About this program
Agriscience Education combines technical agriculture with proven teaching and leadership skills so you can make an impact in schools and communities. The program is designed to lead to Ohio teacher licensure in Career Technical Education (Agriscience 4-12) while also building broad knowledge of agriculture, business and youth development.
Through coursework and field experiences, you’ll gain real classroom practice and graduate ready to teach agricultural or food science — or step into training, extension or leadership roles across the agricultural industry.
What can I do with this degree?
Graduates in agriscience education prepare the next generation of leaders in food, agriculture and natural resources. They build careers in education, leadership, outreach and industry roles that support agricultural communities and organizations.
Education and Teaching
- Middle school educator
- High school agriculture educator
- Career and technical education instructor
Leadership and Industry Organizations
- Commodity organization leader
- Agricultural association manager
Community Development
- Community education specialist
- Extension educator
- 4-H youth development specialist
Communications and Outreach
- Public relations manager
- Agricultural communications specialist
Sales and Industry Support
- Agricultural sales specialist
- GE Launch Seminar: GENED 1201
- Writing and Information Literacy: Student Choice
- Mathematical & Quantitative Reasoning/Data Analysis: Major requirement: MATH 1130 or 1148 (or Student Choice)
- Literary, Visual and Performing Arts: Student Choice
- Historical & Cultural Studies: Major requirement: COMLDR 3535 (or Student Choice)
- Natural Science: Major requirement: BIOLOGY 1101 or 1113 (or Student Choice)
- Social & Behavioral Sciences: Major requirement: AEDECON 2001 or ECON 2001.01 (or Student Choice)
- Race, Ethnic and Gender Diversity: Student Choice
- Theme: Citizenship for a Diverse & Just World: Student Choice
- Theme: Student Choice a: Major requirement: AGRCOMM 2330 (or Student Choice)
- GE Reflection: GENED 4001
Major core courses
- Introductory Animal Sciences Laboratory
- Ecology of Managed Plant Systems ❖
- Ecology of Managed Plant Systems Lab
- Psychological Perspectives on Education
- Introduction to Agricultural Communication, Education, and Leadership
- Data Analysis in the Applied Sciences
- Foundations of Youth Development and Experiential Learning within Agriscience
- Context-Based Learning in Agriscience Education
- Methods of Teaching Agriscience Education I
- Curriculum Design in Agriscience Education
- Methods of Teaching Agriscience Education II
- Program Planning in Agriscience Education
- Internship in Agriscience Education
- Capstone in Agriscience Education
- Evaluation in Agriscience Education
- Teaching Reading Across the Curriculum
- Introduction to the Special Education Profession
- Intro to Food Processing
Supporting courses
- Introduction to Psychology
- Elementary Chemistry or General Chemistry I
- College & Department Survey: FAES 1100 (0.5) & COMLDR 1100 (0.5)
- Oral Expression: AGRCOMM 3130 or COMM 2110
- Additional Science: ENR 2100
- Internship: FAES 3191 & ASE 2189
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