
| Max credits per degree: | 3 |
| Grading Option: | Graded with Option |
| Course and Laboratory Fee: | $15 |
Credit Hours:3
ACE:
Will be offered both in face-to-face and online formats during fall and spring semesters and will be offered only online during the summer 8-week session.
Description: Foundational knowledge of leadership theory and its relationship to the practice of leadership. Resolve complex leadership challenges by evaluating the intersection between leader, follower, and context. Critically assess real-world situations and make decisions about what theoretically-based leadership skills and behaviors are most likely to be effective.
This course is a prerequisite for: ALEC 422
| Credit Hours: | 3 |
|---|---|
| Max credits per semester: | 3 |
| Max credits per degree: | 3 |
| Grading Option: | Graded with Option |
Credit Hours:3
ACE:
Description: Automotive technology and the equipment related to automotive repairs. The design, theory, and operations of automotive systems through laboratory activities.
This course is a prerequisite for: ALEC 303
| Credit Hours: | 3 |
|---|---|
| Max credits per semester: | 3 |
| Max credits per degree: | 3 |
| Grading Option: | Graded with Option |
Credit Hours:3
ACE:
Description: Basic machine shop practices involving hand and precision measuring tools, bench work, layout, engine lathe, milling machine, surface and pedestal grinders.
| Credit Hours: | 3 |
|---|---|
| Max credits per semester: | 3 |
| Max credits per degree: | 3 |
| Grading Option: | Graded with Option |
Credit Hours:3
ACE:
Description: Basic knowledge and skill in both oxygen-acetylene welding and cutting, and electrical arc welding.
This course is a prerequisite for: ALEC 303
| Credit Hours: | 3 |
|---|---|
| Max credits per semester: | 3 |
| Max credits per degree: | 3 |
| Grading Option: | Graded with Option |
Credit Hours:3
ACE:
Description: Concepts and techniques of strategic communication, with a special focus on issues involving food, agricultural production, environmental sustainability, and natural resources. Skills and theory essential for relating to public audiences and other stakeholders.
| Credit Hours: | 3 |
|---|---|
| Max credits per semester: | 3 |
| Max credits per degree: | 3 |
| Grading Option: | Graded with Option |
Credit Hours:3
ACE:
Description: Theory of experiential education to middle school and secondary agricultural education programs, especially leadership and career education. Development of Supervised Agricultural Experiences (SAE), Young Adult/Farmer, FFA, and alumni activities, appropriate to the community, school, and student needs using electronic technology in learning how to teach Nebraska's agricultural education financial management system.
| Credit Hours: | 3 |
|---|---|
| Max credits per semester: | 3 |
| Max credits per degree: | 3 |
| Grading Option: | Graded with Option |
Credit Hours:3
ACE:
Description: Theory of experiential education to middle school and secondary Skilled and Technical Sciences education programs, especially leadership and career education. Exposure to Supervised Career and Technical Student Organization Experience (CTSO), Skills USA, appropriate to the community, school, and student needs recording using electronic technology in learning how to teach Skilled and Technical Science courses supported by Skills USA. This course will provide the work based learning credit (006.34D3) for the Industrial Technology Education Field Endorsement, and STS Supplemental endorsements. This course includes 20 hours of SkillsUSA field experience.
| Credit Hours: | 3 |
|---|---|
| Max credits per semester: | 3 |
| Max credits per degree: | 3 |
| Grading Option: | Graded with Option |
| Groups: | Introductory |
Credit Hours:3
ACE:
Prerequisites: ALEC 104
Description: Classifications, properties, and uses of common construction materials and building practices. Construction of a residential dwelling from plot plan through trim and finish work.
| Credit Hours: | 3 |
|---|---|
| Max credits per semester: | 3 |
| Max credits per degree: | 3 |
| Grading Option: | Graded with Option |
| Course and Laboratory Fee: | $15 |
Credit Hours:3
ACE:
Prerequisites: ALEC 104
Description: Woodworking special processes. Furniture design, frame and panel construction, veneering and steam bending. Project design and construction on an individual project serve as the final assessment.
