Agricultural Education and Studies (AGEDS)

Credits: 1. Contact Hours: Discussion 1, Lecture 0.5.

Introduction to professional and educational development within university, college, department and major. Development of Resumes and Cover Letters. Career planning and assessment of professional goals. (Typically Offered: Fall, Spring)

Credits: 1. Contact Hours: Lecture 1.

Prereq: College Registration Approver Permission for Course
Introduction to leadership in agriculture and the life sciences, problem solving applied to current case studies, global perspective required by leaders, and designing programs to respond to societal needs in the agricultural and life sciences. (Typically Offered: Fall)

Credits: 1. Contact Hours: Lecture 1.

Prereq: Department Permission for Course
The scientific basis of biological and social sciences in agriculture. (Typically Offered: Spring)

Credits: 1. Contact Hours: Lecture 1.
Repeatable.

Career skills, learning strategies, and social and academic integration techniques to student members of Step Forward Learning Community. Utilization of campus resources, encouragement of self-exploration, and development of academic skills. Offered on a satisfactory-fail basis only. (Typically Offered: Fall, Spring)

Credits: 1. Contact Hours: Lecture 0.5.

Prereq: AGLSE major
Field experience in a formal education setting designed to explore teaching as a career through guided observation and interviews, reflection, and on-campus dialogue. (Typically Offered: Fall)

Credits: 1. Repeatable, maximum of 3 credits.

Prereq: Credit or concurrent enrollment in AGEDS 1100 or ANS 1100 or AGRON 1100 or ECON 1100 or NREM 1100 or BIOL 1100 or HORT 1100 or SOC 1100 or FSHN 1100 or TSM 1100 or BUSAD 1020 or BUSAD 1030 or LAS 1010 or ENGR 1010
Forty hours on-site in an agricultural setting. Students will have an opportunity outside the classroom for career guidance, role modeling, and reflection on their observations that they can apply to their courses and other educational experiences. (Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)

Credits: 1. Repeatable, maximum of 3 credits.

Prereq: AGEDS 1100 or ANS 1100 or AGRON 1100 or ECON 1100 or NREM 1100 or BIOL 1100 or HORT 1100 or SOC 1100 or FSHN 1100 or TSM 1100 or BUSAD 1020 or BUSAD 1030 or LAS 1010 or ENGR 1010
Forty hours on-site in an agricultural setting. Students will have an opportunity outside the classroom for career guidance, role modeling, and reflection on their observations that they can apply to their courses and other educational experiences. (Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)

Credits: 1. Contact Hours: Lecture 1.

Prereq: Sophomore classification, credit or concurrent enrollment in AGEDS 1100 or ANS 1100 or AGRON 1100 or ECON 1100 or NREM 1100 or BIOL 1100 or HORT 1100 or SOC 1100 or FSHN 1100 or TSM 1100 or BUSAD 1020 or BUSAD 1030 or LAS 1010 or ENGR 1010
Career preparation including assessments, networking, interviewing skills and related life skill development. Survey of current issues in agriculture that impact career goals. (Typically Offered: Fall, Spring)

Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.

Introduction to the fundamentals of visual communication as used in agricultural and life sciences contexts. Overviews of photography and videography and how they are both used to communicate agricultural and life sciences topics to strategic audiences. (Typically Offered: Fall, Spring)

Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.

This course covers communication concepts and practices in the context of agriculture, natural resources, and life sciences. Topics examined in this course include the foundation of communication, persuasion, message strategies on different communication channels with diverse audiences for various purposes, and ethical implications of persuasion in a number of agricultural communication contexts. (Typically Offered: Fall, Spring)

Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.

Prereq: Sophomore classification AND credit or enrollment in AGEDS 2110A
Historical development of agricultural education programs. Philosophic premises, program goals and objectives. Educational and social issues impacting the implementation of agricultural education programs. (Typically Offered: Fall, Spring)

Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.

Utilizing instructional methods, techniques, and problem solving, presentation and sales strategies with agricultural audiences. (Typically Offered: Fall, Spring)

Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 1.
Repeatable.

Prereq: College of Agriculture and Life Sciences major
A planned learning experience wherein each student and faculty mentor develops a learning agreement that encompasses specific activities and expectations. Students are engaged in reflective activities that include journals, micro-reflections, formal presentations, and a comprehensive portfolio. (Typically Offered: Fall, Spring)

Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.

