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Dr. Dalton McAfee, Dean
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Alcorn State University's School of Agriculture, Research, Extension, and Applied Sciences (AREAS) has graduated generation after generation of leaders for one important reason: We are America's very first black land-grant institution. Alcorn offers a variety of degree programs and courses, state-of-the-art facilities, opportunities for research, and some of the best professors anywhere. But what sets us apart is our genuine atmosphere of warmth, caring, and support. |
Your link to: School of AREAS Website
Students are attracted to Alcorn's programs in AREAS for a number of reasons. Most of all, they want to make a difference in people's lives--whether that means cleaning up the environment, solving world hunger, improving crop productivity, or using the latest in technology to streamline management techniques. At Alcorn, students find positive models of success in the faculty and in one another. The school offers a variety of bachelor's and masters' degree programs in agriculture, industrial technology, and family and consumer sciences. Undergraduates collaborate on faculty research, carry out internships, and complete cooperative education experiences.
Your link to : AgNet Alcorn
The link to the 1890's Historically Black Land Grant Universities website is given below. In this website all 18 historically black land-grant institutions founded between 1866 and 1912 are listed. The main objective of this website is to provide a central hub for all the institutions to post their impacts, audio and video presentations, news and the information for conferences and meetings.
Your link to: HBCU1890LANDGRANT: www.hbcu1890landgrant.org
The School of AREAS consists of the following academic departments:
Throughout the year, each of the departments conducts short courses, workshops, institutes, and conferences for various interest groups.
- Summer Academy
The School of AREAS offers instruction leading to the Bachelor of Science degree in:
- General Agriculture
- Agricultural Economics
- Animal Science (Veterinary Science)
- Plant and Soil Science Science
- Agribusiness Management
- Health Systems Management
- Nutrition and Dietetics
- Child Development
- Industrial Technology (Robotics and Manufacturing Systems)
- Applied Science Education
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Agricultural Education
Business Education
Family and Consumer Sciences Education
Technology Education
The School offers the Master of Science in Agriculture with endorsements in the following fields:
- Agricultural Economics
- Agronomy
- Animal Science
The School offers a joint Master degree with Mississippi State University in Workforce Education Leadership. In addition, the school sponsors the Master of Science in Secondary Education with an endorsement in agricultural education, technology education and nutrition.
Students not interested in a degree program may enroll as special students in pre-professional programs in the following areas:
- Forestry
- Engineering
The School of AREAS administers an extensive research program and a Cooperative Extension Program as part of Alcorn's responsibilities as a land-grant institution. It also operates several centers as part of its research and outreach mission as follows
The primary objectives of the School of AREAS are:
- to carry out a functional teaching program which will
prepare students for successful careers in
agriculture, family and consumer sciences, and
industrial technology,
- to conduct a research program which will discover new
knowledge and provide a better utilization of
existing knowledge for the betterment of the people
of Mississippi, the region, and the nation,
- to serve rural and urban people in the areas of agriculture, family and consumer sciences and industrial technology, through established in-service mediums and through the promotion and organization of new services as they become necessary.
The above objectives are achieved with emphasis on globalization.