Transfer to Purdue University – Department of Agricultural Economics

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LeeAnn Williams
leewill@purdue.edu 
agecon1@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 cr or GEOS 131 = EAPS 1XXXX 1 credit
         Approved for AGR 10100 & 11200 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 cr & 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 cr & 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
         H0RT 10100 3 credits
         Approved for CoA Core – ADD MA/SCI
  • 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
         ACCT 201 = MGMT 20000 3 credits (Required)
         ACCT 202 = MGMT 20100 3 credits (Required for Agrifinance concentration in Agribusiness)
         AGRI 204 or 206 = AGRY 25500 3 credits or ANSC 22100 3 credits (Required)
         SOCL 245 = SOC 31000 3 credits (Recommended for all concentrations in Agribusiness except
         Agrifinance, all concentrations in Ag Economics, and Sales and Marketing)

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 cr
         BIOL 105/105L + 106/106L = BIOL 11000 4 cr & 11100 4 cr
  • MATH 110 - Statistics 3 hrs
         STAT 30100 3 cr
  • 200-level Directed Elective 3 hrs
         See 200-level Directed Electives listed above
  • 200-level Humanities Elective 3 hrs
         PHIL 111 = PHIL 11000 3 cr (Recommended – approved for 200-level requirement at VU)
  • 200-level Social Science Elective 3 hrs
         ECON 202 = ECON 25200 3 cr (Required)
Total Hours: 16 

Total Hours: 60 

RECOmMENDED PLAN OF STUDY

Courses to be Taken at Purdue
Farm Management
SEMESTER 1:
  • AGEC 22000: 3 credit hours
  • AGEC 29800: 1 credit hour
  • AGEC 32100: 3 credit hours
  • FREE EL: 3 credit hours
  • SS/HUM SEL: 3 credit hours

Total: 13 credit hours

SEMESTER 2:
  • AGEC 20201: 3 credit hours
  • AGEC 31000: 3 credit hours
  • AGEC 42400: 3 credit hours
  • FMB SEL: 3 credit hours
  • FREE EL: 3 credit hours
Total: 15 credit hours
SEMESTER 3:
  • AGEC 35200/45100: 3 credit hours
  • AGEC 41100: 4 credit hours
  • FMB SEL: 3 credit hours
  • FREE EL: 3 credit hours
  • SS/HUM SEL: 3 credit hours
Total: 16 credit hours
SEMESTER 4:
  • COM SEL: 3 credit hours
  • ECON SEL: 3 credit hours
  • FREE EL: 3 credit hours
  • FMB SEL: 3 credit hours
  • SS/HUM SEL: 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.