Prereq: Sophomore classification
Leadership principles and strategies to influence and motivate team members to achieve personal, professional, and entrepreneurial goals in production agriculture, agricultural education, and agricultural organizations. (Typically Offered: Fall, Spring)

Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.

Prereq: ENGL 2500
Development of written, oral, visual and electronic communications relevant to agriculture and life sciences. Students develop a set of communication skills applicable to agriculture and life science contexts and for various audiences. (Typically Offered: Fall, Spring)

Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 2, Laboratory 3.

Introduction to SMAW (Arc), GMAW (Mig), GTAW (Tig), Oxy-Fuel welding, Oxy-Fuel cutting, and Plasma cutting theories and applications. Emphasis will be on theoretical foundation of welding, safety, welding skill development, and management of equipment, and materials. Introduction to small engines and applications. Emphasis will be on theory of operating systems, maintenance, troubleshooting, failure analysis, and safety. (Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)

Credits: Required.

Prereq: Junior or senior classification; permission of department
Required of all cooperative education students. Students must register for this course prior to commencing each work period. (Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)

(Dual-listed with AGEDS 5010).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.

Prereq: AGEDS 3100
Responsibilities of an agricultural education teacher, curriculum development, experiential learning opportunities including FFA and SAE, and assessment and maintenance of program quality. (Typically Offered: Fall)

(Dual-listed with AGEDS 5020).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.

Prereq: AGEDS 4010; concurrent enrollment in AGEDS 3110
Topics include: principles of teaching and learning, individualized and group methods, application of learning, instructional management, special populations, and evaluation. (Typically Offered: Fall)

Credits: 2-6. Repeatable, maximum of 6 credits.

Prereq: Junior or Senior Classification AND Major in Agricultural Studies, Agriculture and Life Sciences Education, Agricultural Communication, or Agricultural Education
A supervised two to twelve week learning experience in an approved learning setting with application to educational, agricultural, communications and/or environmental practices and principles. (Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)

Credits: 2. Contact Hours: Lecture 2.

Basic concepts in planning, conducting, and evaluating educational programs in non-formal settings. Includes programming for youth and adults in Extension, agricultural industry, and related agencies. (Typically Offered: Spring)

Credits: 1.

Prereq: (AGEDS 2110A or AGEDS 2110C) AND AGEDS 4020
A forty hour field-based experience in an approved secondary agricultural education program. Concurrent enrollment in 4170 is required. (Typically Offered: Fall, Spring)

Credits: 1-16. Repeatable.

Prereq: (AGEDS 2110A or AGEDS 2110C) AND AGEDS 4020
Supervised teaching in public schools. (Typically Offered: Fall, Spring)

(Dual-listed with AGEDS 5250).
Credits: 1-6. Repeatable, maximum of 18 credits.

Inquiry-based techniques for education related to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) in agriculture in secondary classrooms. Analyze, demonstrate, and design activities, labs, and projects using inquiry-based frameworks for teaching and learning. (Typically Offered: Summer)

Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 2, Laboratory 2.
Repeatable, maximum of 9 credits.

Prereq: ECON 2350, ECON 2300 and Junior classification
Participation in the management and operation of a diversified Iowa farm. The class is responsible for the plans, records, and decisions for buying and selling the farm's livestock, crops, and equipment. Special speakers on current topics. May be taken for credit 3 times at different times of the year with permission of the instructor. (Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)

Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.

Prereq: Senior classification
The legal framework impinging upon decision-making by firms, families, and individuals, real and personal property, contracts, secured transactions, negotiable instruments, debtor-creditor relations, bankruptcy, farm income tax organization of firms, intergenerational property transfers, trusts and farm estate planning, civil and criminal liabilities, environmental law, federal and state regulatory powers. (Typically Offered: Spring)

Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.

Capstone course focusing on connecting the education, skills, and experiences gained during students’ experience in the Agricultural Studies Multidisciplinary option program to aide in preparing for life after college. This course challenges students to uncover the wild and wicked challenges 21st century agriculture is facing, while employing their skills and expertise to develop solutions for these issues. (Typically Offered: Fall, Spring)

(Dual-listed with AGEDS 5610).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.

Prereq: Junior classification
Examine the processes by which innovations in agriculture, food, and natural resources are diffused across global societies based on their performance characteristics that influence rate of adoption. Diffusion of Innovations Theory and alternative models will be applied to analyze and solve issues facing communities, industries, and organizations in domestic and international settings. Meets International Perspectives Requirement. (Typically Offered: Fall)

Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.

