undergraduate course offerings

This Department of Agricultural Education and Communication course is designed for any student with interests in enhancing their public speaking abilities. The class is divided into two overarching components: lectures and labs. Lectures focus on strategies and techniques for achieving public speaking success, while labs provide a unique opportunity to apply material learned in lecture.

After this course, you will be able to:•Demonstrate capacity for audience

engagement and relevance.•Demonstrate capacity for application of

public speaking within professional and relationship-building contexts.

• Demonstratethekeyelementsofeffectiveoral communication via public speaking.

•Demonstrate perspectives articulating and prioritizing the art of public speaking and persuasive communication.

aec 3030c - effective oral communication

This Department of Agricultural Education and Communication course focuses on strategic written communication for agricultural and life science industries. Students can hone their writing skills and gainexperienceineffectiveprofessionaland scholarly writing. Emphasis is placed on ethics, responsibility, accuracy, clarity and style, as well as English grammar and spelling.

After this course, you will be able to:•Writeeffectivelyinbothbusinessandscientificcontexts.

•Writeusingclear,conciseandeffectiveprose as well as accurate grammar, spelling and punctuation.

•Communicate information tailored to the needs and expectations of target audiences.

aec 3033c - research and business writing

aec 3030c - effective oral communication

This Department of Agricultural Education & Communication course focuses on the role of digital media in agricultural and life sciences. Course topics include how agriculture uses digital media production. Students are introduced to video shooting and editing, digital photography, print design, and Web design through hands-on experiences. Students will learn skills and knowledge in digital video production and editing, digital photography, web layout and design, and print layout and design.

After this course, you will be able to:•Planandperformthedigitalmediaproduction process.•Producedigitalmediaandmaterialstosupport instruction and communication.

aec 3070c- digital media productionin agricultural and life sciences

This Department of Agricultural Education & Communication course seeks to increase knowledge of the sociological, anthropological, psychological and linguistic perspectives of intercultural communication and to improve skills and abilities in this area.

After this course, you will be able to:•Recognizethebroadrangeoftheoretical,philosophical, linguistic, anthropological and practical issues involved in intercultural communication and cultural competence.•Describetheessentialrolethatcultureplays on people’s perceptions, beliefs, communication patterns and behavior.•Developacross-culturalunderstandingofthe US society and the rest of the world.

aec 3073 - intercultural communication

aec 3070c- digital media productionin agricultural and life sciences

This Department of Agricultural Education & Communication course features the instructional methodology that involves the selection and use of innovative teaching, presentation, event and meeting planning, and evaluation strategies for teaching agricultural subjects in various educational settings.

After this course, you will be able to:•Utilizeavarietyofinstructionalapproaches and methods appropriate for teaching in non-formal learning environments.•Developaneducationaleventusingappropriate instructional and event planning techniques.•Describemethodstoassessandevaluatetheeffectivenessofaworkshop/presentationor event.

aec 3209 - instructional and event planning

aec 3209 - instructional and event planning

This Department of Agricultural Education & Communication course is designed to foster an awareness of the history of Cooperative Extension, common programs within Extension, the leadership of Extension, and opportunities for Extension employment. A survey approach is taken; many topics are covered. Learners are encouraged to tailor course assignments to reflecttheirowninterests.

After this course, you will be able to:•Articulatetheprocessandphilosophyofnon-formal education as organized andconducted in Cooperative Extension.•Identify,analyze,andevaluatetheimportance of emerging issues that may alterExtension’s programming.•Evaluateprogramplansrelatedtorelevantissues faced by Extension or event.•Articulateappropriatestrategiesforteachingdifferenttypesoflearners.

aec 3313- development and roleof extension education

AEC3413- INTERPERSONAL LEADERSHIP

This Department of Agricultural Education & Communication course helps students tohaveagreaterabilityforself-reflection,amore integrated philosophy of leadership, and a more transcendent perspective on how they and others in organizational contexts create meaning. This course will have applicationforcontextswithinthefieldsofagriculture, natural resources, and beyond.

After this course, you will be able to:•Becomeawareof,apply,andreflectuponpersonal leadership capacities through self-assessments and experiential learning.•Synthesizecoursematerialindevelopingapersonal leadership learning statement.•Identifyanddevelopyourpersonalpowersthrough a personal growth project.•Createapersonalleadershipvision,whichreflectspersonalvalues.•Identifywaystointegratepersonalleadership in interpersonal relationships.

aec 3413 - working with people:interpersonal leadership skills

This Department of Agricultural Education & Communication course involves an understanding of the dynamic interactions of personal characteristics, technical skills, interpersonalinfluence,commitment,goalsandpowernecessaryforeffectiveorganizational leader and follower behaviors.

