Bachelor of Science Degree
Agricultural Economics
Agricultural economics
offers training that will be helpful for students contemplating
employment as managers, extension workers, government employees,
and employees in finance, in marketing, and in managerial positions
in agricultural businesses. It also prepares qualified students
to take graduate work as further preparation for college or government
work, or for commercial economic research work. This Department
of Agricultural Economics option has enough flexibility to permit
a student to prepare for an international career in agricultural
economics.
Advisor Contact Information
Jennifer Leeann Williams
(765) 494-0262
leewill@purdue.edu
Plan of Study
Credit Hours Required
for Graduation: 130
| Freshman
Year |
| First Semester |
|
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 I)
(4) Biological science elective
(3) Introduction to calculus or introductory analysis elective
Total Credits: 16 |
|
(3)
AGEC 217 (Economics)
(3) COM 114 (Fundamentals of Speech Communication)
(4) Biological science
elective
(3) Humanities elective
(3) Elective
Total Credits: 16 |
| Sophomore Year |
| Third Semester |
|
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 |
|
(3)
CHM 112 (General Chemistry)
(3) MGMT 200 (Introductory Accounting)
(3) Farm organization or management methods for agricultural
business elective
(3) Written or oral
communication elective
(3) Elective
Total Credits: 15 |
| Junior Year |
| Fifth Semester |
|
Sixth Semester |
| (3)
Agricultural economics elective
(3) Economics elective
(3) Quantitative techniques for firm decision making or mathematics/sciences
elective *
(3) Social science, humanities, or international understanding
elective
(5) Electives
Total Credits: 17 |
|
(3)
Agricultural economics elective
(3) Applied econometrics
or mathematics/sciences elective *
(3) Humanities elective
(3) Written or oral communication elective
(5) Electives
Total Credits: 17 |
| Senior Year
|
|
|
| Seventh Semester |
|
Eighth Semester |
| (8)
Agricultural economics electives
(3) Economics elective
(3) Social science or humanities elective (300+ level)
(3) Elective
Total Credits: 17 |
|
(3)
Agricultural economics elective
(2) Mathematics
or sciences elective
(3) Social science or humanities elective
(8) 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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