Prereq: Junior or Senior Classification and AGEDS 2630X
Focuses on improving students’ awareness, comprehension, and communication of current and emerging issues facing agriculture and natural resources in Iowa, the United States, and worldwide. Students will be exposed to these issues by reading articles, engaging in dialogue with various players, and identifying ways to address them. Course will enhance students’ written and oral communication skills on contemporary agriculture and natural resources issues. (Typically Offered: Fall, Spring)

Credits: 1-2. Contact Hours: Lecture 2.
Repeatable, maximum of 6 credits.

Prereq: Instructor Permission for Course
Specialized training in communication and agricultural marketing knowledge and skills in preparation for intercollegiate competition.Graduation Description: Maximum of 6 credits can be applied toward graduation. (Typically Offered: Fall, Spring)

Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 2, Laboratory 3.

Prereq: AGEDS 3880; credit or concurrent enrollment in AGEDS 3100
Methods and management techniques in agricultural mechanics laboratories. Emphasis will be on safety, mechanical skills development and management of students, facilities, equipment, and materials. (Typically Offered: Fall, Spring)

Credits: 1-3. Repeatable, maximum of 6 credits.

Prereq: Instructor Permission for Course
(Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)

Credits: 1-3. Repeatable, maximum of 6 credits.

Prereq: Instructor Permission for Course
(Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)

Credits: 1-3. Repeatable, maximum of 6 credits.

Prereq: Instructor Permission for Course
(Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)

Credits: 1-3. Repeatable, maximum of 6 credits.

Prereq: Instructor Permission for Course
(Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)

Credits: 1-3. Repeatable, maximum of 6 credits.

Prereq: Instructor Permission for Course
(Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)

Credits: 1-3. Repeatable, maximum of 6 credits.

Prereq: Instructor Permission for Course
(Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)

Credits: 1-3. Repeatable, maximum of 6 credits.

Prereq: Instructor Permission for Course
(Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)

Credits: 1-3. Repeatable, maximum of 6 credits.

Prereq: Instructor Permission for Course
(Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)

Credits: 1-3. Repeatable, maximum of 6 credits.

Prereq: Instructor Permission for Course
(Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)

Credits: 1-3. Repeatable.

Prereq: Instructor Permission for Course
Limited enrollment. Extended field trips to study agriculture and education related topics. Location and duration of trips will vary. Pre-trip sessions arranged. Trip expenses paid by students. Meets International Perspectives Requirement. (Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)

Credits: 1-3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Repeatable.

Prereq: Instructor Permission for Course
Limited enrollment. Extended field trips to study agriculture and education related topics. Location and duration of trips will vary. Pre-trip sessions arranged. Trip expenses paid by students. (Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)

Credits: 1-30. Repeatable.

Prereq: Department Permission for Course
Research experience in agricultural education and studies with application to selected problems. (Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)

(Dual-listed with AGEDS 4010).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.

Prereq: Classification as AGEDS grad student
Responsibilities of an agricultural education teacher, curriculum development, experiential learning opportunities including FFA and SAE, and assessment and maintenance of program quality. (Typically Offered: Fall)

(Dual-listed with AGEDS 4020).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.

Prereq: Concurrent enrollment in AGEDS 5110, classification as AGEDS grad student
Topics include: principles of teaching and learning, individualized and group methods, application of learning, instructional management, special populations, and evaluation. (Typically Offered: Fall)

Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.

Determining your research focus; developing research problems and objectives; reviewing the literature and establishing a theoretical framework; establishing procedures for data collection and analysis; ethical issues. (Typically Offered: Spring)

Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.

The identification and use of key planning, delivery and evaluation of presentations using audience engagement techniques focused on research-based principles and field-based practices of professional presenters in agriculture and the life sciences. (Typically Offered: Fall, Summer)

Credits: 2-6.

Prereq: Classification as AGEDS grad student
Supervised 5th-12th grade public and private schools teaching practicum for graduate students in Masters degree teacher certification program. (Typically Offered: Fall, Spring)

Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.

Theory and practice of adult education. Teaching and learning in formal and non-formal instructional programs for adult learners. (Typically Offered: Spring)

Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.

Theories and practice of program planning for nonformal education. Addresses use of program logic modeling and considers critical theories of planning to address power and interests in program development, needs assessment, and evaluation. (Typically Offered: Fall)

(Dual-listed with AGEDS 4250).
Credits: 1-6. Repeatable, maximum of 3 times.

