Transfer to Purdue University – Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture

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Gloribel Rosales-Burdin
grosale@purdue.edu 
hlacareers@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 & 12000 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
         HORT 10100 3 credits
  • 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
         AGRI 203 = HORT 20100 (Required)
         AGRI 204 = AGRY 25500 (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
         AGRI 208 = AGRY 32000 3 credits & 32100 1 credit (Required)
  • 200-level Humanities Elective 3 hrs
         PHIL 111 = PHIL 11000 (Recommended for all concentrations in Horticulture except Landscape
         Contracting and Management; approved for 200-level requirement at VU)
         SPAN 101 = SPAN 10100 3 credits & 1XTRA 1 credit (Required for Landscape Contracting and
         Management concentration in Horticulture; approved for 200-level requirement at VU)
  • 200-level Social Science Elective 3 hrs
         HIST 236 = HIST 10400 (Recommended)
Total Hours: 16
Total Hours: 60

RECOmMENDED PLAN OF STUDY

Courses to be Taken at Purdue
Turf Management and science
SUMMER SEMESTER:
  • CHM 257 - Organic Chemistry: 4 credit hours

Total: 4 credit hours

SEMESTER 1:
  • BTNY 301 (Fall Only): 3 credit hours
  • BTNY 304 (Fall only): 3 credit hours
  • Turf Mgmt Selective: 3 credit hours
  • AGEC 33000: 3 credit hours
  • MGMT 212 or MGMT 200: 3 credit hours

Total: 15 credit hours

SEMESTER 2:
  • HORT 301 (Spring only): 4 credit hours
  • HORT 210 (Spring only): 3 credit hours
  • HORT 211 (Spring only): 1 credit hour
  • AGRY 365 (Spring only): 3 credit hours
  • BUSN/MGMT Selective: 3 credit hours
  • HORT 11000: 1 credit hour
Total: 15 credit hours
SEMESTER 3:
  • AGRY 51000 : 3 credit hours
  • ENTM 41000: 2 credit hours
  • ENTM 41001: 1 credit hour
  • AGRY 512 (Fall only): 3 credit hours
  • AGRY 514 (Fall only) or : 1 credit hour
  • HORT 513 (Fall only): credit hours
  • PHYS 21400 or 22000: 3 to 4 credit hours
  • Turf Mgmt Selective: 3 credit hours
Total: 16-17 credit hours
SEMESTER 4:
  • AGEC 33100: 3 credit hours
  • BUSN/MGMT Selective: 3 credit hours
  • HUM/SS Selective 30000+: 3 credit hours
  • HUM/SS Selective: 3 credit hours
  • BUSN/MGMT Selective: 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.