"How do I choose?": A Practical Guide to Selecting Classes for AEE Majors. Part 3 of 3.

There are hundreds of classes in the College of Agriculture Sciences, not to mention all of the ones outside of the College of Ag, how do we choose!?  Waiting by your computer starting at 11:50pm, before you rapidly log into elion at 11:59pm to choose all the classes you’ve been planning to take.  Sometimes it is stressful. Thanks to some graduates and upper class men, we have a few suggestions for you!  Check out what some of our students say! Class of 2018 and 2019, this one is for you! Stay tuned for more throughout the semester! Thank you Miranda, Katie and Matt!

Name: Janae Herr, Class of 2016

What was your favorite Class in the College of Agriculture?

AGBM308W

Description: Learning to analyze and create strategic management plans for agribusinesses particularly in the Food Service sector.

Why should an AEE Major take this course?

"Skills gained and content taught in this course is absolutely applicable and transferable to agribusiness courses/units taught in the classroom. "

What was your favorite Class Outside the College of Agriculture?

ENGL202C

Description:  "Technical writing course in the context of business and management"

Why should an AEE Major take this course?

"This course was very helpful in discovering ways to deliver content to various different audiences in professional and informal formats."

Do you have other suggestions,  advice or activities students must do while at PSU?

"Take EDPSY014 and LARCH060"

Want to ask more questions? Tweet Janae: @kjherr17

Name: Matthew Rider, Class of 2017

What was your favorite Class in the College of Agriculture?

SOILS 403

Description: Soil

morphology, and Penn state soil judging team.

Why should an AEE Major take this course?

"It teaches a lot about soil judging which is part of a CDE, it also is a skill that can be valuable to students who don't want to go to college."

What was your favorite Class Outside the College of Agriculture?

ENGL 181A

Description: Chesapeake literature and visit to an outdoor school

Why should an AEE Major take this course?

"Gives a great look at an outdoor school on the bay, and is the best way to meet the literature requirement of the major."

Do you have other suggestions,  advice or activities students must do while at PSU?

"Take Soils 422!"

Want to ask more questions? Tweet Matthew: @mvr5027

Name: Janae Bickhart, Class of 2015

What was your favorite Class in the College of Agriculture?

AEE 311

Description:  "A youth-leadership development perfect for anyone wanting to become an Agriscience Teacher and FFA Advisor, as well as beneficial for any agriculturalist planning to work with students or other youths."

Why should an AEE Major take this course?

"INVALUABLE experience that helps to prepare for student teaching, advising an FFA Chapter, and provides opportunities/experiences that have helped me get/manage a career as an Agriscience teacher."

What was your favorite Class Outside the College of Agriculture?

English 202C

Description: Teaches technical writing of the

sciences.

Why should an AEE Major take this course?

"Good resource I've used with helping students prepare Agriscience Fair projects"

Want to ask more questions? Tweet Janae: @JanaeBickhart

Don't Forget!  

Schedule a meeting with your advisor Dr. Daniel Foster or Dr. John Ewing, Scheduling starts soon.  If you are at a branch campus do not hesitate to contact Dr. Ewing and Dr. Foster!

To learn more about starting on the path to having a career that makes a positive impact on the lives of students across the globe by becoming an agricultural educator, please contact the agricultural teacher education program at teachag@psu.edu. Follow us on Twitter at TeachAgPSU, on Facebook, or on our blog.

Kayla Hack

Student Blogger

Twitter Handle: @hackkayla

2017 Agriculture Education Student Teacher

"How do I choose?": A Practical Guide to Selecting Classes for AEE Majors. Part 2 of 3.

There are hundreds of classes in the College of Agriculture Sciences, not to mention all of the ones outside of the College of Ag, how do we choose!?  Waiting by your computer starting at 11:50pm, before you rapidly log into elion at 11:59pm to choose all the classes you’ve been planning to take.  Sometimes it is stressful. Thanks to some graduates and upper class men, we have a few suggestions for you!  Check out what some of our students say! Class of 2018 and 2019, this one is for you! Stay tuned for more throughout the semester! Thank you Miranda, Katie and Matt!

Name: Miranda Kane, Class of 2017

Thanks for sharing Miranda!

What was your favorite Class in the College of Agriculture?

HORT 101

Description: This course is an introductory course about horticultural sciences.

Why should an AEE Major take this course?

"AEE majors should take this course not only because plants are pretty cool, but also because it covers topics that teachers are likely to teach in their classrooms."

What was your favorite Class Outside the College of Agriculture?

EDPSY 14

Description:  "This course is primarily for education majors, and teaches about the psychology of youth as well as provide understanding of the diversities between people."

Why should an AEE Major take this course?

"Teachers will be better able to understand the motivations of their students or learn to be adaptable to all learning abilities and personalities in their classroom."

Do you have other suggestions,  advice or activities students must do while at PSU?

"Visit the arboretum!"

Want to ask more questions? Tweet Miranda! @mir_kane

Thanks for your thoughts Katie!

Name: Katie Andrews, Class of 2016

What was your favorite Class in the College of Agriculture?

AGBM 106

Description: Agribusiness problem solving

Why should an AEE Major take this course?

"It opens your world to the functions of excel.  It is all computer based and the skills are transferable into any business setting."

What was your favorite Class Outside the College of Agriculture?

CMLIT 184

Description: Comparative Literature Course - short story focused

Why should an AEE Major take this course?

 "The professor cares about student and student learning. He wants to teach, he is an interesting person, and he pushes students to be their best."

Do you have other suggestions,  advice or activities students must do while at PSU?

"Take AGBM338, AGBM 330W." As for Penn State suggestions, check out Katie's blog: "What I Believe All Penn Staters Should Do".

Want to ask more questions? Tweet Katie!