Inquiry-based techniques for education related to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) in agriculture in secondary classrooms. Analyze, demonstrate, and design activities, labs, and projects using inquiry-based frameworks for teaching and learning. (Typically Offered: Summer)

Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.

Introduction to a variety of theoretical perspectives of learning and how they may be used within the context of agricultural education. Emphasis will be on the major domains of learning, developmental considerations, basic assumptions, concepts, and principles of various learning theories; understanding how each theoretical perspective may be used in both formal and non-formal educational settings. (Typically Offered: Spring)

Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.

Philosophical premises, ethical principles, historical development, contextual applications, and knowledge bases for agricultural education. (Typically Offered: Fall)

(Dual-listed with AGEDS 4610).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.

Examine the processes by which innovations in agriculture, food, and natural resources are diffused across global societies based on their performance characteristics that influence rate of adoption. Diffusion of Innovations Theory and alternative models will be applied to analyze and solve issues facing communities, industries, and organizations in domestic and international settings. Meets International Perspectives Requirement. (Typically Offered: Fall)

Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.

Understanding the role of interviews in agricultural education research, basis for theory of meaning, and variations of interview technique among qualitative traditions. Development of facilitation technique for individual interviews; and focus groups. Transcription and basic qualitative analysis. Use of interview findings to prepare manuscripts. (Typically Offered: Spring)

Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.

Examine postulates, applications and limitations of various leadership theories such as Transformational Leadership, Authentic Leadership, Servant Leadership, and Adaptive Leadership. Valuable to individuals interested in pursuing leadership opportunities in academia and business; and specifically Agricultural Education, Communication and Extension Education. (Typically Offered: Fall)

Credits: 1-3. Repeatable.

Prereq: Instructor Permission for Course
(Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)

Credits: 1-3. Repeatable.

Prereq: Instructor Permission for Course
(Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)

Credits: 1-3. Repeatable.

Prereq: Instructor Permission for Course
(Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)

Credits: 1-3. Repeatable.

Prereq: Instructor Permission for Course
(Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)

Credits: 1-3. Repeatable.

Prereq: Instructor Permission for Course
(Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)

Credits: 1-3. Repeatable.

Prereq: Instructor Permission for Course
(Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)

Credits: 1-3. Repeatable.

Prereq: Instructor Permission for Course
(Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)

Credits: 1-3. Repeatable.

Prereq: Instructor Permission for Course
(Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)

Credits: 1-3. Repeatable.

Prereq: Instructor Permission for Course
(Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)

Credits: 1-3. Repeatable.

Prereq: Instructor Permission for Course
(Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)

Credits: 1-3. Repeatable.

Prereq: Instructor Permission for Course
(Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)

Credits: 1-3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Repeatable.

(Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)

Credits: 1-3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Repeatable.

(Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)

Credits: 1-3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
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(Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)

Credits: 1-3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Repeatable.

(Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)

Credits: 1-3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Repeatable.

(Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)

Credits: 1-3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Repeatable.

(Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)

Credits: 1-3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Repeatable.

(Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)

Credits: 1-3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Repeatable.

(Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)

Credits: 1-3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Repeatable.

(Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)

Credits: 1-30. Repeatable.

Prereq: Instructor Permission for Course
For nonthesis masters degree programs. (Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)

Credits: 1. Contact Hours: Lecture 1.
Repeatable.

Offered on a satisfactory-fail basis only. (Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)

Credits: 1. Contact Hours: Lecture 1.
Repeatable.

Offered on a satisfactory-fail basis only. (Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)

Credits: 1. Contact Hours: Lecture 1.
Repeatable.

Offered on a satisfactory-fail basis only. (Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)

Credits: 1. Contact Hours: Lecture 1.
Repeatable.

Offered on a satisfactory-fail basis only. (Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)

Credits: 1. Contact Hours: Lecture 1.
Repeatable.

Offered on a satisfactory-fail basis only. (Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)

Credits: 1-6. Contact Hours: Lecture 6.
Repeatable, maximum of 6 credits.

Prereq: Instructor Permission for Course
Analysis of the roles and activities of professionals in agricultural education. Supervised professional field-based experience in public and private settings. Offered on a satisfactory-fail basis only. (Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)

Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.

Principles and best practices for leading, administering, supervising, and managing agricultural education programs. Analyzing selected case studies that apply theory to practice in agricultural situations.

Credits: 1-30. Repeatable.

Prereq: Instructor Permission for Course