Course variations

Course summary

This program is to provide a major that allows students to study leadership, communication, and the applied sciences of agriculture. Within the major are elective areas for agriculture courses and what they call an emphasis area. The emphasis area is like a minor and is a combination of courses, chosen by the student and academic adviser that provide concentrated study in a particular area. Additionally, in the major, several business classes are required as well as courses in agricultural leadership, education, and communications. agricultural leadership, education, and communications courses include leadership theory, models of the change process, methods of teaching adults, multiculturalism in agriculture, and program planning in extension. Students may participate in an internship. A majority of the ALED students complete an internship. This component is diverse due to the nature of the students as they select their internship based in their career goals. The sites are approved by the department and students may be paid or unpaid. The assignments that students complete are to analyze the organization from a leadership and human relations point of view. In other words, the goal for the internship is to allow students to gain some technical expertise and to provide a forum for students to apply their knowledge in leadership and communications to a real-time experience. ALED provides students with technical, conceptual, and human relations skills that employers continually tell us they are seeking. To date, students who actively seek employment are finding placement in many highly profitable areas.

Program modules

The modules are ALED 102.Critical Issues in Agricultural Leadership I, II. [Credits: 1], ALED 125.Leadership Learning Community I. [Credits: 1], ALED 225.Leadership Learning Community II. [Credits: 1], ALED 285.Directed Studies in Agricultural Leadership and Development. [Credits: 1 to 4], ALED 289.Special Topics [Credits: 1 to 4], ALED 291.Research. [Credits: 1 to 4], ALED 301.Topics in Agricultural Leadership.. [Credits: 3], ALED 340.Professional Leadership Development. [Credits: 3], ALED 341.Team Learning. [Credits: 3], ALED 342.Learning Organizations. [Credits: 3], ALED 343.Human Resource Management in Agriculture and Life Sciences. [Credits: 3], ALED 344.Leadership of Volunteers. [Credits: 3], ALED 380.Workshop in Agricultural Leadership and Development.. [Credits: 1 to 4], ALED 400.Public Leadership Development.. [Credits: 3], ALED 422.Cultural Pluralism in Agriculture. [Credits: 3], ALED 425.Principles of Program Evaluation in Agriculture and Life Sciences. [Credits: 3], ALED 426.Methods in Adult Agricultural Education. [Credits: 3], ALED 440.Principles of Technological Change. [Credits: 3], ALED 441.Agricultural Extension Organization and Methods. [Credits: 3], ALED 442.Professional Communications in Agriculture and Life Sciences. [Credits: 3], ALED 481.Seminar. [Credits: 1], ALED 485.Directed Studies in Agricultural Leadership Development. [Credits: 1 to 4], ALED 489.Special Topics [Credits: 1 to 4], ALED 491.Research. [Credits: 1 to 4], ALED 494.Internship. [Credits: 1 to 6], ALED 201.Introduction to Leadership. [Credits: ], ALED 423.Women in Leadership: Becoming Culturally Competent. [Credits: 3].

Entry requirement for international students

Applicants are required to have the minimum coursework in four years of English; four years of mathematics; four years of science and two years of the same foreign language. Applicants whose native language is not English are required to submit proof of English proficiency, which are minimum TOEFL score of 550 for paper-based testing (p-BT) or 213 computer-based testing (c-BT) or 80 internet-based testing (i-BT) or a minimum IELTS score of 6.0 overall band or a minimum SAT Critical Reading (verbal) score of 500 or a minimum ACT English score of 21 or by completing all four years in a high school within the U.S.

Qualification

Bachelor degree

Awarding body

Texas A And M University

Department name

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communication