Bachelor of Science Degree
Agribusiness Management
Increasing opportunities
exist for agricultural graduates to enter managerial positions in
business. These businesses may be large or small and may be organized
as proprietorships, partnerships, corporations, or cooperatives.
They include meat, dairy, and poultry processing industries, grain
handling, feed manufacturing, and seed and fertilizer firms, transportation
and storage concerns, and wholesale and retail food businesses.
Although this Department of Agricultural Economics curriculum gives
special emphasis to agriculturally related businesses, its requirements
are broad enough to allow adequate preparation for nonagricultural
businesses. This option also has enough flexibility to permit you
to prepare for an international career in agricultural business
and can serve as a foundation for graduate school.
Advisor
Contact Information
Jennifer Leeann Williams
(765) 494-0262
leewill@purdue.edu
Plan
of Study
Credit Hours Required
for Graduation: 130
Freshman Year |
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First Semester |
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Second Semester |
(1)
AGEC 202 (Spreadsheet Use in Agricultural
Business)
(3) AGEC 203
(Introductory Microeconomics for Food and Agribusiness)
(1) AGR 101 (Introduction to the College of Agriculture
and Purdue University)
(4) ENGL 106 (First-Year Composition)
(4) Biological sciences elective
(3) Introduction to calculus or introductory analysis elective
Total Credits: 16 |
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(3)
AGEC 217 (Economics)
(3) COM 114
(Fundamentals of Speech Communication)
(4) Biological sciences elective
(3) Humanities elective
(3) Elective
Total Credits: 16 |
Sophomore Year |
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Third Semester |
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Fourth Semester |
(3)
AGEC 220 (Marketing Farm Products)
(1) AGEC 298
(Sophomore Seminar)
(3) CHM
111 (General Chemistry)
(3) STAT 301 (Elementary Statistical Methods)
(3) Social science
elective
(3) Elective
Total Credits: 16 |
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(3)
CHM 112 (General Chemistry)
(3) MGMT 200 (Introductory Accounting)
(3) Agribusiness management elective
(3) Humanities elective
(3) Elective
Total Credits: 15 |
Junior Year |
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Fifth Semester |
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Sixth Semester |
(4) AGEC 424 (Financial Management of Agricultural
Business)
(3) Quantitative techniques for firm decision making or mathematics/sciences
elective *
(3) Social science or humanities elective
(3) Written or oral
communication elective
(3) Elective
Total Credits: 16 |
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(3)
AGEC 426 (Marketing Management of Agricultural Business)
(3) Agribusiness
management elective
(3) Applied econometrics or mathematics/sciences elective
*
(3) Economics elective
(3) Written or oral communication elective
(3) Elective
Total Credits: 18 |
Senior Year |
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Seventh Semester |
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Eighth Semester |
(3)
Agribusiness management elective
(5) Agricultural
economics electives
(3) Economics elective
(3) Social science, humanities, or international understanding
elective
(3) Elective
Total Credits: 17 |
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(3)
AGEC 430 (Agricultural and Food Business Strategy)
(3) Agricultural economics elective
(2) Mathematics
or sciences elective
(3)Social science or humanities elective (300+ level)
(5) Electives
Total Credits: 16 |
* Must complete Quantitative
Techniques for Firm Decision Making or Applied Econometrics.
Purdue Agriculture Academic Programs
1140 Ag Admin Building, Room 7
West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-1140
Phone: (765) 494-8481
Fax: (765) 494-8469
E-mail: goecker@purdue.edu
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