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Career Details :: Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary

Description

Teach courses in the agricultural sciences. Includes teachers of agronomy, dairy sciences, fisheries management, horticultural sciences, poultry sciences, range management, and agricultural soil conservation.

Experience

Extensive skill, knowledge, and experience are needed for these occupations. Many require more than five years of experience. For example, surgeons must complete four years of college and an additional five to seven years of specialized medical training to be able to do their job.

Education

A bachelor's degree is the minimum formal education required for these occupations. However, many also require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree).

Training

Employees may need some on-the-job training, but most of these occupations assume that the person will already have the required skills, knowledge, work-related experience, and/or training.

Tasks

• Prepares and delivers lectures to students.
• Compiles, administers, and grades examinations, or assigns this work to others.
• Advises students on academic and vocational curricula.
• Conducts research in particular field of knowledge and publishes findings in professional journals.
• Serves on faculty committee providing professional consulting services to government and industry.
• Acts as adviser to student organizations.
• Directs research of other teachers or graduate students working for advanced academic degrees.
• Stimulates class discussions.
• Compiles bibliographies of specialized materials for outside reading assignments.

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• Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists
  
• Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary
  
• Pharmacists
  
• Psychiatrists
  
• Veterinarians
  

Important Abilities

• Oral Expression
• Speech Clarity
• Written Expression
• Written Comprehension
• Oral Comprehension

General Work Activities

• Teaching Others
• Getting Information Needed to Do the Job
• Communicating With Other Workers
• Coaching and Developing Others
• Communicating With Persons Outside Organization

Important Skills

• Reading Comprehension
  
• Instructing
  
• Science
  
• Active Learning
  
• Speaking
  

Frequent Work Context

• Job-Required Social Interaction
• Indoors
• Importance of Being Sure All Is Done
• Objective or Subjective Information
• Consequence of Error

