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Prepare for a proactive role in addressing and responding to personal, professional, and societal problems and challenges in agriculture and food systems. Position yourself for emerging opportunities within or outside your current employment. Individuals enroll in the program for a variety of reasons from career advancement, to teacher certification renewal, to professional development, to personal interests.

This broad-based agricultural degree includes courses in animal sciences, plant sciences, agricultural economics, agricultural education, research design or statistics, and sociology.

The objectives of the program are:

• to provide baccalaureate graduates who are professionally involved in the agricultural and food system access to an advanced professional degree through distance learning,
• to provide advanced training in the science, technology, and business of the agriculture and food system and
  
• to promote interaction between graduate agriculture faculty and agricultural and food system professionals and to better assess the current issues and research needs.
  

The core 13 credits emphasize leadership development, technological change, use of statistics, economic issues, and sustainability issues. Select another 15 credits in consultation with your graduate committee to meet your individual interests. The capstone of the program is a creative component project of four credits. The degree is 32 total credits.

The nonthesis off-campus program began in 1979. Up to 10 credits of approved transfer courses may be used. Specialized workshops and short courses are offered on campus in the summer.

For more information contact
W. Wade Miller, Professor
Off-Campus Programs in Professional Agriculture
217E Curtiss Hall
Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa 50011
(515) 294-0895 or (800) 747-4478
e-mail: wwmiller@iastate.edu
www.agde.iastate.edu