Agricultural education
Master of education/initial licensure
(Minnesota state licensure in agricultural education)
The demand for leaders in agricultural, food, and environmental education grows stronger each day. This program will prepare you to be an inquiring, analytical, and reflective agricultural educator who will inspire your students and be a leader in the schools. You'll experience a powerful combination of educational theory and classroom practice, and you'll leave feeling confident and prepared to make a difference.
Program highlights
- Passionate faculty with real-world experience.
- Housed in the Department of Work and Human Resource Education, ranked fourth in the nation by U.S. News & World Reports.
- Only program in the state that licenses agricultural educators.
- Flexibility - you may enroll in any semester.
- Student teaching placements can be arranged throughout the state
- Get your license while working towards your master's degree (M.Ed.)
Coursework
- Foundations courses like School and Society, Technology for Teaching and Learning, and The American Middle School
- Major courses such as Agricultural Education: Methods of Teaching, and Strategies for Managing and Advising the FFA Organization
- Teaching internship
See full curriculum and description of this program
Following the licensure program, you may return to take an additional three courses and earn your M.Ed. degree (see finishing your M.Ed. degree).
Outstanding alumni
Carl Aakre '04 was named Minnesota Teacher of the Year for 2007 and Agriscience Teacher of the Year for 2005.
Your next steps
- Learn more about our teaching programs
- Attend an information session
- Speak to an adviser
- See preadmission course requirements
- Apply | application instructions - read these first | application form [.pdf]
Application deadlines
- March 15 to enroll summer session
- June 15 to enroll fall semester
- October 1 to enroll spring semester
Completing the program
Other resources
- Praxis testing
- Tuition
- About the Twin Cities
- Multicultural Teacher Development Project
- Career information for teachers (Exploratory, Transition, and Career Services center)
- Department of Work and Human Resource Education home page
Revised June 2008