After this course, you will be able to:•Recognizeprominenthistoricalandcontemporary leadership theories.•Identifycomponentsofhistoricalandcontemporary leadership theories.•Analyzeleadershiptheoryandmodels.•Synthesizeleadershiptheoryasaphilosophy.•Modelleadershipskillsinyourlife.•Evaluatemodelsinleadershiptheory.

aec 3414 - LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENTaec 3413 - working with people:interpersonal leadership skills

This Department of Agricultural Education & Communication course demonstrates how effective communication is at the heart of successful operation in every enterprise in agricultural and natural resource-based industries. This course is designed to teach communication concepts and the knowledge of how to apply those concepts in the workplace. All discussions and activities are planned to involve you in “real world” ways.

After this course, you will be able to:•Writepromotional, persuasive, and news pieces for various audiences (mass media, internal, and external).•Searchforjobs in communication and leadership development.•Think critically about issues facing the agricultural industry.

aec 4031 - THE COMMUNICATIONPROCESS IN AGRICULTURAL AND LIFE SCIENCES

aec 4031 - THE COMMUNICATIONPROCESS IN AGRICULTURAL AND LIFE SCIENCES

This Department of Agricultural Education & Communication course is designed to expose students to a variety of writing and desktop layout and design assignments that mimic the “real world” of agricultural communication. The goal is to broaden students’ experience and move them as close as possible to the professional level by stretching them to learn more and apply themselves. This course will build on skills and knowledge gained in AEC 4031 and AEC 3070.

After this course, you will be able to:•Effectivelyeditwrittenmaterials.•Writeforpromotionalandinformationalpurposes.•LayoutanddesignprintandWebmaterialsbased upon principles of design.•Useindustrystandardsoftwaretocreateprint and Web materials.

aec 4035 - advanced agricultural

communication writing

This Department of Agricultural Education & Communication course provides an overview of advanced digital media production techniques. This course is a “practicum-based” course, meaning you are going to do major projects for the course’s grade. This course’s main purpose is to create professional-quality videos for educational purposes. The course will build on skills and knowledge gained in AEC3070C.

After this course, you will be able to:•Planandperformthedigitalmediaproduction process.•Producedigitalmediaandmaterialstosupport instruction and communication.•Developinformationalvideos.•Criticallythinkaboutresearchbeingconducted at the University of Florida.

aec 4036- advanced agriculturalcommunication production

aec 4036- advanced agriculturalcommunication production

This Department of Agricultural Education & Communication course is designed to help students develop and hone critical thinking, technical and creative skills in the application of communication principles and techniques tocampaigns.Itisdesignedtostrengthenstudents’ understanding of leadership, followership and strategic communication principles and to provide opportunities for practical application of those principles to help solve problems or meet opportunities facing agricultural and natural resource organizations.

After this course, you will be able to:•Understandleadershipandstrategiccommunication principles.•Solveproblemsfacingagriculturalandnatural resource organization•Understandtheprocessofcreatingacommunications campaign•Createandimplementacommunicationscampaign.

aec 4052- communication campaign strategies for agricultural and life sciences

This Department of Agricultural Education & Communication course is designed to educate students about major issues in agricultural and life sciences (ALS) and to expose students to a variety of methods usedtoeffectivelycommunicate,inform,andinfluencedecisionsabouttheseissues.All discussions and activities are planned to involve you in “real world” ways.

After this course, you will be able to:•Recognizeandanalyzecurrent issues in agricultural and life sciences (ALS).•Recognizecontentiousissuesinagriculturaland life sciences and facilitate consensus building and conflict management.•Recognizecomponentsofcrisis and risk communication management.•Developacrisis communication plan for contentious issues in ALS.

aec 4065 - issues in agricultural and life sciences

aec 4065 - issues in agricultural and life sciences

This Department of Agricultural Education & Communication course is an instructional methods course that focuses on the selection and use of teaching strategies, methods/approaches,andtechniques;evaluating learning; and managing learning environments for teaching agricultural subjects in formal educational settings.

After this course, you will be able to:•Developinterestapproaches.•Identifyeffectiveteachingstrategiesforagricultural subjects in formal education settings.•Managelearningsenvironmentsforteaching agricultural subjects in formal educational settings.•Identifywhatittakestoeffectivelyteachthrough instructor and self-evaluations.

aec 4200 - Teaching methods inagricultural education

aec 4065 - issues in agricultural and life sciences

This Department of Agricultural Education & Communication course is designed to expose students to appropriate teaching techniques, curricula and resources. Emphasis will be placed on new and emerging areas in food agriculture and the natural resource sciences.

After this course, you will be able to:•Developaninstructionalprogramplan.•Createacoursesyllabus.•Createawrittenassessment.•Chooseappropriateformativeassessmentstrategies.•Utilizestudentdatatomakecurriculumdecisions.•Summarizehowteacherscancommunicateeffectivelywithparents.•Developaclassroommanagementplan.

aec 4202 - curriculum developmentand assessment techniques in emerging agricultural technologies

aec 4202 - curriculum developmentand assessment techniques in emerging agricultural technologies

This Department of Agricultural Education & Communication course places emphasis on supervised agricultural experience programs, record keeping and related FFA awards. Classroom management techniques, discipline and liability issues are also discussed.