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Administrative Secretary/Office Technology	[ add ]
Adulthood/Aging Studies	[ add ]
Agricultural Biology	[ add ]
Agricultural Engineering Technology	[ add ]
Agricultural Science	[ add ]
Agricultural Sciences	[ add ]
Agricultural/Biological Engineering	[ add ]
Agriculture	[ add ]
Agriculture General Sciences	[ add ]
Agriculture/Environment	[ add ]
Agriculture/Natural Resources	[ add ]
Agronomy	[ add ]
Agronomy/Environmental Science	[ add ]
Air Traffic Control	[ add ]
Anatomical Sciences	[ add ]
Anatomy	[ add ]
Anatomy/Cell Biology	[ add ]
Anatomy/Structural Biology	[ add ]
Animal Behavior	[ add ]
Animal Bioscience	[ add ]
Animal Breeding	[ add ]
Animal Physiology/Anatomy	[ add ]
Animal Science	[ add ]
Animal Sciences	[ add ]
Animal/Veterinary Sciences	[ add ]
Anthropology/Human Biology	[ add ]
Applied Biometry/Epidemiology	[ add ]
Applied Science	[ add ]
Aquatic Science	[ add ]
Behavioral Biology	[ add ]
Behavioral Neuroscience	[ add ]
Bio-Organic Chemistry	[ add ]
Biochemical Pharmacology	[ add ]
Biochemistry	[ add ]
Biochemistry/Biophysics	[ add ]
Biochemistry/Cell Biology	[ add ]
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Biochemistry/Molecular Biology	[ add ]
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Biological Foundations of Behavior	[ add ]
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Biopsychology	[ add ]
Biotechnology	[ add ]
Botany	[ add ]
Botany/Plant Sciences	[ add ]
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Business Environmental Administration	[ add ]
Cell Biology	[ add ]
Cell Biology/Biochemistry	[ add ]
Cell/Developmental Biology	[ add ]
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Clinical Nutrition	[ add ]
Clinical Science	[ add ]
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Community/Regional Environmental Studies	[ add ]
Composite Science	[ add ]
Comprehensive Science	[ add ]
Conservation	[ add ]
Conservation Biology	[ add ]
Cooperative Agriculture	[ add ]
Crop Science	[ add ]
Dairy Science	[ add ]
Dairy/Animal Science	[ add ]
Earth/Environmental Science	[ add ]
Ecological Economics	[ add ]
Ecological Economics/Values/Policy	[ add ]
Ecology	[ add ]
Ecology/Environmental Engineering	[ add ]
Ecology/Evolution	[ add ]
Ecology/Evolutionary Biology	[ add ]
Ecology/Systematic Biology	[ add ]
Energy Conservation/Use of Technology	[ add ]
Energy Policy Studies	[ add ]
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Environment/Economics/Politics	[ add ]
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Environmental Arts	[ add ]
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Environmental Design	[ add ]
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Environmental Science/Conservation Biology	[ add ]
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Environmental Systems Technology	[ add ]
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Environmental/Renewable Resource Economics	[ add ]
Epidemiology	[ add ]
Epidemiology/Public Health	[ add ]
Evolutionary Biology	[ add ]
Experimental Pathology	[ add ]
Family Medicine	[ add ]
Fisheries	[ add ]
Fisheries Management	[ add ]
Fisheries Management/Environmental Health	[ add ]
Fisheries/Wildlife Management	[ add ]
Fishery/Forest/Wildlife	[ add ]
Floriculture/Ornamental Horticulture	[ add ]
Food Science	[ add ]
Food Science/Technology	[ add ]
Forest Resource Science	[ add ]
Forest Resources	[ add ]
Forest Resources Management	[ add ]
Forest Science	[ add ]
Forestry	[ add ]
Forestry/Biology	[ add ]
Forestry/Environmental Management	[ add ]
Forestry/Environmental Studies	[ add ]
Fruit Science	[ add ]
Fundamental Sciences	[ add ]
General Agriculture	[ add ]
General Biology	[ add ]
General Plant Sciences	[ add ]
General Science	[ add ]
Genetic Engineering	[ add ]
Genetics	[ add ]
Genetics/Development	[ add ]
Genetics/Developmental Biology	[ add ]
Genetics/Plant/Animal	[ add ]
Geoenvironmental Studies	[ add ]
Geography/Environmental Planning	[ add ]
Geography/Environmental Science	[ add ]
Geology/Environmental Science	[ add ]
Gerontological Advance Practice	[ add ]
Gerontological Advanced Practice	[ add ]
Gerontological Case Manager	[ add ]
Gerontology	[ add ]
Health/Rehabilitation Sciences Interdisciplinary	[ add ]
Horticulture	[ add ]
Human Biology	[ add ]
Human Cytogenics	[ add ]
Human Genetics	[ add ]
Human Nutrition	[ add ]
Human/Natural Ecology	[ add ]
Humanities/Science	[ add ]
Immunobiology	[ add ]
Immunology	[ add ]
Industrial Biochemistry	[ add ]
Infectious Diseases/Microbiology	[ add ]
