Abstract:
Concern over the adequacy of prerequisites and the extent to which faculty structure courses to require satisfaction of prerequisites motivated a survey of academic administrators in agriculture to identify the scope of these problems. Land Grant institutions, including the 1890 institutions, and selected non-land grant institutions comprised the survey group. Survey responses suggest excessive variation among prerequisite courses, strongly descriptive production courses that fail to require quantitative skills and faculty failure to enforce prerequisites in advising and teaching. Evaluation of curricula could reduce the number of required courses, increase student preparation and allow greater flexibility for individual students.
Keywords:
life science, prerequisites
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