This course is a prerequisite for: ALEC 340
| Credit Hours: | 3 |
|---|---|
| Max credits per semester: | 3 |
| Max credits per degree: | 3 |
| Grading Option: | Graded with Option |
| Course and Laboratory Fee: | $15 |
Credit Hours:3
ACE:
Prerequisites: ALEC 204
Description: CNC (Computer Numerical Control) programming for tool making to include milling, computer aided manufacturing and/or drafting and/or design and electrical discharge machines.
| Credit Hours: | 3 |
|---|---|
| Max credits per semester: | 3 |
| Max credits per degree: | 3 |
| Grading Option: | Graded with Option |
| Course and Laboratory Fee: | $15 |
Credit Hours:3
ACE:
Prerequisites: Major in Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Communication or Minor in Science Communication
Description: Use a variety of digital media tools to communicate agricultural and environmental sciences to diverse audiences. Hands-on approach to utilize digital media and develop communication pieces to add to portfolios.
| Credit Hours: | 3 |
|---|---|
| Max credits per semester: | 3 |
| Max credits per degree: | 3 |
| Grading Option: | Graded |
Credit Hours:3
ACE:
Description: Learn how educational psychology impacts learning and how it is used to design learning opportunities. Focus on needs assessment, program design, and lesson planning.
| Credit Hours: | 3 |
|---|---|
| Max credits per semester: | 3 |
| Max credits per degree: | 3 |
| Grading Option: | Graded |
| Offered: | FALL |
Credit Hours:3
ACE:
Prerequisites: Open to sophomores or above.
Description: Principle and process of effective leadership in complex organizations of society and commerce. Dynamic interactions of personal characteristics, technical skills, interpersonal influence, commitment, goals and power.
This course is a prerequisite for: ALEC 495A
| Credit Hours: | 3 |
|---|---|
| Max credits per semester: | 3 |
| Max credits per degree: | 3 |
| Grading Option: | Graded with Option |
Credit Hours:3
ACE:
A synthesis of skill-based courses for Industrial Technology Education (ITE) majors.
Description: Design, construct, and test a one-person electric vehicle. Enter the vehicle in a statewide competition.
| Credit Hours: | 3 |
|---|---|
| Max credits per semester: | 3 |
| Max credits per degree: | 3 |
| Grading Option: | Graded with Option |
| Course and Laboratory Fee: | $25 |
Credit Hours:3
ACE:
Description: Presentation strategies used in agribusiness, education, government and public service. Attention to audience needs, organization, methodology, and technology when presenting about agricultural and environmental sciences.
| Credit Hours: | 3 |
|---|---|
| Max credits per semester: | 3 |
| Max credits per degree: | 3 |
| Grading Option: | Graded with Option |
Credit Hours:3
ACE:
Prerequisites: Major in Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Communication (AESC) or minor in Science Communication, JOUR 200A with a C or higher, and ALEC 207 with a C or higher.
Description: Advanced development and refinement of strategic writing skills and storytelling, including Associated Press writing style, audience analysis, interviewing skills, writing mechanics, and nuances of both verbal and nonverbal communication and professional collaboration.
This course is a prerequisite for: ALEC 480
| Credit Hours: | 3 |
|---|---|
| Max credits per semester: | 3 |
| Max credits per degree: | 3 |
| Grading Option: | Graded |
Credit Hours:3
ACE:
Prerequisites: 6 hrs mechanized systems management; advanced standing.
Student demonstrations and presentations required.
Description: Planning, conducting, and administering the instructional programs related to experientially based education in school laboratory settings. Variety of laboratory settings, including agricultural mechanics, greenhouse, soils, etc.
| Credit Hours: | 3 |
|---|---|
| Max credits per semester: | 3 |
| Max credits per degree: | 3 |
| Grading Option: | Graded with Option |
Credit Hours:3
ACE:
Prerequisites: Junior standing.
Description: Cooperative Extension in a variety of settings and its role in the land-grant mission. Processes for developing and conducting need-driven, research-based, extension programs. Relationships with public and private agencies. Straegies for volunteerism.
| Credit Hours: | 3 |
|---|---|
| Max credits per semester: | 3 |
| Max credits per degree: | 3 |
| Grading Option: | Graded with Option |
Credit Hours:3
ACE:
Prerequisites: Junior or senior by application.