After this course, you will be able to:•Applystrategiesforeffectivelyteachingagricultural subject matter.•Developandimplementaneffectivebehavior management plan.•Integratecritical,creative,andevaluativethinking techniques into instruction.•Teachininformalsettingsincludingfieldtrips, FFA trips, etc.•IdentifystrategiesforusingFFAactivitiesand CDE’s as teaching tools.

aec 4224 - special methods inteaching agricultural education

aec 4202 - curriculum developmentand assessment techniques in emerging agricultural technologies

This Department of Agricultural Education & Communication course is designed to introduce pre-service agricultural education teachers to laboratory integration into the agricultural education curriculum at the middle school and secondary school level. Emphasis will be placed on skill acquisition, developing knowledge of laboratory components in agriscience, laboratory utilization, facilitating student learning in the laboratory setting, appropriate teaching methods and techniques, curriculum applications, and classroom resources.

After this course, you will be able to:•Assesstheroleoflaboratoryintegrationinagricultural education.•Properlydesignandmanagestudentagriscience projects.•Developasystembywhichtoevaluateagriscience laboratory activities and projects.•Developandimplementanagrisciencelaboratory safety instructional program.

aec 4228 - laboratory practicesin teaching agricultural education

aec 4228 - laboratory practicesin teaching agricultural education

This Department of Agricultural Education & Communication course involves the analysis of evolving concepts and philosophies of agricultural education programs with emphasis upon the history, legislation and principles underlying organization and practice.

After this course, you will be able to:•Explainthephilosophicalfoundationsofagricultural education.•Describetheneedforagriculturaleducation in the public school system.•Describetheprimaryresponsibilitiesofanagriscience teacher.•Createmethodsforovercomingchallengesof an agriscience teacher’s career.•Establishandarticulatepersonalbeliefsrelatedtoaphilosophyofeffectiveinstruction.

aec 4323 - development andphilosophy of agricultural education

This Department of Agricultural Education & Communication course prepares students for addressing complex personal and organizational issues related to leading change. Students will develop a systematic means for identifying areas of change, minimizing concern or resistance related to change, and implementing change practices within the contexts of personal and organizational change.

After this course, you will be able to:•Identifytheprocessesrelatedtoplannedchange at the personal and organizational levels.•Definetheroleofthechangeagentinaffectingchange.•Evaluatemodelsofchangeforpersonalandorganizational initiatives.•Enhancethecommunicationskillsrequiredwhen working with people in organizations and agencies facilitatingchange.

aec 4417- LEADERSHIP FOR PERSONALAND ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE

aec 4417- LEADERSHIP FOR PERSONALAND ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE

This Department of Agricultural Education & Communication course is designed to examine leadership as it relates to group and team behavior. Topics will focus on: components of a group and team, relationships of group and teammembers,effectivenessofgroupsandteams, communication in groups and teams and leadership of groups and teams. This course is designed for all students who are interested in positions of leadership and who want to learn more about making the groups and teams they workwithandleadmoreeffective.

After this course, you will be able to:•Describeeffectiveleadershipandmembershipin groups and teams.•Examinegroupcommunicationstrategiesandtechniques.•Determinegroupandteamprocesses,whichincludehowtheyfunction,influences,andthe stages of development.•Analyzeproblemsassociatedwithworkingina group or team the stages of development.

aec 4434 - communication andleadership in groups and teams

This Department of Agricultural Education & Communication course assists learners in developing the personal and professional competenciesrequiredforeffectiveleadershipinanincreasinglyglobalsociety.Itoffersanintegrated, practical, and dynamic framework for students to learn how leaders must think, act and mobilize people to develop global literacy and 21st-Century leadership competencies.

After this course, you will be able to:•Haveasoundconceptualandtheoreticalunderstandingofeffectiveleadershipfor today’s world.•Definegloballeadershipknowledge,skills,practices, and values.•Developeffectivegloballeadershiptechniques.•Applyleadershipskillsintheglobalworkplaceand multicultural contexts.•Understandandanalyzethedimensionsofglobal work.•Recognize,analyze,discuss,andevaluatethecompetencies of recognized successfulleaders from the private, public and social sectors.

aec 4465- global leadershipaec 3070- digital media productionin agricultural and life sciences

aec 4465- global leadership

This Department of Agricultural Education & Communication course involves rinciples and practices used in designing courses of instructionforeffectiveteachingandtotalprogram development.

After this course, you will be able to:•Describetheprimaryresponsibilitiesofanagriscience teacher.•Describetheimpactofthethreecomponents of the Total Ag Ed program on student learning.•Define&designFFAchaptercomponents,SAEprograms,andClassroom/laboratoryneeds.•Define&designthemissionandgoalsofan agricultural education program using the LocalProgramSuccessmodel.•DevelopandfollowanFFAprogramofactivities.

aec 4504 - curriculum and program planning for agricultural education