Graduate Program: Agricultural Education (MAE) - Accelerated Master's Program

General Information

Admissions Information

Admissions Requirements

1. Statement of Purpose
2. Resume/CV
3. Letters of recommendation
4. Official transcripts

Requirements include:

3.0 GPA

Bacehlor's degree

 

Standardized Tests

Minimum TOEFL: 550 (paper-based); 79 (internet based)

Minimum IELTS: 7

 

Funding Opportunities

Contact the department.

 

Admissions Deadlines

Domestic Applicants:

• Fall: May 15
• Spring: October 15
• Summer: February 1

International Applicants:

• Fall: May 15
• Spring: October 15
• Summer: February 1

 

International Conditional Admission

International applicants may be considered for conditional admission to this program at the department's discretion.

Other Information

The GRE Institution Code for The University of Arizona is 4832

ETS Major Field Code(s) for this program: 3908

Completion Requirements

Minimum Credit Units

32 

Core Coursework Requirements

Minimum credits: 32
Core coursework:

A ED 505A: Principles of career and technical education

A ED 538: The teaching of secondary school agricultural science

A ED 560: Instructional materials development

A ED 562: Curriculum development

A ED 593A: Internship - Pre-student teaching

A ED 593B: Internship - Student teaching

LRC 516: Structured English foundations OR LCEV 508: Methods of teaching English to English language learners

LRC 517: Structured English immersion methods OR LCEV 516: Sheltered English instruction methods

 

Students must meet the Arizona History and Constitution requirement for eligibility for institutional recommendation to the Arizona Department of Education for teacher certification.

 

Student teaching is a required component of this degree program.

A cumulative project is a requirement for this degree program.
 

 

Elective Coursework

Additional courses:

A ED 601 - Philosophy and Practices of Instructions Methods (3units)

A ED 617 - Research, Methods, and Project Design (3units)

A ED 621 - Program Planning and Evaluation (3units)

A ED 697C - Workshop on Teaching at the College Level (3units)

 

Additional Courses (may be applied to degree if not taken as an undergraduate):

A ED 509 - Team and Organizational Leadership (3units)

AGTM 522 - Communicating Knowledge in Agric & Life Sciences (3units)

AGTM 537 - Methods of Facilitating Learning (3units)

 

Max 9 units combined allowed from the following:

A ED 593 - Internship

A ED 597a and b - Workshops

A ED 599 - Independent Study

A ED 693 - Internship

A ED 699 - Independent Study

A ED 900 - Research (1-3units)

 

Max 6 units combines allowed from the following:

A ED 909 - Master's Report

 

Additional Requirements

No additional requirements.

 

Student Handbook

Please refer to the Graduate Student Handbook for students who are pursuing this program of study.

 

Additional Information

This is an Accelerated Master's Program (AMP).

The Graduate College offers exceptional undergraduate students in selected majors the opportunity to earn both a bachelor's degree and master's degree in as few as 5 years. The Accelerated Master's Program is for the top undergraduates in participating majors who plan to continue in a graduate program in the same, or closely related, UA discipline.

Programs will select from among a qualified pool, based on the following criteria. Individual programs may have more stringent or additional requirements:

• Completion of a minimum of 75 undergraduate credit hours will be required at the time of application; a minimum of 90 undergraduate credit hours will be required at the time of entry into the AMP. If the student's GPA falls below 3.30 at the time s/he has completed 90 units, the student will not be admitted into the program. Courses taken for audit may not be included in the total number of units counted for eligibility or admission.
• Completion of at least 12 earned units of undergraduate course work in the major at the UA.
• Units still graded Incomplete, units graded Pass/Fail or units taken as audit will not count toward the requirement of the 12 undergraduate units in the major.
• Completion or near completion of general education requirements.
• Submission of a graduate application and payment of a graduate application fee.
• Demonstration of the maturity necessary for success in an accelerated, highly competitive program.
• Expectation to complete the undergraduate degree within four years. The undergraduate degree requirements must be completed before the student is eligible to have the Master's degree awarded.
• Interested students should verify departmental requirements as they may have additional or more stringent requirements than the Graduate College minimum requirements.