Description: Field course of supervised observation and participation with various phases of agricultural education and/or agribusiness.
| Credit Hours: | 2-5 |
|---|---|
| Max credits per semester: | 5 |
| Max credits per degree: | 10 |
| Grading Option: | Graded with Option |
Credit Hours:2-5
ACE:
Prerequisites: Permission.
Description: A structured professional and personal leadership developmental experience by providing planning, facilitation, instruction, and evaluation assistance in leadership & communication courses.
| Credit Hours: | 0-3 |
|---|---|
| Max credits per semester: | 3 |
| Max credits per degree: | 3 |
| Grading Option: | Graded with Option |
| Experiential Learning: | Internship/Co-op |
Credit Hours:0-3
ACE:
Prerequisites: ALEC 243
A continuation of ALEC 243.
Description: Machine woodworking on a major individual project. Wood finishing and maintenance of hand and power tools.
| Credit Hours: | 3 |
|---|---|
| Max credits per semester: | 3 |
| Max credits per degree: | 3 |
| Grading Option: | Graded with Option |
| Course and Laboratory Fee: | $25 |
Credit Hours:3
ACE:
Prerequisites: Junior level students and above.
Description: How agriculture, the environment, and science are covered in media by different types of outlets. Use of framing theory as a foundation to understand why messages are crafted in certain ways, how and why news media portray topics and issues using certain metaphors and story lines. Creation of effective media messages related to agriculture, the environment, and science.
This course is a prerequisite for: ASCI 381
| Credit Hours: | 3 |
|---|---|
| Max credits per semester: | 3 |
| Max credits per degree: | 3 |
| Grading Option: | Graded |
Credit Hours:3
ACE:
Prerequisites: ALEC 260 with a C or higher
Description: Visual communication to deliver science-based agricultural and environmental information for diverse audiences. Develop an understanding of layout design and digital photography concepts, utilize industry standard technology, create "real-world" portfolio pieces related to agriculture and the environment.
This course is a prerequisite for: ALEC 480
| Credit Hours: | 3 |
|---|---|
| Max credits per semester: | 3 |
| Max credits per degree: | 3 |
| Grading Option: | Graded |
Credit Hours:3
ACE:
Prerequisites: ALEC 260 with a C or higher
Description: Exploration and application of audio and video media storytelling techniques for agricultural communicators as used in promoting, marketing and communicating about agricultural and environmental sciences.
This course is a prerequisite for: ALEC 480
| Credit Hours: | 3 |
|---|---|
| Max credits per semester: | 3 |
| Max credits per degree: | 3 |
| Grading Option: | Graded |
Credit Hours:3
ACE:
Description: Ethics focusing on agricultural and natural resource issues. Using case studies from the professional workplace and contemporary society, develops intellectual skills necessary to reflect critically on ethical issues and apply appropriate conceptual tools for resolution of issues arising from conflicting ethical and value systems.
| Credit Hours: | 3 |
|---|---|
| Max credits per semester: | 3 |
| Max credits per degree: | 3 |
| Grading Option: | Graded with Option |
| ACE Outcomes: | ACE 8 Civic/Ethics/Stewardship |
Credit Hours:3
ACE:ACE 8 Civic/Ethics/Stewardship
Prerequisites: Permission.
Description: Occupational experience or supervised occupational experience in conjunction with directed observation.
| Credit Hours: | 1-6 |
|---|---|
| Max credits per semester: | 6 |
| Max credits per degree: | 6 |
| Grading Option: | Graded with Option |
Credit Hours:1-6
ACE:
Prerequisites: Permission.
Description: Readings; in depth discussions; analysis of current theory, issues, problems, research and practice in leadership, education and/or communication. Topics vary.
| Credit Hours: | 0-3 |
|---|---|
| Max credits per semester: | 3 |
| Max credits per degree: | 12 |
| Grading Option: | Graded with Option |
Credit Hours:0-3
ACE:
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor(s). One college level course in photography or equivalent, and knowledge of the basics of shooting still photographs or video using digital cameras. Open only to College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources students.
Can be repeated for a maximum of 9 credit hours by consent of instructor.
