Weed Science - Academic Minor

MINOR CODE - 114

ADVISOR CONTACT

Peter B. Goldsbrough
(765) 494-4615
gobotany@purdue.edu

REQUIREMENTS:

Departmental permission is not required to enroll in this minor. Fifteen (15) credits must be earned.

REQUIRED COURSES

(4) BTNY 210 (Introduction to Plant Science)
(3) BTNY 304 (Introductory Weed Science)
(3) BTNY 504 (Advanced Weed Science) or (3) BTNY 505 (Advanced Weed Biology)

ELECTIVES:

Five (5) credits from the following courses must be completed.

(1) BTNY 204 (Crop and Weed Identification)

(3) BTNY 211 (Plants and the Environment)

(3) BTNY 302 (Plant Ecology)
(3) BTNY 305 (Fundamentals of Plant Classification)
(4) BTNY 316 (Plant Anatomy)

(3) BTNY 350 (Biotechnology in Agriculture)
(1-3) BTNY 498 (Research in Plant Science) *
(3) BTNY 555 (Aquatic Botany)

(1) BTNY 556 (Aquatic Plant Management)
(4) HORT 301 (Plant Physiology)

* A maximum of three credits of BTNY 498 or comparable research in the plant sciences may be applied to the minor.

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