2024-2025 College Catalog 
    
    Oct 11, 2024  
2024-2025 College Catalog

Agriculture Education/Secondary Education (9-12) Major, B.S.


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General Information:


Bachelor of Science

The D. Howard Doane Chair of Agriculture was established in 1976 as a result of an endowment from Dr. and Mrs. Doane.

The aim of the agriculture major is to prepare students to fill an expanding demand for persons trained in the liberal arts along with the practical, scientific, and technical aspects of agriculture. The department seeks to develop students and graduates who embody the College’s vision and five-fold mission.

The department’s objectives for students majoring in agriculture are that they will:

  • demonstrate intellectual and social proficiency in speaking and writing knowledgeably of agricultural disciplines, and gain the foundation for ongoing learning and a flourishing informed life (Academic);
  • understand the value of hard work as fundamental to the human condition and the many values gained from excellence in vocational endeavors (Vocational);
  • understand and appreciate God as Provider and their role in stewardship of physical and spiritual food (Christian);
  • demonstrate values of civic responsibilities in agricultural pursuits, creation stewardship, and communities (Patriotic);
  • understand that an educated, cultured life and a life of high personal standards is glorifying to God (Cultural).

Agriculture/Secondary Education (9-12) Major Requirements: 89-90 credit hours


Required Collateral Course: 4 credit hours


Note:


All Elementary and Secondary Majors should apply for admission to the Teacher Education program by the end of their fourth semester. Standards for admission include: 1) Minimum cumulative GPA of 2.75; 2) Minimum of 18 ACT Composite score or SAT equivalent OR state passing score on the ETS Parapro Exam; 3) 30 semester hours course work completed and at least one (1) consecutive semester at College of the Ozarks.

Students must apply for permission to enroll in student teaching the semester preceding the student teaching semester. Standards for authorization to enroll include: 1) Minimum cumulative GPA of 2.75; 2) Minimum 3.0 in content field courses AND professional education courses; 3) Successful completion of teaching certification course requirements in one or more teaching fields; 4) Minimum grade of C- in all professional education and content field (agriculture, chemistry, and biology) courses required; 5) Successful completion of the content specific Praxis exam is required before student teaching.

NOTE: College of the Ozarks Teacher Education Program and Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Certification Standards that are in effect at the time of program completion must be met in order for teaching certification to be recommended.

College of the Ozarks students who completed the professional educational programs for teacher certification had a 100% pass rate on the prescribed state licensure tests for 2023-2024.

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