Purdue University PURDUE AGRICULTURE
ACADEMIC PROGRAMS

Title

Agricultural Economics 

Degree Level

Bachelor of Science 

Minor Code

 

Advisor's Name

Jennifer Leeann Williams 

Advisor's Phone

(765) 494-0262 

Advisor's Email

leewill@purdue.edu 

Information

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.

Credit Hours

130 

Description

Freshman Year

First Semester

(1) AGEC 20200 (Spreadsheet Use in Agricultural Business)

(3) AGEC 20300 (Introductory Microeconomics for Food and Agribusiness)

(0.5) AGR 10100 (Introduction to the College of Agriculture and Purdue University)

(0.5) AGR 11200 (Introduction to Agricultural Economics Academic Programs)

(4) ENGL 10600 (First-Year Composition I)

(4) Biological science elective

(3) Introduction to calculus or introductory analysis elective

Total Credits: 16


Second Semester

(3) AGEC 21700 (Economics)

(3) COM 11400 (Fundamentals of Speech Communication)

(4) Biological science elective

(3) Humanities elective

(3) Elective

Total Credits: 16

Sophomore Year

Third Semester

(3) AGEC 22000 (Marketing Farm Products)

(1) AGEC 29800 (Sophomore Seminar)

(3) CHM 11100 (General Chemistry)

(3) STAT 30100 (Elementary Statistical Methods)

(3) Social science elective

(3) Elective

Total Credits: 16


Fourth Semester

(3) CHM 11200 (General Chemistry)

(3) MGMT 20000 (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

(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


Sixth Semester

(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

(8) Agricultural economics electives

(3) Economics elective

(3) Social science or humanities elective (30000+ level)

(3) Elective

Total Credits: 17


Eighth Semester

(3) Agricultural economics elective

(2) Mathematics or sciences elective

(3) Social science or humanities elective

(8) Electives

Total Credits: 16

Additional Information

*Must complete Quantitative Techniques for Firm Decision Making or Applied Econometrics.

Department

AGEC 
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