AGRI -- Agriculture 

AGRI 400 International Agricultural Extension and Development (3) Formerly AEED 400. Examination of the social and ethical issues that shape extension's role in the agriculture sector of countries worldwide and that determine its contribution to international development. Review of a wide range of literature from scholars, governments, and international organizations.

AGRI 450 Human Resources Development in Agriculture (3) Three hours of lecture and one hour of discussion/recitation per week. Junior standing. Human resources development in the agriculture sector highlights policy, institutional, and programmatic determinations to advance work force capability in countries worldwide. Focus on developing countries, their problems, needs, and the challenge ahead.

AGRI 464 Rural Life in Modern Society (3) Formerly AEED 464. The historical and current nature of rural and agricultural areas and communities in the complex structure and culture of U.S. society. Basic structural, cultural, and functional concepts for analyses and contrasts of societies and the organizations and social systems within them.

AGRI 466 Rural Poverty in an Affluent Society (3) Formerly AEED 466. Factors giving rise to conditions of rural poverty. Problems faced by the rural poor. Programs designed to alleviate rural poverty.

AGRI 488 Critique in Rural Education (1) Formerly AEED 488. Current problems and trends in rural education.

AGRI 489 Field Experience (1-4) Prerequisite: permission of department. Repeatable to 4 credits. Formerly AEED 489. Credit according to time scheduled and organization of the course. A lecture series organized to study in depth a selected phase of agriculture not normally associated with one of the existing programs.

AGRI 499 Special Problems (1-3)

AGRI 606 Program Planning and Evaluation in Agricultural Education (2-3) Formerly AEED 606. Second semester. Analysis of community agricultural education needs, selection and organization of course content, criteria and procedures for evaluating programs.

AGRI 626 Program Development in Adult and Continuing Education (3) Formerly AEED 626. Concepts in program planning and development. Study and analysis of program design and implementation in adult and continuing education.

AGRI 627 Program Evaluation in Adult and Continuing Education (3) Prerequisite: AGRI 626 or permission of department. Formerly AEED 627. An analysis of program evaluation concepts as they relate specifically to adult continuing education. Program evaluation concepts, issues and problems with emphasis on the use of evaluation procedures.

AGRI 630 Teaching-Learning in Adult and Continuing Education (3) Formerly AEED 630. The teaching/learning process in adult continuing education. Instructional techniques and methodologies appropriate for adults. The curriculum development process. Issues and priorities in adult continuing education.

AGRI 632 International Extension/Adult Education (3) Formerly AEED 632. The state of extension/adult education in other countries. The social context of extension/adult education in selected countries. Analysis of existing extension/adult education programs and the contributions of these systems to the field.

AGRI 661 Rural Community Analysis (3) Formerly AEED 661. Communities as social systems composed of organizations which interact in a system of cultural institutions, norms, and values. Functional and structural linkages between organizations within as well as outside the community; rural vs. urban similarities and differences; and the role of the social processes such as competition, cooperation and conflict in the context of community power and leadership structure.

AGRI 691 Research Methods in Adult and Continuing Education (3) Formerly AEED 691. The scientific method, problem identification, survey of research literature, preparing research plans, design of studies, experimentation, analysis of data and thesis writing.

AGRI 699 Special Problems (1-3) Formerly AEED 699.

AGRI 789 Special Topics (1-3) Repeatable to 9 credits if content differs. Formerly AEED 789.

AGRI 798 Seminar in Rural Education (1-3) Repeatable to 8 credits. Formerly AEED 798. Problems in the organization, administration, and supervision of the several agencies of rural and/or vocational education.

AGRI 799 Master's Thesis Research (1-6) Formerly AEED 799.

AGRI 888 Apprenticeship in Education (1-8) Prerequisites: experience, a master's degree, and at least six semester hours in education at the University of Maryland. Formerly AEED 888. Apprenticeships in the major area of study are available to selected students whose application for an apprenticeship has been approved by the education faculty. Each apprentice is assigned to work for at least a semester full-time or the equivalent with an appropriate agency. The sponsor of the apprentice maintains a close working relationship with the apprentice and the other persons involved.

AGRI 889 Internship in Education (3-8) Formerly AEED 889. Internships in the major area of study for experienced students who are assigned to an appropriate school system, educational institution, or agency in a situation different than that in which the student is regularly employed.