Extension Education Minor
Department of Agricultural and Extension Education
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Description | Requirements | Required Courses | Elective Courses | Admissions/Certification of Minor | Contact

Description

The minor in Extension Education is open to all interested baccalaureate students. The minor is especially appropriate for students enrolled in agricultural majors and interested in careers in Cooperative Extension. Students completing a minor in Extension Education will become familiar with the organization, structure, and mission of Cooperative Extension, the planning and delivery of nonformal educational programs, communication media and technololgy used in extension programs, and accountability systems used in extension.

Requirements

The minor requires a minimum of 16 credit hours with 10 credit hours from a required core and 6 credit hours from a list of advised electives. The minimum grade required for all courses counting toward the minor is "C-".

Required Courses (10 credit hours)

AEE 230 Introduction to Cooperative Extension (2 cr)
AEE 323 Leadership Development in Agriculture (2 cr)
AEE 325 Planning and Delivery of Non-formal Education programs (3 cr)
AEE 478 Extension as Non-formal Education (3 cr)

Elective Courses (6 credit hours)

Choose 2 of the following:

AEE 226 Information Technology in AEE OR CSC 200 Introduction to Computers and Their Uses *
AEE 311 Communications Methods and Media
AEE 470 Agricultural Communications
EDP 304 Educational Psychology
PSY 376 Developmental Psychology

*AEE 226 is the preferred course. However, CSC 200 may be substituted for AEE 226 for students whose majors require CSC 200.

Admissions and Certification of Minor

Admissions
Students who plan to minor in Extension Education should contact Dr. Jim Flowers, Undergraduate Coordinator for the Department of Agricultural and Extension Education. Applications and requirements for the minor may be obtained in 13 Ricks Hall or contacting the departmental Student Services Assistant at 919.515.2241.

Certification
Dr. Jim Flowers will certify the completion of the student's minor program. Certification must be submitted no later than the registration period for the student's final semester at NC State. The minor must be completed no later than the semester in which the student expects to graduate from his or her degree program.

Contact Person

Dr. Jim Flowers

218 Ricks Hall

919.515.1758

jim_flowers@ncsu.edu