Integrated Science	[ add ]
Interdepartmental Biology/Chemistry	[ add ]
Interdepartmental Major in Science	[ add ]
Interdepartmental Science	[ add ]
Interdisciplinary Natural Science	[ add ]
Interdisciplinary Science	[ add ]
Interscience	[ add ]
Lab Animal Medicine	[ add ]
Land Irrigation Science	[ add ]
Landscape Horticulture	[ add ]
Man/Environment Relations	[ add ]
Marine Biology	[ add ]
Marine Conservation Biology	[ add ]
Marine Environmental Science	[ add ]
Marine Policy	[ add ]
Marine Sciences	[ add ]
Marine Studies	[ add ]
Marine/Aquatic Biology	[ add ]
Marine/Environmental Science	[ add ]
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Medical Biology	[ add ]
Medical Biophysics	[ add ]
Medical Informatics	[ add ]
Medical Microbiology	[ add ]
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Medical Scientist Training	[ add ]
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Microbiology	[ add ]
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Microbiology/Immunology	[ add ]
Molecular Biology	[ add ]
Molecular Biology/Biochemistry	[ add ]
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Molecular Biophysics/Biochemistry	[ add ]
Molecular Genetics	[ add ]
Molecular Pharmacology	[ add ]
Molecular Pharmacology/Toxicology	[ add ]
Molecular Virology/Microbiology	[ add ]
Molecular/Cell Biology	[ add ]
Molecular/Cellular/Developmental Biology	[ add ]
Multiple Science	[ add ]
Natural History	[ add ]
Natural Resource Economics	[ add ]
Natural Resource Management	[ add ]
Natural Resource Planning/Interpretation	[ add ]
Natural Resources	[ add ]
Natural Resources Management	[ add ]
Natural Science	[ add ]
Natural Science/Mathematics	[ add ]
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Natural Sciences Area	[ add ]
Natural Sciences/Mathematics	[ add ]
Natural Sciences/Mathematics/Astronomy	[ add ]
Natural/Environmental Science	[ add ]
Neural Science	[ add ]
Neural/Behavioral Sciences	[ add ]
Neurobiology	[ add ]
Neurobiology/Physiology	[ add ]
Neurology/Behavior	[ add ]
Neuroscience	[ add ]
Neuroscience/Behavior	[ add ]
Neuroscience/Behavioral Biology	[ add ]
Neurosciences	[ add ]
Nurse Anesthesia	[ add ]
Nurse Anesthetist	[ add ]
Nutrition	[ add ]
Nutrition Science	[ add ]
Nutrition/Food Science	[ add ]
Nutrition/Food Studies	[ add ]
Nutrition/Food/Agriculture	[ add ]
Nutrition/Health Sciences	[ add ]
Nutrition/Wellness	[ add ]
Nutritional Science	[ add ]
Nutritional Sciences	[ add ]
Occupational Therapy/Physical/Developmental Disabilities	[ add ]
Ornamental Horticulture	[ add ]
Ornamental Horticulture/Environmental Design	[ add ]
Pathobiology	[ add ]
Pathologist Assistant	[ add ]
Pathology	[ add ]
Pharmacological/Physiological Sciences	[ add ]
Pharmacology	[ add ]
Pharmacology/Nutrition	[ add ]
Pharmacology/Toxicology	[ add ]
Philosophy/Science	[ add ]
Physical Anthropology/Biology	[ add ]
Physical Science	[ add ]
Physiology	[ add ]
Physiology/Biophysics	[ add ]
Physiology/Human/Animal	[ add ]
Plant Biology	[ add ]
Plant Breeding	[ add ]
Plant Genetics/Breeding	[ add ]
Plant Pathology	[ add ]
Plant Physiology	[ add ]
Plant Protection	[ add ]
Plant Protection Science	[ add ]
Plant Science	[ add ]
Pre-architecture	[ add ]
Pre-Environmental Management	[ add ]
Pre-Forestry	[ add ]
Pre-ministry	[ add ]
Pre-occupational Therapy	[ add ]
Pre-Professional Science	[ add ]
Preventive Medicine	[ add ]
Psychobiology	[ add ]
Psychological/Social Services	[ add ]
Psychology/Biology	[ add ]
Psychology/Neuroscience	[ add ]
Public Health/Epidemiology	[ add ]
Radiation Biology	[ add ]
Radiation Oncology Physics	[ add ]
Radiological Health Physics	[ add ]
Radiological Sciences	[ add ]
Radiology	[ add ]
Rangeland Resources	[ add ]
Recombinant Gene Technology	[ add ]
Rehabilitation Science	[ add ]
Reproductive Physiology	[ add ]
Resource Economics	[ add ]
Resource Management	[ add ]
Science	[ add ]
Science/Mathematics	[ add ]
Science/Mathematics/Computer Studies	[ add ]
Sciences	[ add ]
Sociobiology	[ add ]
Soil Science	[ add ]
Soil/Crop/Atmospheric Sciences	[ add ]
Soil/Water Management	[ add ]
Sports Nutrition	[ add ]
Statistics/Biometry	[ add ]
Studies in the Environment	[ add ]
Sustainable Systems	[ add ]
Toxicology	[ add ]
Transfusion Medicine	[ add ]
Unified Science	[ add ]
Virology	[ add ]
Water Resources	[ add ]
Weed Science	[ add ]
Wildlife	[ add ]
Wildlife Ecology	[ add ]
Wildlife Management	[ add ]
Wildlife/Fisheries Resources	[ add ]
Wildlife/Fisheries Science	[ add ]
Zoology	[ add ]

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