Agricultural Communications and Journalism - BS
Students graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Communications and Journalism are prepared for employment in agricultural businesses, organizations, associations, government agencies at all levels, and by all types of communication media: magazines, the internet, television and radio stations, newspapers, sports and entertainment, and public relations and advertising agencies.
The degree requires the completion of 120 semester credit hours. The student who wishes to develop specific career plans may do so in consultation with their Agricultural Communications and Journalism advisor. With approval of the advisor and the dean’s office, substitutions may be made in the required scientific and technical agriculture courses to help meet the student’s goals.
For more information about this minor, visit our AGCJ web page.
| First Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | Semester Credit Hours | |
| AGCJ 105 | Introduction to Agricultural Communications | 3 |
| American history | 3 | |
| Communication | 3 | |
| Mathematics | 3 | |
| Human performance directed elective 1 | 3 | |
| Semester Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| AGCJ 281 | Journalism Concepts for Agriculture | 3 |
| Communication | 3 | |
| Life and physical sciences | 3 | |
| Mathematics | 3 | |
| Animal science directed elective 2 | 3 | |
| Semester Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Second Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| AGCJ 312 | Editing for Agricultural Audiences | 3 |
| American history | 3 | |
| Government/Political science | 3 | |
| Language, philosophy and culture | 3 | |
| Plant science directed elective 3 | 3 | |
| Semester Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| AGCJ 307 | Design for Agricultural Media | 3 |
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Theory and Practice of Agricultural Publishing | ||
| Theory and Practice of Agricultural Public Relations | ||
| Agricultural Photography | ||
| Radio Broadcasting | ||
| Creative arts | 3 | |
| Government/Political science | 3 | |
| Life and physical sciences | 3 | |
| Semester Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Third Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| AGCJ 313 | Agricultural Media Writing I | 3 |
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Theory and Practice of Agricultural Publishing | ||
| Theory and Practice of Agricultural Public Relations | ||
| Agricultural Photography | ||
| Radio Broadcasting | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Introduction to Agricultural Economics | ||
| Principles of Economics | ||
| Principles of Economics | ||
| Agricultural emphasis area 4 | 3 | |
| Statistics 5 | 3 | |
| Semester Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| AGCJ 314 | Agricultural Media Writing II | 3 |
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Communicating Agricultural Information to the Public | ||
| Agricultural Publications Production | ||
| Agricultural Public Relations Methods | ||
| Web Authoring in Agricultural Communication | ||
| Advertising Copy and Design | ||
| Television Production for Agricultural Journalists | ||
| Emerging Media in Agriculture | ||
| Advanced Radio Broadcasting | ||
| Directed Studies | ||
| Research | ||
| Internship | ||
| Agriculture emphasis area 4 | 3 | |
| Life and physical sciences | 3 | |
| General elective | 3 | |
| Semester Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Fourth Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| ALED 424 | Applied Ethics in Leadership | 3 |
| Select one from the following: | 3 | |
| Communicating Agricultural Information to the Public | ||
| Agricultural Publications Production | ||
| Agricultural Public Relations Methods | ||
| Web Authoring in Agricultural Communication | ||
| Advertising Copy and Design | ||
| Television Production for Agricultural Journalists | ||
| Emerging Media in Agriculture | ||
| Advanced Radio Broadcasting | ||
| Directed Studies | ||
| Research | ||
| Internship | ||
| Agricultural emphasis area 4 | 3 | |
| General elective | 3 | |
| General elective | 3 | |
| Semester Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Communicating Agricultural Information to the Public | ||
| Agricultural Publications Production | ||
| Agricultural Public Relations Methods | ||
| Web Authoring in Agricultural Communication | ||
| Advertising Copy and Design | ||
| Television Production for Agricultural Journalists | ||
| Emerging Media in Agriculture | ||
| Advanced Radio Broadcasting | ||
| Directed Studies | ||
| Research | ||
| Internship | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Senior Seminar | ||
| Research | ||
| Internship | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Global Agricultural Issues | ||
| Global Social Justice Issues in Agriculture | ||
| Culture Theory, Orientation and Adaptation | ||
| Cultural Pluralism in Agriculture | ||
| Agricultural emphasis area 4 | 1 | |
| General elective | 3 | |
| General elective | 2 | |
| Semester Credit Hours | 15 | |
| Total Semester Credit Hours | 120 | |
| 1 | Select from ALED 100-499, NFSC 100-499. |
| 2 | Select from ANSC 100-499, ENTO 100-499, POSC 100-499, WFSC 100-499. |
| 3 | Select from ESSM 100-499, HORT 100-499, PLPA 100-499, SCSC 100-499. |
| 4 | Agriculture emphasis area courses will be used to develop a cohesive career emphasis and are to be selected in consultation with an academic advisor. |
| 5 | Select from AGCJ 411, STAT 201-225, STAT 301-415. |
Graduation requirements include a requirement for 3 hours of International and Cultural Diversity courses and 3 hours of Cultural Discourse courses. A course satisfying a Core category, a college/department requirement, or a free elective can be used to satisfy this requirement. See an academic advisor.