Agricultural Leadership, BSAG
Requirements for Students Matriculating in or before Academic Year 2024-2025. Learn more about University Academic Regulation 3.1.
Minimum Overall Grade Point Average: 2.00
Total Hours: 120
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| General Education Requirements | ||
| English Composition | ||
| See Academic Regulation 3.5 | ||
| ENGL 1113 | Composition I | 3 |
| or ENGL 1313 | Critical Analysis and Writing I | |
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Composition II | ||
| Critical Analysis and Writing II | ||
| Technical Writing | ||
| American History & Government | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Survey of American History | ||
| American History to 1865 (H) | ||
| American History Since 1865 (DH) | ||
| POLS 1113 | American Government | 3 |
| Analytical & Quantitative Thought (A) | ||
| MATH (A) or STAT (A) | 3 | |
| Humanities (H) | ||
| Courses designated (H) | 6 | |
| Natural Sciences (N) | ||
| Must include one Laboratory Science (L) course | ||
| Select one of the following: | 4 | |
| Chemistry In Civilization (LN) 1 | ||
| Chemistry I (LN) 1 | ||
| Chemical Principles I (LN) 1 | ||
| SOIL 1113 | Land, Life and the Environment (N) 1 | 3 |
| or SOIL 2124 | Fundamentals of Soil Science (N) | |
| Social & Behavioral Sciences (S) | ||
| AGEC 1113 | Introduction to Agricultural Economics (S) 1 | 3 |
| Additional General Education | ||
| Courses designated (A), (H), (N), or (S) | 9 | |
| Hours Subtotal | 40 | |
| Diversity (D) & International Dimension (I) | ||
| May be completed in any part of the degree plan | ||
| Select at least one Diversity (D) course (Included in Major Requirements) | ||
| Select at least one International Dimension (I) course (Included in Major Requirements) | ||
| College/Departmental Requirements | ||
| Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources | ||
| UNIV 1111 | First Year Seminar (or other approved first year seminar course) | 1 |
| ANSI 1124 | Introduction to the Animal Sciences | 4 |
| ENTO 2003 | Insects and Society (N) | 3 |
| or ENTO 3003 | Livestock Entomology | |
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Fundamentals of Food Science | ||
| The Meat We Eat | ||
| Meat Animal and Carcass Evaluation | ||
| PLNT 1213 | Introduction to Plant and Soil Systems (N) | 3 |
| or HORT 1013 | Principles of Horticultural Science (LN) | |
| Written & Oral Communications | ||
| AGCM 3103 | Written Communications in Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources 2 | 3 |
| or ENGL 3323 | Technical Writing | |
| AGCM 3203 | Oral Communications in Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources (S) 3 | 3 |
| or SPCH 2713 | Introduction to Speech Communication (S) | |
| Hours Subtotal | 20 | |
| Major Requirements | ||
| Core Courses | ||
| AGLE 1511 | Introduction to Leadership in Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources | 1 |
| AGLE 2303 | Agricultural Leaders in Society (S) | 3 |
| AGLE 2403 | Agricultural Leadership in a Multicultural Society (DS) | 3 |
| AGLE 3101 | Introduction to Agricultural Leadership | 1 |
| AGLE 3303 | Agricultural Leadership: Theory and Practice | 3 |
| AGLE 3403 | Facilitating Social Change in Agriculture | 3 |
| AGLE 3803 | Global Leadership in Agriculture (I) | 3 |
| AGLE 4101 | Seminar in Leadership Education | 1 |
| AGLE 4203 | Professional Development in Agriculture | 3 |
| AGLE 4300 | Agricultural Leadership Internship (6 hours) | 6 |
| Select 6 hours of the following: | 6 | |
| Contemporary Issues in Leadership | ||
| Introduction to Cooperative Extension | ||
| Facilitating Leadership Education Programs | ||
| Additional Requirements | ||
| Select 3 hours of upper-division AGEC | 3 | |
| Select 3 hours of NREM | 3 | |
| Related Courses | ||
| To be selected from areas related to agriculture and/or agricultural leadership including any courses with prefixes in Ferguson College of Agriculture, plus EPSY, PSYC, and MGMT. | 15 | |
| Hours Subtotal | 54 | |
| Electives | ||
| Select 6 hours or hours to complete required total for degree | 6 | |
| Hours Subtotal | 6 | |
| Total Hours | 120 | |
- 1
College & Departmental requirements that may be used to meet General Education requirements.
- 2
If ENGL 3323 Technical Writing is substituted for ENGL 1213 Composition II above; hours in this block are reduced by 3.
- 3
If used as (S) course above, then hours are reduced by three.
Other Requirements
- A minimum of 40 semester credit hours and 100 grade points must be earned in courses numbered 3000 or above.
- A 2.00 GPA or higher in upper-division hours.
Additional State/OSU Requirements
- At least: 60 hours at a four-year institution; 30 hours completed at OSU; 15 of the final 30 or 50% of the upper-division hours in the major field completed at OSU.
- Limit of: one-half of major course requirements as transfer work; one-fourth of hours earned by correspondence; 8 transfer correspondence hours.
- Students will be held responsible for degree requirements in effect at the time of matriculation and any changes that are made, so long as these changes do not result in semester credit hours being added or do not delay graduation.
- Degrees that follow this plan must be completed by the end of Summer 2030.