Description: Concepts and techniques related to use of remote and automated digital camera technology to capture images in agriculture and natural resources contexts to communicate a narrative/story. Completion of individual project using a variety of technologies including camera traps, time-lapse camera systems, remote triggered cameras, as well as traditional audio and video and conventional photography.
| Credit Hours: | 1-9 |
|---|---|
| Max credits per semester: | 9 |
| Max credits per degree: | 9 |
| Grading Option: | Graded |
| Course and Laboratory Fee: | $50 |
| Experiential Learning: | Case/Project-Based Learning |
Credit Hours:1-9
ACE:
Prerequisites: Permission and advance approval of plan of work.
Description: Individual or group projects in research, literature review, or extension of course work under supervision and evaluation of a departmental faculty member.
| Credit Hours: | 1-3 |
|---|---|
| Max credits per semester: | 3 |
| Max credits per degree: | 12 |
| Grading Option: | Graded with Option |
Credit Hours:1-3
ACE:
Designed for individuals interested in developing and/or improving program planning skills.
Description: Theoretical and applied considerations for identifying content, design, implementation, and evaluation of educational programs that vary in length from several hours to several months.
| Credit Hours: | 3 |
|---|---|
| Max credits per semester: | 3 |
| Max credits per degree: | 3 |
| Grading Option: | Graded with Option |
Credit Hours:3
ACE:
Prerequisites: Senior standing and 3 hrs educational psychology
Description: Instructional delivery of a secondary agricultural education program in the public school system. Organizing instructional content, individual lesson planning, methods of formal instructional delivery, student behavior management, instructing the handicapped and disadvantage, and student testing. Considerable time is spent on undergraduates demonstrating instructional delivery.
This course is a prerequisite for: ALEC 405L
| Credit Hours: | 3 |
|---|---|
| Max credits per semester: | 3 |
| Max credits per degree: | 3 |
| Grading Option: | Graded with Option |
Credit Hours:3
ACE:
Prerequisites: Admission to the teaching program in agricultural education and parallel registration in ALEC 405.
Description: Laboratory exercises that complement material covered in ALEC 405. Involve practice teaching at either the middle or secondary school level.
| Credit Hours: | 1 |
|---|---|
| Max credits per semester: | 1 |
| Max credits per degree: | 1 |
| Grading Option: | Graded with Option |
Credit Hours:1
ACE:
Description: Knowledge and theoretical basis for practicing supervisors in a changing workplace where supervisors have increasing responsibilities due to the flattening or organizational structures, solving supervisory challenges in organizing and planning, problem solving and decision making, performance appraisal and leading a diverse workforce.
| Credit Hours: | 3 |
|---|---|
| Max credits per semester: | 3 |
| Max credits per degree: | 3 |
| Grading Option: | Graded with Option |
Credit Hours:3
ACE:
Prerequisites: Junior Standing
Offered on the World Wide Web (WWW) fall semester of odd-numbered years and in the classroom fall semester of even numbered-years.
Description: Major leaders in conservation and ecology that emphasizes agricultural and cultural issues and relationships with the environment.
| Credit Hours: | 3 |
|---|---|
| Max credits per semester: | 3 |
| Max credits per degree: | 3 |
| Grading Option: | Graded with Option |
Credit Hours:3
ACE:
Description: Practical applications in developing and evaluating multimedia resources for students. Surveys new applications, creates and develops various instructional materials, and reviews current practice against relevant theory. Use current software packages to develop materials for various audiences.
| Credit Hours: | 3 |
|---|---|
| Max credits per semester: | 3 |
| Max credits per degree: | 3 |
| Grading Option: | Graded with Option |
Credit Hours:3
ACE:
Prerequisites: Junior standing and acceptance into the student teaching program in agricultural education
Description: Planning, marketing and managing formal and non-formal educational programs for youth and adults. The learning process applied to learner needs and styles. Building collaborative relationships.
| Credit Hours: | 3 |
|---|---|
| Max credits per semester: | 3 |
| Max credits per degree: | 3 |
| Grading Option: | Graded with Option |
Credit Hours:3
ACE:
Prerequisites: Junior standing.
