Jump start your path towards becoming an Extension Education leader!
The Master of Extension Education offers the option for a combined bachelor’s-master's program along with standardized combined options for specific degrees. Interested current undergraduate candidates can start taking graduate Extension Education classes as early as junior year and receive credit with approval. Please visit the Undergraduate Catalog for the official policy.
Benefits
- Save time and tuition dollars
- Customized coursework
- Expand your career opportunities
- Engage in real-world problem solving
- Prepare early for leadership roles in agriculture, education, and research
Process
- Contact the AEED directors (Dr. Welsh or Dr. Silvert) with your interest
- Request the required approvals for the combined Bachelor’s-Master’s path
- Start taking courses and gain interdisciplinary expertise in Extension Education and elective courses
- Apply officially to the Graduate School and graduate with your Bachelor's
- Choose between the thesis and non-thesis options
- Graduate with a Master of Extension Education
About the Master of Extension Education
The Master of Extension Education features a multidisciplinary program with core courses focused on the extension principles shaping needs assessment, program development, evaluation, nonformal education, and social science research methodology as well as a suite of supportive elective courses in a variety of extension specialty areas. Graduates with Extension education experiences are prepared for dynamic careers in secondary and post-secondary education, nonprofits, government, and leadership roles in enterprise.
For more information, please contact:
