Washington State University (WSU) in Pullman, Washington, offers a Master of Science (M.S.) in Agriculture degree online through the College of Agriculture, Human and Natural Resource Science. The emphasis of the program at WSU is on agricultural education, along with professional agriculture and practice. Students can pursue either a thesis or a nonthesis option. Areas of study covered by the program include contemporary issues in agriculture, research in agriculture, special topics in vocational education, microcomputers in the vocational classroom, cooperative education programs, precision agricultural systems and agricultural technology design. Because these courses of study focus on theory and the teaching of agriculture, the hands-on aspect of agricultural education can be bypassed in favor of the online learning format.
Center for Distance and Professional Education
PO Box 645220
Washington State University
Pullman WA 99164
800-222-4978
online.wsu.edu
North Carolina State University (NCSU) in Raleigh, North Carolina, offers a 36-credit master's of agricultural education in an online format that does not require a master's thesis. The program is offered through a consortium of North Carolina universities, of which NCSU is a part. The program requires 21 core credit hours and 15 credit hours in elective coursework. Students can also add additional classes in order to specialize in particular fields of agriculture. Areas of study include agricultural education, schools and society, youth program management, trends and issues in agricultural education, adult education in agriculture and curriculum development, among many others. Students in this program generally go on to pursue careers in secondary or community college agricultural education or to work in a variety of settings where informal education may be necessary, such as the Peace Corps or working with governmental agencies. A degree in agricultural education is marketable across a variety of vocations.
Office of Undergraduate Admissions
North Carolina State University
203 Peele Hall
Campus Box 7103
Raleigh, NC 27695
919-515-2434
ncsu.edu
Oregon State University (OSU) in Corvallis, Oregon, offers an opportunity for undergraduate students to receive their agricultural education online. OSU offers a bachelor of science degree in general agriculture online. The program is a degree completion program. If they choose do so, students can first pursue their general education requirements at a community college, Oregon State or another local institution before going on to complete their degree requirements in the online agriculture program. Agriculture courses comprise 60 credit hours of the 180 required credit hours needed to graduate from Oregon State. These courses include ecosystem science, farm implements, mammalogy, agriculture safety and health, fisheries and wildlife resource ecology and principles of wildlife diseases, among others.
Oregon State University Extended Campus
4943 The Valley Library
Corvallis, OR 97331
541-737-2676
ecampus.oregonstate.edu