Description: Leadership theory in an applied context. Leadership analyzed through a variety of genres: autobiography, drama, fiction, tracts and treaties, speeches.
| Credit Hours: | 3 |
|---|---|
| Max credits per semester: | 3 |
| Max credits per degree: | 3 |
| Grading Option: | Graded with Option |
Credit Hours:3
ACE:
Prerequisites: Junior standing; ALEC 207. College of Journalism and Mass Communications: Junior standing; JOMC 101, JOMC 130-134, ADPR 151, ADPR 221, and ADPR 283
Recommended: ALEC 260
Description: Examines strategic communication practices of issues management, risk assessment, and crisis communications in agriculture and other industries, explores the process necessary to address current and future issues, and outlines effective communication in times of crisis. Focused on issues and crisis in agriculture, environmental science, natural resources, and society.
| Credit Hours: | 3 |
|---|---|
| Max credits per semester: | 3 |
| Max credits per degree: | 3 |
| Grading Option: | Graded with Option |
Credit Hours:3
ACE:
Create a thoroughly researched campaign plan and presentation that can be added to a professional portfolio.
Description: Apply skills in communications, public relations, and journalism to plan a strategic communications campaign. Examine principles and practice of marketing and communications applied to agricultural, science, or environmental issues.
| Credit Hours: | 3 |
|---|---|
| Max credits per semester: | 3 |
| Max credits per degree: | 3 |
| Grading Option: | Graded with Option |
Credit Hours:3
ACE:
Description: Designing new instructional programs, expanding the impact of student behavioral objectives, and evaluating the total instructional program.
| Credit Hours: | 1-3 |
|---|---|
| Max credits per semester: | 3 |
| Max credits per degree: | 3 |
| Grading Option: | Graded with Option |
Credit Hours:1-3
ACE:
Prerequisites: ALEC 202 or equivalent and at least junior standing
The course will require travel to project sites, which are within 75 miles of Lincoln. At least 5 project visits are required, and more project visits may be required depending on the project. Generally, students work in pairs, so not all students need to be able to drive, and the instructor will try to create partnerships that facilitate traveling needs. However, if students cannot find transportation to a project site, they will not be able to complete the course.
Description: Foundational knowledge of project planning and facilitation. An experiential opportunity to facilitate a project within a community.
| Credit Hours: | 3 |
|---|---|
| Max credits per semester: | 3 |
| Max credits per degree: | 3 |
| Grading Option: | Graded with Option |
Credit Hours:3
ACE:
Description: Scope and structure of career and technical education within the educational system. Teacher's role and responsibilities in dealing with legislative mandates in planning, management, and evaluation of a local program.
| Credit Hours: | 3 |
|---|---|
| Max credits per semester: | 3 |
| Max credits per degree: | 3 |
| Grading Option: | Graded with Option |
Credit Hours:3
ACE:
Prerequisites: Junior standing
Description: Leadership in theories, research, and practices in public organizations and natural resource agencies.
| Credit Hours: | 3 |
|---|---|
| Max credits per semester: | 3 |
| Max credits per degree: | 3 |
| Grading Option: | Graded with Option |
| Experiential Learning: | Case/Project-Based Learning |
Credit Hours:3
ACE:
Prerequisites: 3 hrs EDPS; passing score on the Preprofessional Skills Tests (PPST); and permission
Capstone course. Placement arranged by the department. Student teaching placement arranged by the department. Seven to sixteen weeks of off-campus student teaching. Pass/no pass only.
Description: Guided participation in various phases of a public school agricultural education program.
| Credit Hours: | 1-12 |
|---|---|
| Max credits per semester: | 12 |
| Max credits per degree: | 12 |
| Grading Option: | Pass No Pass |
| ACE Outcomes: | ACE 10 Integrated Product |
| Experiential Learning: | Student Teaching/Education Practicum |
Credit Hours:1-12
ACE:ACE 10 Integrated Product
Prerequisites: Permission.
Open to all majors. Articles may be submitted for publication.
