Purdue University PURDUE AGRICULTURE
ACADEMIC PROGRAMS

Title

Farm Management 

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

Farm management prepares people for managing the home farm, professional farm management, or understanding the challenge of managing a farm. Emphasis is placed on production, financial, marketing, and management strategies in this Department of Agricultural Economics curriculum.

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)

(4) Biological sciences 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 sciences 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) Humanities elective

(3) Production agriculture elective

Total Credits: 16


Fourth Semester

(3) CHM 11200 (General Chemistry)

(3) Agricultural economics elective

(3) Production agriculture elective

(3) Social science elective

(3) Written or oral communication elective

(3) Elective

Total Credits: 18

Junior Year

Fifth Semester

(2) AGEC 32100 (Futures and Options Market Applications)

(3) Accounting for farm business planning or introductory accounting elective

(1) Grain and grain products marketing or livestock and meat products marketing elective*

(3) Quantitative techniques for firm decision making or mathematics/sciences elective**

(3) Written or oral communication elective

(3) Elective

Total Credits: 15


Sixth Semester

(3) AGEC 31000 (Farm Organization)

(3) Applied econometrics or mathematics/sciences elective**

(3) Economics elective

(3) Production agriculture elective

(3) Social science or humanities elective

(3) Elective

Total Credits: 18

Senior Year

Seventh Semester

(4) AGEC 41100 (Farm Management)

(4) AGEC 42400 (Financial Management of Agricultural Business)

(3) Economics elective

(3) Production agriculture elective

(3) Social science, humanities, or international understanding elective

Total Credits: 17


Eighth Semester

(2) Mathematics or sciences elective

(3) Production agriculture elective

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

(6) Electives

Total Credits: 14

Additional Information

 *Livestock and Meat Marketing is offered only in Spring semesters.

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

Department

AGEC 
Attachments
Created at 4/27/2009 1:44 PM  by Quesada, Virginia J 
Last modified at 6/12/2009 11:36 AM  by Haghighi, Nina