農業生產係維持人類生存的重要根基，也對國家安定具影響力(穩定食物價格與維持民生需求)，亦為決定各國全球競爭力之重要因子。因此，農業影響我們的食、衣、住、行、休閒，即使非直接從事農業工作，生活中的各類所需都脫離不了農業。
而農業推廣，係指農業推廣機構整合農業推廣資源，應用資訊傳播、人力資源發展或行政服務等方式，提供農業推廣對象終身教育機會及促進農、林、漁、牧產銷業務與農村社區發展之計畫活動。本課程不須先修基礎，僅須對農業有興趣即可。
●課程目標及內涵：
一、培育新一代年青學子，提早了解農業，建立農業永續經營觀念。
二、提升學生對各項農業資訊力的了解，建立未來農業經營的核心優勢。
三、協助學生提早了解各項農業的經營特色與時代趨勢。
四、協助學生了解農業轉型升級之現況(如：休閒農業、食農教育、森林/園藝療育)，配合國際發展情勢，將農村改造以新面貌重新讓國人來體驗鄉村之美。

Agricultural production is an important foundation for maintaining human survival. It also has an impact on national stability (stabilizing food prices and maintaining people's livelihood needs). It is also an important factor in determining the global competitiveness of countries. Therefore, agriculture affects our food, clothing, housing, transportation, and leisure. Even if we are not directly engaged in agricultural work, all kinds of needs in life cannot be separated from agriculture.
Agricultural extension refers to planning activities in which agricultural extension agencies integrate agricultural extension resources and use information dissemination, human resource development or administrative services to provide lifelong education opportunities for agricultural extension targets and promote agricultural, forestry, fishery, animal husbandry production and marketing business and rural community development. This course does not require any prior knowledge, only an interest in agriculture is required.
●Course objectives and connotation:
1. Cultivate a new generation of young students to understand agriculture early and establish the concept of sustainable agricultural management.
2. Improve students’ understanding of various agricultural information capabilities and establish core advantages for future agricultural operations.
3. Help students understand the operating characteristics and trends of various agricultural industries in advance.
4. Help students understand the current situation of agricultural transformation and upgrading (such as leisure agriculture, food and agriculture education, forest/horticulture therapy), and adapt to the international development situation to transform the countryside with a new look so that Chinese people can experience the beauty of the countryside again.

參吳聰賢著，1988，《農業推廣學原理》，聯經出版社

See Wu Congxian, 1988, "Principles of Agricultural Extension", Lianjing Press