@klandrews_24

Name: Kayla Hack, Class of 2017

Thanks for sharing your
insight Kayla!

What was your favorite Class in the College of Agriculture?

INTAG 100 & 490

Description: International Ag 100 is the introductory course for international agriculture and 490 is the Senior Capstone Course for International Agriculture Minors.

Why should an AEE Major take this course?

"Both of these open your eyes to issues facing agriculture in our world. It challenged my views, improved my writing and discussion skills and gave me ideas in how to talk about international agriculture in my future classroom!"

What was your favorite Class Outside the College of Agriculture?

CI 280: Curriculum and Instruction 280

Description: This is the introductory course to teaching English as a second language.

Why should an AEE Major take this course?

 "This may have been my favorite class at Penn State so far. I took the virtual tutoring section and loved it. This class showed me ways I can assist and encourage emergent bilinguals in my classroom and the challenges and issues in ESL education. The professor was also great!"

Do you have other suggestions,  advice or activities students must do while at PSU?

"Always say yes to creamery Ice Cream and get involved outside the College of Agriculture!"  And of course hike Mt. Nittany!" 

Want to ask more questions? Tweet Kayla: @hackkayla

Don't Forget!  

Schedule a meeting with your advisor Dr. Daniel Foster or Dr. John Ewing, Scheduling starts soon.  If you are at a branch campus do not hesitate to contact Dr. Ewing and Dr. Foster!

Share your Penn State favorite classes here: http://goo.gl/forms/pnQtYKDefl. 

To learn more about starting on the path to having a career that makes a positive impact on the lives of students across the globe by becoming an agricultural educator, please contact the agricultural teacher education program at teachag@psu.edu. Follow us on Twitter at TeachAgPSU, on Facebook, or on our blog.  

Kayla Hack

Student Blogger

Twitter Handle: @hackkayla

2017 Agriculture Education Student Teacher

"How do I choose?": A Practical Guide to Selecting Classes for AEE Majors. Part 1 of 3.

There are hundreds of classes in the College of Agriculture Sciences, not to mention all of the ones outside of the College of Ag, how do we choose!?  Waiting by your computer starting at 11:50pm, before you rapidly log into elion at 11:59pm to choose all the classes you’ve been planning to take.  Sometimes it is stressful. Thanks to some graduates and upper class men, we have a few suggestions for you!  Check out what some of our students say! Class of 2018 and 2019, this one is for you! Stay tuned for more throughout the semester! Thank you to Mason, Deanna and Sarabeth for sharing this week!

Name: Mason Tate, 2016 Student Teacher

What was your favorite Class in the College of Agriculture?

Thanks for sharing Mason, good
luck student teaching!

Ageco201 

Description: How crop production problems and finding solutions.

Why should an AEE Major take this course?

"Michael Saunders is an awesome guy!  I absolutely loved coming to his class.  His wisdom and knowledge is amazing.  He made learning fun.  Little to no homework, stellar stories, great content."

What was your favorite Class Outside the College of Agriculture?

Comm110

Description: Great discussions about politics, current events, and celebrities.  

Why should an AEE Major take this course?

"I took this course at Penn State Altoona.  The class was phenomenal. We met in the evening like twice a week.  The instructor was hilarious.  Let us speak our opinions in a safe environment.  We watched movies a lot and there was no final."  

Do you have other suggestions,  advice or activities students must do while at PSU?

"Take AGR028 and go on a trip with a club or organization that interests you.  I went on a trip to Minnesota with the agronomy club it was a blast!"

Want to ask more questions? Tweet Mason: @mttate18

Name: Deanna Miller, 2015 graduate

Thanks for the perspective Deanna!

What was your favorite class in the College of Agriculture?

ANSC 421 

Description: Poultry Evaluation and Selection, getting back to what got me into Ag to begin with.

Why should an AEE Major take this class?

“It is an excellent resource if you plan to coach a poultry judging team one day.” (This is coming from a teacher in the field folks!)

What was your favorite class outside the College of Agriculture?

Ed Psych 100 

Description: This looks at why we teach the way we do and how students learn.

Why should an AEE Major take this class?

"It is a great introduction to teaching and it gets you into a classroom with students."

Do you have other suggestions,  advice or activities students must do while at PSU?

“Take a meteorology class.”

Want to ask more questions? Tweet Deanna: @deannapsu15

Thanks for sharing Sarabeth, enjoy Athens!

Name:  Sarabeth Royer, 2016 Student Teacher

What was your favorite class in the College of Agriculture?

Soils 102  

Description:This lab, which meets once a week, complements the required Soils 101 lecture. It is very interesting and very relevant.

Why should an AEE Major take this class?

This made the soils lecture more interesting and relevant. I honestly would not have enjoyed the soils lectures as much if I didn't have the hands on application in the lab.

What was your favorite class outside the College of Agriculture?

Travel!

Description: 

"Any class where you can travel! All of mine were in the CAS, but traveling is important and valuable in so many ways."

Do you have other suggestions,  advice or activities students must do while at PSU?

"Take any type of Livestock Judging Course. I took Poultry and Dairy Judging and learned SO MUCH from both these courses! Any of the judging courses are an excellent and hands on application for AEE majors."

Want to ask more questions? Tweet Sarabeth: @sb_royer

Share your Penn State favorite classes here: http://goo.gl/forms/pnQtYKDefl. 

To learn more about starting on the path to having a career that makes a positive impact on the lives of students across the globe by becoming an agricultural educator, please contact the agricultural teacher education program at teachag@psu.edu. Follow us on Twitter at TeachAgPSU, on Facebook, or on our blog.  

Kayla Hack

Student Blogger

Twitter Handle: @hackkayla

2017 Agriculture Education Student Teacher