Description: Advanced writing about science for the non-expert and/or for the general public. Issues in science communication through reading the best writers in science and journalism. Research and write short articles and longer profiles about science and scientists at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) and elsewhere. Polish writing skills for doing work in science classes.
| Credit Hours: | 3 |
|---|---|
| Max credits per semester: | 3 |
| Max credits per degree: | 3 |
| Grading Option: | Graded |
Credit Hours:3
ACE:
Prerequisites: At least Junior standing is required for ALEC 455.
Description: Explore foundational knowledge of team and group dynamics theory and its relationship to the practice of leadership in organizations and communities. Development of leadership, followership, and teamwork skills in small groups and teams. Focus on team and group decision making, problem solving, and creativity, peer assessment, and evaluation using real-world situations and contexts. Critically apply team and group dynamic theories and research to leadership in organizations and communities.
| Credit Hours: | 3 |
|---|---|
| Max credits per semester: | 3 |
| Max credits per degree: | 3 |
| Grading Option: | Graded with Option |
| Offered: | SPRING |
Credit Hours:3
ACE:
Prerequisites: Junior standing
Description: The study of leadership through the lens of diversity and inclusion. Exploration of how your life has shaped your approach and understanding of leadership, diversity, equity, and inclusion. Analyze how leaders create inclusion in the workplace and in communities.
| Credit Hours: | 3 |
|---|---|
| Max credits per semester: | 3 |
| Max credits per degree: | 3 |
| Grading Option: | Graded with Option |
| Offered: | FALL/SPR |
| Course and Laboratory Fee: | $20 |
| Experiential Learning: | Community Engagement |
Credit Hours:3
ACE:
Description: Classic and contemporary motivation theories applied to leadership in organizations and communities.
| Credit Hours: | 3 |
|---|---|
| Max credits per semester: | 3 |
| Max credits per degree: | 3 |
| Grading Option: | Graded with Option |
Credit Hours:3
ACE:
Prerequisites: Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Communication major and Permission of Instructor. ALEC 307 with a C or higher; ALEC 360 with a C or higher OR ALEC 361 with a C or higher
Requires interviews outside of class time.
Description: Senior capstone for Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Communication. Investigate topics identified by IANR as critical to the state of Nebraska, conduct interviews, write, edit, design and assist in the production of print and multimedia versions of the Strategic Discussions for Nebraska student publication. Emphasis on factual, complete, accurate and clear communication of complex scientific and sociologically important issues in Nebraska agriculture and environmental science. Learning to communicate research and science-based agricultural and environmental concepts to public audiences.
This course is a prerequisite for: ALEC 481
| Credit Hours: | 3 |
|---|---|
| Max credits per semester: | 3 |
| Max credits per degree: | 3 |
| Grading Option: | Graded |
| ACE Outcomes: | ACE 10 Integrated Product |
Credit Hours:3
ACE:ACE 10 Integrated Product
Prerequisites: ALEC 480
Description: Second course in a two-course capstone series for the Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Communication program. Focused on editing, publishing, and promoting the Strategic Discussions for Nebraska student publication.
| Credit Hours: | 1 |
|---|---|
| Max credits per semester: | 1 |
| Max credits per degree: | 1 |
| Grading Option: | Graded |
Credit Hours:1
ACE:
Description: Organizational influence processes, power, and politics in organizations and communities.
| Credit Hours: | 3 |
|---|---|
| Max credits per semester: | 3 |
| Max credits per degree: | 3 |
| Grading Option: | Graded with Option |
Credit Hours:3
ACE:
Description: Philosophy and relationship of agricultural education in the public schools. Development and coordination of adult and continuing agricultural education programs.
This course is a prerequisite for: ALEC 405
| Credit Hours: | 1-3 |
|---|---|
| Max credits per semester: | 3 |
| Max credits per degree: | 3 |
| Grading Option: | Graded with Option |
Credit Hours:1-3
ACE:
Prerequisites: Junior standing; ALEC 302; Agricultural Education major; and permission.
Must be taken as 'Pass/No Pass' by Agricultural Education majors. Capstone course.
Description: Internship in a selected agribusiness, industry, or agency. Collaboration development of a training program and leadership activities.
| Credit Hours: | 3-6 |
|---|---|
| Max credits per semester: | 6 |
| Max credits per degree: | 6 |
| Grading Option: | Pass No Pass |
| ACE Outcomes: | ACE 10 Integrated Product |
Credit Hours:3-6
ACE:ACE 10 Integrated Product
Prerequisites: Sophomore Standing. Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Communication major. Instructor Permission. ALEC 207 with a C or higher and ALEC 260 with a C or higher.
