Certificate Programs

The Department offers two types of certificates within our field of study: The Certificate in Agriculture eLearning Development and Certificate in Leadership, Education, Theory, and Practice.   The Agriculture eLearning Development certificate can be obtained at a distance, however, the Leadership certificate is obtained by taking on-campus courses.

Certificate in Agriculture eLearning Development
The Agriculture eLearning Development certificate is an innovative program that prepares students and professionals to develop sophisticated eLearning courses and programs to serve the eTraining needs of both public and private sectors of agriculture.  Students are required to complete five online courses (14 credit hours) to earn the certificate which consist of ALEC 610, ALEC 611, ALEC 612, ALEC 613, and ALEC 685 (a Directed Study as a capstone course).  Cost for academic credit is based on Texas A&M University tuition.  Cost for continuing education credit is $525/course.  These costs do not include expenses related to required software or textbooks.

For more information to obtain the eLearning Certificate, visit the web page at http://cbi.tamu.edu/el/index.htm, or contact Dr. Robert Strong, r-strong@tamu.edu, 979-845-1139.

Certificate in Leadership Education, Theory, and Practice
The Leadership Education, Theory, and Practice Certificate is a certificate approved in 2009. It is an innovative program offered within the Department. This program prepares student with the unique knowledge and skills required to apply leadership theory and put into practice these theories at any level in an organization.  Students gain a substantive foundation of leadership theory, with the institutional focus on leadership situations and how to apply leadership theories to all professional organizations, including professional and civic.  This emphasis consists of 14 credit hours.  Required courses include, ALEC 606, ALEC 609 and ALEC 685 (a Directed Study as a capstone course).  Students select 6 credit hours from either, ALEC 607, ALEC 608, ALEC 616, ALEC 617, or ALEC 625.  Cost for academic credit is based on Texas A&M University tuition.  These costs do not include expenses related to required software or textbooks.    

For more information to obtain the Leadership Education Certificate, please contact Dr. Barry Boyd, b-boyd@tamu.edu, 979-862-3693.

If an individual is not enrolled at Texas A&M University as a degree seeking student, either certificate may also be completed by enrolling in Continuing Education. Cost for continuing education credit is $525/course.  These costs do not include expenses related to required software or textbooks.