You can make a difference in the world and in agriculture through education and communication. The Agricultural Science major provides the perfect opportunity to pursue your love of plants, animals, business and mechanics as a professional educator or communicator. The domestic and global demand for teachers, systems managers, public relations specialists, writers and many related careers is growing everyday! Your choices are virtually limitless. Majors find exciting and rewarding careers in: 

• High School and Community College Agriculture Teaching
• Commodity Groups Public Relations
• Fair Management/Agriculture Awareness
• California Department of Food & Agriculture
• Livestock Publications
• County Farm Bureaus
• Cooperative Associations 

The Agricultural Science major at Cal Poly is distinct because it provides opportunity in Education or Agriculture Communications/Public Relations: 

California needs teachers! Agricultural Education builds students into those individuals who mold the future of agriculture. Sharing your knowledge with others, serving as an FFA advisor, supervising occupational experience programs, and working with local farmers, ranchers and the agribusiness community are but a few of the satisfactions gained from the agriculture teaching profession. You are preparing the future!

Agricultural Communication allows for the opportunity to promote agriculture while increasing public awareness. California and other western states need agricultural communications specialists who are poised, well-informed and able to provide the public with accurate details about food safety, water, land and other issues important to the agriculture industry.

Students enrolled in Agricultural Science have the opportunity to experience the "Learn-by-Doing" adventure through exciting activities including:

• Enterprise Projects
• Industry Internships
• Leadership Development 
• Collegiate FFA » Agricultural Communicators of Tomorrow
• Latinos in Agriculture
• Agricultural Ambassadors 

GET IN TOUCH...
Agricultural Education & Communication
Department Chair: Dr. Robert A. Flores
805-756-2169 Fax: 805-756-2799
e-mail: AgEd@calpoly.edu
http://aged.calpoly.edu

"The Agricultural Science program at Cal Poly provided me with the knowledge and skills needed to be successful in the agriculture education profession."
Dean Archer, '92
Agriculture Instructor
Linden High School

"My college education and extracurricular activities gave me essential hands-on writing and event experience."
Dena Krumwide, '96 
Communications Manager
Certified Angus Beef