The agricultural education major is designed to prepare students to teach agricultural education for grades 5-12. All graduates in Agricultural Education will complete a 12-week teaching internship to qualify for a Minnesota teaching license in grades 5-12 Agricultural Education and Coordinator of Work-Based Learning. When you pursue the agricultural education major at the U of M, youll be licensed and prepared to teach agriscience, agribusiness, animal science, horticulture, food science, agricultural mechanics, and natural resource science. You'll not only learn the foundations of education, but youll also do a year of student teaching.
The major requires a broad study of agriculture, including plant science (horticulture, agronomy, plant pathology, and entomology), animal science, natural resources, soils, economics and agribusiness, agricultural mechanization, food science, foundations of education, foundations of agricultural education, and two semesters of field experience.
While most graduates will pursue school-based Agricultural Education teaching positions in Minnesota or surrounding states, some may pursue related career paths with farms and ranches, commodity organizations, and government agencies.