Transfer to Purdue University – Department of Agronomy

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Jane Wiercioch
jwiercioch@purdue.edu 
agronomy@purdue.edu 

Vincennes University
Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences – Agriculture Concentration 4461, A.S. Transfer

Semester I

  • AGRI 100 - Agriculture Lectures 1 hr -or- GEOS 131 - Agriculture and Natural Resources Explorations 1 hr
         AGRI 100 = AGR 1XXXX 1 credit or GEOS 131 = EAPS 1XXXX 1 credit
         Approved for AGR 10100 & 11300 1 credit
  • AGRI 106 - Animal Agriculture 3 hrs
         ANSC 10200 3 credits
         Approved for STS
  • CHEM 105 - General Chemistry I 3 hrs
    CHEM 105L - General Chemistry/Quantitative Analysis Laboratory 2 hrs
         CHM 11500 4 credits & 1XTRA 1 credit
  • COMM 143 - Speech 3 hrs
         COM 11400 3 credits
  • ENGL 101 - English Composition I 3 hrs
         ENGL 1XUWC 3 credits
Total Hours: 15

Semester II

  • AGRI 101 - Introductory Agricultural Business and Economics 3 hrs
    AGEC 20300 3 credits
  • AGRI 104 - Crop Production 3 hrs (S)
    AGRY 10500 3 credits
  • CHEM 106 - General Chemistry II 3 hrs
  • CHEM 106L - General Chemistry/Qualitative Analysis Laboratory 2 hrs (WR)
         CHM 11600 4 credits & 1XTRA 1 credit
  • MATH 115 - Survey of Calculus I 3 hrs
         MA 16010 3 credits
Total Hours: 14

Semester III

  • AGRI 103 - Fundamentals of Horticulture 3 hrs -or- AGRI 204 – Soil Science 3 hrs
         AGRI 103 = H0RT 10100 3 credits
         Approved for CoA Core – ADD MA/SCI
         OR
         AGRI 204 = AGRY 25500 3 credits (Required for Digital Agronomy major)
  • BIOL 105 - Principles of Biology I 3 hrs -and- BIOL 105L - Principles of Biology Laboratory I 1 hr
         BIOL 11000 4 credits
         BIOL 105/105L + 106/106L = BIOL 11000 4 credits & 11100 4 credits
  • ENGL 205 - Business Communications 3 hrs
         COM 2XXXX 3 credits
         Approved for CoA Core – ADD COMM
  • 200-level Directed Electives 5 hrs
         Agronomic Business and Marketing Concentration in Agronomy: ACCT 201, AGRI 201, and AGRI 204 = MGMT 20000 3 credits, AGEC 33000 3 credits, and AGRY 25500 3 credits (Required)
         Crop and Soil Management Concentration in Agronomy: Select 2 (ACCT 201, AGRI 201, and GEOS 233/233L = MGMT 20000 3 credits, AGEC 33000 3 credits, and FNR 21000 3 credits & 2XTRA 1 credit) and AGRI 204 = AGRY 25500 3 credits (Required)
         International Agronomy Concentration in Agronomy: Select 1 (AGRI 203, AGRI 225, and GEOS 233/233L = HORT 20100 3 credits, FNR 22500 3 credits, and FNR 21000 3 credits & 2XTRA 1 credit), ECON 202 = ECON 25200 3 credits, and AGRI 204 = AGRY 25500 3 credits (Required)
         Crop Science, Digital Agronomy, Plant Genetics, Breeding, and Biotechnology, & Soil and Water Sciences: PHYS 215/215L and PHYS 216/216L = PHYS 22000 4 credits & 2XTRA 1 credit and PHYS 22100 4 credits & 2XTRA 1 credit (Required)

Total Hours: 15

Semester IV 

  • BIOL 106 - Principles of Biology II 3 hrs -and- BIOL 106L - Principles of Biology Laboratory II 1 hr
         BIOL 11100 4 credits
         BIOL 105/105L + 106/106L = BIOL 11000 4 credits & 11100 4 credits
  • MATH 110 - Statistics 3 hrs
         STAT 30100 3 credits
  • 200-level Directed Elective 3 hrs
         See 200-level Directed Electives listed above
  • 200-level Humanities Elective 3 hrs
         Foreign Language (Required for International Agronomy concentration)
         OR
         HIST 236 or PHIL 111 = HIST 10400 or PHIL 11000 (Recommended except for International Agronomy concentration)
         Approved for UCC – Humanities and CoA Core – International Understanding
  • 200-level Social Science Elective 3 hrs
    SOCL 252 = SOC 31000 (Recommended)
    Approved for CoA Core – 300+ Hum/SS and Multicultural Understanding
Total Hours: 16

Total Hours: 60

RECOmMENDED PLAN OF STUDY

Courses to be Taken at Purdue
Soil and water sciences
SEMESTER 1:
  • AGRY 12500: 3 credit hours
  • AGRY 25500: 3 credit hours
  • AGRY 39800: 1 credit hours
  • EAPS 11100: 3 credit hours
  • MA 16020: 3 credit hours
  • SS/Hum: 3 credit hours

Total: 16 credit hours

SEMESTER 2:
  • AGRY 33500: 3 credit hours
  • AGRY 33700: 3 credit hours
  • CHM 25700: 4 credit hours
  • CHM 25701: 1 credit hours
  • Elective: 3 credit hours
  • ENGR/SCI Selective: 3 credit hours
Total: 17 credit hours
SEMESTER 3:
  • AGRY 34900 or 38500: 0.75 credit hours
  • AGRY 46500: 3 credit hours
  • AGRY 49800: 1 credit hours
  • AGRY 56500: 3 credit hours
  • SS/Hum: 3 credit hours
Total: 13-14 credit hours
SEMESTER 4:
  • AGEC/ECON/MGMT/TLI : 3 credit hours
  • AGRY 36500: 3 credit hours
  • AGRY 58500: 3 credit hours
  • Ecology : 3 credit hours
  • Elective: 3 credit hours
Total: 15 credit hours
Purdue requires 32 credit hours at Purdue taken at the 300 level or higher. 120 total credits required.