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The purpose of this study was compare the agricultural and biotechnology education between Korea and U.S. The research method used in this study was the content analysis, which was appropriate to and used to conduct an international comparison study. Agricultural and biotechnology education documents of the two countries including Korea and U.S were compared through content analysis criteria..The foremost major finding of this study was that the contents of agricultural and biotechnology education were categorized in different ways in each country because the objectives of agricultural and biotechnology education were different between Korea and U.S. Based on the results of the content analysis for the objectives and contents of agricultural and biotechnology education, several suggestions were made as follows; 1) It was necessary to specify the objectives of Practical Arts education in Korea, 2) Before establishing the objectives of Practical Arts education curriculum, it was necessary to set long-term goal which must be pursued in Practical Arts education, 3) The curriculum design structure must be cleared and planned ahead of developing Practical Arts curriculum, 4) It was essential to integrate the contents of agricultural and biotechnology education by two academic years and to specify the level of the contents, and 5) The agricultural and biotechnology education should be developed in a way of integration, not based on the scholastic sub-areas.