Agronomic Business and Marketing prepares students to meet the high demand for technically trained business men and women in business related to cropping systems. Students are provided with the flexibility to tailor plans of study that meet their individualized interests and needs by combining strengths in business, marketing, and plant agriculture. As a result, graduates are well prepared for a wide variety of positions. These include the marketing and technical representation of crop inputs, farm management, farm finance, a broad array of additional agribusiness-related opportunities. The unique advantage of this option is the dual strength generated in business and in the science supporting crop system management.
Freshman Year
First Semester
(0.5) AGR 10100 (Introduction to the College of Agriculture and Purdue University)
(0.5) AGR 11300 (Introduction to Agronomy Academic Programs)
(4) BIOL 11000 (Fundamentals of Biology I)
(3) CHM 11100 (General Chemistry)
(4) ENGL 10600 (First-Year Composition)
(3) Agronomy crops elective
(3) Introduction to calculus or introductory analysis elective
Total Credits: 18
(4) BIOL 11100 (Fundamentals of Biology II)
(3) CHM 11200 (General Chemistry)
(3) COM 11400 (Fundamentals of Speech Communication)
(3) Core economics elective
(3) Elective
Total Credits: 16
Sophomore Year
(3) AGRY 25500 (Soil Science)
(1) AGRY 39800 (Agronomy Seminar)
(4) CHM 25700 (Organic Chemistry)
(3) STAT 30100 (Elementary Statistical Methods)
(3) Social science elective
(3) Written or oral communication elective
Total Credits: 17
(3) AGEC 33100 (Principles of Selling in Agricultural Business)
(3) AGRY 36500 (Soil Fertility)
(3) BTNY 30400 (Introductory Weed Science)
(3) Social Science or humanities elective
Total Credits: 15
Junior Year
(3) AGRY 32000 (Genetics)
(3) ENGL 42000 (Business Writing)
(3) Agricultural economics, economics, management, or organizational leadership and supervision elective
(3) Agronomy elective
(3) Management methods for agricultural business or accounting elective
(1) Science elective
(3) BTNY 30100 (Introductory Plant Pathology)
(3) Humanities elective
(6) Electives
Senior Year
(1) AGRY 49800 (Agronomy Senior Seminar)
(3) International understanding elective
(4) Mathematics or sciences elective
(3) Social science or humanities elective
(2) ENTM 20600 (General Entomology)
(1) ENTM 20700 (General Entomology Laboratory)
(3) Social science or humanities elective (30000+ level)