Program Quick Facts
100% Remote
Online option allows for at-home degree completion
36 Hour Program
This graduate program only requires 36 semester credit hours
100% Asynchronous
Allows for flexibility in student schedule
Overview
The Master of Agriculture (MAgr) is designed for students who want professional graduate training with a management orientation in agriculture, food and natural resources. It is intended to emphasize the problem solving skills involved in the use of science and technology to benefit humanity, not as a research degree. Students pursuing careers in fields such as instructional design, agricultural leadership or rural community development might seek this degree.
The program prepares individuals for leadership roles in education, natural resource management, cooperative extension service, and many other professional careers in agriculture and life sciences. The courses in this non-thesis degree program emphasize the development of problem-solving skills involved in applying science and technology to benefit humanity.
The program includes development of a professional paper to demonstrate problem solving capabilities. Degree candidates may gain such capabilities by completing a professional internship that is designed to provide meaningful, applied, practical experiences, and which may vary in duration from three to nine months depending upon departmental requirements.
The program prepares individuals for leadership roles in education, natural resource management, cooperative extension service, and many other professional careers in agriculture and life sciences. The courses in this non-thesis degree program emphasize the development of problem-solving skills involved in applying science and technology to benefit humanity.
The program includes development of a professional paper to demonstrate problem solving capabilities. Degree candidates may gain such capabilities by completing a professional internship that is designed to provide meaningful, applied, practical experiences, and which may vary in duration from three to nine months depending upon departmental requirements.
Course Plan and Requirements
While students are allowed the flexibility to select support courses to tailor their graduate program to match their academic interests and career aspirations, each program requires the completion of four core curriculum courses to gain content knowledge and skills:
- ALEC 610 Principles of Adult Education
- ALEC 615 Philosophy of Agricultural Education
- ALEC 640 Methods of Technological Change
- ALEC 695 Frontiers in Research
The content examination is administered at the end of the first year of graduate work upon the completion of the four required core courses. Other degree plan requirements involve a professional paper, different from a traditional thesis or dissertation.
An internship is a unique feature of the MAg program. To demonstrate problem solving capabilities, a professional internship may be completed to provide meaningful, applied, and practical experience. An internship is generally completed at the end of formal coursework, and involves either paid or un-paid employment with a cooperating business or agency. One to three credits may be earned for the internship and professional goals.
An internship is a unique feature of the MAg program. To demonstrate problem solving capabilities, a professional internship may be completed to provide meaningful, applied, and practical experience. An internship is generally completed at the end of formal coursework, and involves either paid or un-paid employment with a cooperating business or agency. One to three credits may be earned for the internship and professional goals.