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Undergraduate Bulletin of Information 2001-2002COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCESfunction, and characteristics, planningprogramming, implementation, and evaluation ofthe organization work program, with emphasis inF.F.A., 4-H, and young farmers.AGED 4016. AUDIOVISUAL MEDIA INTEACHING VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURE.Three credit hours. Two hours of lecture andthree hours of laboratory per week.Philosophical and psychological implication ofthe use of audiovisual media in teaching.Location, selection, and evaluation of theaudiovisual material for teaching purposes.Planning, designing and preparation ofaudiovisual material to teach vocationalagriculture. Practice in the operation andmanagement of audiovisual equipment and amedia center.AGED 4017. SEMINAR. One credit hour. Onehour of lecture per week. Prerequisite: Ninecredits in agricultural education or agriculturalextension.Discussion of problems related to thedevelopment of instructional programs invocational agriculture; planning, organization,development, follow-up, evaluation, relatedlegislation and trends.AGED 4018-4019. TEACHING PRACTICE IAND II. Three credit hours per semester. Onehour of lecture and six hours of laboratory workper week, each semester. Prerequisite: AGED4005, AGED 4006. Co-requisite: AGED 4007.Supervised observation of vocational agricultureteaching. Full time participatory experience oftrainees in all phases of the work of vocationalagriculture teachers.AGED 4025. EVALUATION OF STUDENTSIN VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURE. Threecredit hours. Three hours of lecture per week.Prerequisite: AGED 4005.Principles, criteria, procedures and techniquesemployed in the evaluation of the performance ofstudents in Vocational Agriculture.AGED 4026. SUPERVISION INAGRICULTURAL EXTENSION ANDVOCATIONAL AGRICULTURE. Three credithours. Three hours of lecture per week.Prerequisite: Consent of the Director of theDepartment.Theories, principles and practice pertaining tosupervision in agricultural extension andvocational agriculture; factors that influenceneeds, philosophies, and types of supervision atthe local, regional, state and national levels;training, responsibilities, personal traits andduties of the supervisor.AGRICULTURAL EXTENSIONUNDERGRADUATE COURSESAGEX 4005. EXTENSION PHILOSOPHYAND OBJECTIVES. Three credit hours. Threehours of lecture per week.This course is designed to familiarize studentswith the organization, philosophy, and objectivesof the Agricultural Extension Service.AGEX 4006. TEACHING METHODS ANDTECHNIQUES IN EXTENSION. Three credithours. Three hours of lecture per week.This course covers the various educationalmethods used by the extension service. Thestudents will participate in the major activities ofthe extension work in the district in cooperationwith the local agent of the Puerto RicoAgricultural Extension Service.AGEX 4007. SUMMER PRACTICUM INEXTENSION. Three credit hours. Six weeksduration.The student is required to report to anagricultural extension work under the guidanceof an Agricultural Extension agent. A plan ofthe work to be observed and practiced, andwhere it is to be carried out, must be approved bythe student's counselor. Evaluation will be doneby the counselor, in close coordination with theCounty Agent and the District Supervisor,whenever possible.AGEX 4008. SPECIAL PROBLEMS INEXTENSION. One to three credit hours. One tothree research periods per week. Prerequisite:AGEX 4005.The student selects and studies an area ofextension of his interest, and reports the findings.72