Agricultural Sciences Professor

Teach courses in the agricultural sciences. Includes teachers of agronomy, dairy sciences, fisheries management, horticultural sciences, poultry sciences, range management, and agricultural soil conservation. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

O*NET reports this occupation under titles such as: Agriculture Instructor; Agriculture Professor; Agronomy Professor; Animal Science Professor; Associate Professor; Horticulture Instructor; Horticulture Professor; Instructor; Plant Science Professor; Professor

Tasks

• Keep abreast of developments in the field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, and participating in professional conferences.
• Advise students on academic and vocational curricula and on career issues.
• Supervise undergraduate or graduate teaching, internship, and research work.
• Supervise laboratory sessions and field work and coordinate laboratory operations.
• Conduct research in a particular field of knowledge and publish findings in professional journals, books, or electronic media.
• Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as crop production, plant genetics, and soil chemistry.
• Collaborate with colleagues to address teaching and research issues.
• Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.
• Evaluate and grade students' class work, laboratory work, assignments, and papers.
• Maintain regularly scheduled office hours to advise and assist students.
• Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.
• Plan, evaluate, and revise curricula, course content, and course materials and methods of instruction.
• Compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign this work to others.
• Maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records.
• Participate in student recruitment, registration, and placement activities.

Knowledge

• Biology
• Education and Training
• English Language
• Administration and Management
• Customer and Personal Service
• Food Production
• Communications and Media
• Mathematics
• Geography
• Computers and Electronics
• Administrative
• Personnel and Human Resources
• Law and Government

Skills

• Reading Comprehension
• Speaking
• Learning Strategies
• Active Listening
• Writing
• Critical Thinking
• Active Learning
• Monitoring
• Science
• Mathematics

Abilities

• Oral Expression
• Oral Comprehension
• Written Comprehension
• Speech Clarity
• Written Expression
• Deductive Reasoning
• Inductive Reasoning
• Problem Sensitivity
• Speech Recognition
• Fluency of Ideas
• Information Ordering
• Near Vision
• Originality
• Category Flexibility
• Mathematical Reasoning
• Number Facility
• Memorization