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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL LEADERSHIP, EDUCATION, AND
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ALEC 601.
Advanced Methods in Agricultural Education. [Credit 3]
Learning theories; techniques and procedures to enhance the teaching-learning
process; methods to evaluate learning.
Prerequisite: Approval of department head.
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ALEC 603.
Experiential Learning.
[Credit 3]
This course focuses on
theory and practice in facilitating learning from experiences in
formal, informal, and non-formal settings. Topics covered include
experiential learning in classroom/laboratory settings, guided
inquiry, internships/externships, service learning, project-based
learning, and outdoor/adventure learning.
Prerequisite: Approval of graduate advisor.
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ALEC 607.
Youth Leadership Programs. [Credit 3]
Methods and procedures of organizing and conducting youth leadership
programs in school and non-school settings.
Prerequisite: Professional experience or approval of department head.
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ALEC 610.
Principles of Adult Education. [Credit 3]
Identification of basic principles motivating adults to learn. Procedures to implement
these principles in bringing about changes in adult behavior.
Prerequisite: Professional experience or approval of department head.
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ALEC 611.
Advanced Methods in Distance Education. [Credit 3]
Selected topics in Advanced Methods in Distance Education. Course
to be taught by Dr. K. E. Dooley. Syllabus
ALEC 611 Course Page
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ALEC 612.
� Advanced Instructional Design for Online Learning
Applies learning and teaching theory as the foundation for developing engaging online
instruction. Pulls together theory, concepts, and strategies to provide a broad
understanding of the fundamentals of online learning from the conceptual stage to
the development and delivery stages. Focused on knowledge and skills necessary to
create effective online courses, training programs, and learning units.
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ALEC 613.
� eLearning Development and Delivery
Techniques
Provides knowledge and skills necessary to develop and
deliver effective online courses, training programs, and learning units. Specific
topics include: management of eLearning projects, needs assessment and audience
analysis, creation and editing of documents, images, audio, and video. Focused on
skills to create media for use in an online course.
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ALEC 615.
Philosophy of Agricultural Education. [Credit 3]
Historical and philosophical developments in education that brought
about education in agriculture; ideas of individuals that culminated in agricultural
education institutions and organizations.
Prerequisite: Approval of department head.
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ALEC 619.
Workshop in Agricultural Education. [Credit 1-3]
Offered for three or six weeks or full semester to study selected
programs in agricultural or extension education. Consultants are used in specialized
areas. May be taken twice for credit but not to exceed 6 hours of credit toward
a degree. Prerequisite: Professional experience or approval of department head.
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ALEC 625.
Program Evaluation and Organizational Accountability. [Credit 1-3]
Examines the philosophy, methods, and issues of accountability and
evaluation necessary to meet expectations of institutional mandates. Special emphasis
on analytical tools and performance measures.
Prerequisite: Professional experience or approval of department head.
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ALEC 630.
Guidance and Counseling for Rural Youth. [Credit 3]
Problems of youth with special attention given to rural youth; theories
of vocational development reviewed and techniques and procedures developed to help
youth make career choices.
Prerequisite: Approval of department head.
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ALEC 640.
Methods of Technological Change. [Credit 3]
Dynamics of cultural change as theoretical framework for planned technological change;
methods of planning and implementing change, its effects and how it can be predicted.
Prerequisite: Approval of department head.
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ALEC 641. Transfer of Technology by Institutions. [Credit
3]
Role and organization of institutions for effective transfer of technology; institutional
models, assignment of priorities, institutional linkages, communications, special
program design, program strategies, and program evaluation.
Prerequisite: Professional experience or approval of department head.
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ALEC 644.
The Agricultural Advisor in Developing Nations. [Credit 3]
Trends, conditions, critical incidents, techniques, roles, and preparation affecting
the success of persons desiring to provide technical assistance in projects of agricultural
development by serving as agricultural advisors in developing nations, especially
in cross cultural settings.
Prerequisite: Approval of instructor.
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ALEC 645.
Initiating, Managing, and Monitoring Projects of International Agricultural Development.
[Credit 3]
Origin of projects in agricultural development involving host governments;
procedures in developing contracts with sponsors; duties and responsibilities of
contract administrators, project leaders, and the home institution; reporting systems,
project reviews, and evaluation procedures; procedures effective in managing projects.
Prerequisite: ALEC 640 or approval of instructor.
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ALEC 646.
Institutions Serving Agriculture in Developing Nations. [Credit 3]
Comparisons among programs and functions, strengths and weaknesses, organization,
and relationships of institutions and agencies in public sectors serving agriculture
in developing nations; includes those responsible for agricultural extension, agricultural
research, agrarian reform, price stabilization, agricultural credit and agricultural
cooperatives.
Prerequisite: ALEC 641 or approval of instructor.
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ALEC 681.
Seminar. [Credit 1 (each semester)]
Group study and discussion of current developments in agricultural
education; research and legislation as they affect programs in teacher education,
agricultural science and related areas of education.
Prerequisite: Approval of department head.
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ALEC 684.
Professional Internship. [Credit 1-6 (each semester)]
An on-the-job supervised experience program conducted in the area
of the student's specialization.
Prerequisites: Graduate classification; approval of department head.
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ALEC 685. Directed Studies. [Credit 1-4 (each semester)]
Studies related to classroom, laboratory, supervised activities
in agriculture, work experience, extension education and adult educational activities
in agricultural programs.
Prerequisite: Approval of department head.
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ALEC 689.
Learning Organizations. [Credit 3]
This course focuses on theory and practice in facilitating learning from experiences
in formal, informal, and non-formal settings. Topics covered include experiential
learning in classroom/laboratory settings, guided inquiry, internships/externships,
service learning, project-based learning, and outdoor/adventure learning.
Prerequisite: Approval of graduate advisor.
ALEC 689 Course Page
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ALEC 690. Theory of Agricultural Education Research.
[Credit 3]
Theory and design of research problems in agricultural education; communication
of research proposal and results of research; evaluation of current research of
faculty and students; review of current research literature. May be taken three
times for credit.
Prerequisite: Approval of graduate advisor.
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ALEC 691.
Research. [Credit 1+ (each semester)]
Initiation and completion of research for advanced degree.
Prerequisite: Approval of department head.
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ALEC 692.
Professional Study. [Credit 1+ (each semester)]
Approved professional study of project undertaken as the terminal
requirement for degree of Doctor of Education; preparation of a record of study
summarizing the rationale, procedure, and results of the completed project.
Prerequisite: Approval of major advisor.
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