Department approval is required. Cannot be taken Pass/No Pass.
Description: Internship experience with an organization selected by student and approved by instructor in an agricultural or environmental sciences organization where the focus of the internship is directly related to communications.
| Credit Hours: | 1-3 |
|---|---|
| Max credits per semester: | 3 |
| Max credits per degree: | 6 |
| Grading Option: | Graded |
Credit Hours:1-3
ACE:
Prerequisites: Permission.
Description: Projects to research, literature review, or extension of course work.
| Credit Hours: | 1-9 |
|---|---|
| Max credits per semester: | 9 |
| Max credits per degree: | 9 |
| Grading Option: | Graded with Option |
Credit Hours:1-9
ACE:
For students majoring in the Leadership Option or minoring in Leadership and Communication or Leadership and Entrepreneurship only
Description: Projects to research, literature review, or extension of coursework related specifically to experiential learning in leadership
| Credit Hours: | 0-3 |
|---|---|
| Max credits per semester: | 3 |
| Max credits per degree: | 3 |
| Grading Option: | Graded |
Credit Hours:0-3
ACE:
Prerequisites: Admission to the University Honors Program and permission, AGRI 299H recommended.
Description: Conduct a scholarly research project and write a University Honors Program or undergraduate thesis.
| Credit Hours: | 3-6 |
|---|---|
| Max credits per semester: | 6 |
| Max credits per degree: | 6 |
| Grading Option: | Graded |
Credit Hours:3-6
ACE:
PLEASE NOTE
This document represents a sample 4-year plan for degree completion with this major. Actual course selection and sequence may vary and should be discussed individually with your college or department academic advisor. Advisors also can help you plan other experiences to enrich your undergraduate education such as internships, education abroad, undergraduate research, learning communities, and service learning and community-based learning.
Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communication - Agricultural Education
Critical - Performance Measure: 2.00 GPA required for graduation.
- ***Total Credits Applying Toward 120 Total Hours***
Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communication - Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Communication
Critical- Performance Measure: 2.00 GPA required for graduation.
- ***Total Credits Applying Toward 120 Total Hours***
Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communication - Leadership
Critical- Performance Measure: 2.00 GPA required for graduation.
- ***Total Credits Applying Toward 120 Total Hours***
Career Information
The following represents a sample of the internships, jobs and graduate school programs that current students and recent graduates have reported.
Jobs of Recent Graduates
- Public Information Officer & Exec. Officer, The Nebraska Wheat Board & Wheat Growers Assoc. - Lincoln, NE
- Deputy Press Secretary, U.S. House of Representatives - Washington, DC
- Marketing Specialist, LI-COR Biosciences - Lincoln, NE
- Farm Broadcaster, Rural Radio Network - Scottsbluff, NE
- Communications Specialist, Farmway Coop - Beloit, KS
- Editor & Agricultural Reporter, Northeast Nebraska News Company - Hartington, NE
- Social Media Coordinator, RFD TV - Omaha, NE
- Creative Services Manager, David & Associates - Hastings, NE
- Account Coordinator, Broadhead - Minneapolis, MN
- Sales Representative, Dow AgroSciences - Indianapolis, IN
Internships
- Communications Intern, Nebraska Wheat Board - Lincoln, NE
- Corporate Communications Intern, Aurora Cooperative - Aurora, NE
- Marketing and Public Relations Intern, AKSARBEN Foundation - Omaha, NE
- Sales Intern, Dow AgroSciences - Lincoln, NE
- Promotions Department Intern, NBC Universal Sports Network - Stamford, CT
- Broadcast Intern, UNL Ed Media - Lincoln, NE
- Program & Production Intern, Rural Media Group, Inc. and RFD TV - Omaha, NE
- Public Relations/Marketing, Ak-Sar-Ben/River City Roundup - Omaha, NE
- Media Intern, American Royal - Kansas City, MO
- Marketing and Communications Intern, Agriculture Future of America - Kansas City, MO