College
of Agriculture - Core Requirements
January 1, 2008
College
of Agriculture
– Core Graduation Requirements
To
earn a baccalaureate degree, a student shall complete resident
study at Purdue University for at least two semesters and
the enrollment in, and completion of, at least 32 semester
credit hours of coursework required and approved for completion
of the degree. These courses are expected to be at least junior-level
courses. Baccalaureate degree plans of study must include
a capstone course or experience, and a Multicultural Awareness
course or experience.. Capstone course credits and Multicultural
Awareness credits also may be used to fulfill core curricular
requirements, or departmental requirements or electives.
The
College of Agriculture faculty has established that a minimum
of 130 semester credit hours must be completed to earn the
degree of Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Bachelor of Science
in Agricultural and Biological Engineering (B.S. A.B.E.),
Bachelor of Science in Forestry (B.S.F.), or Bachelor of Science
in Landscape Architecture (B.S.L.A.).
| Academic
Category |
|
B.S.
|
B.S.
A.B.E. |
B.S.F.
|
B.S.L.A.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Semester
Credits |
Introduction
to the College
of Agriculture and Purdue University |
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Mathematics
and Sciences |
|
|
|
|
| Biological
Sciences |
|
8
|
8
|
8
|
8
|
| General
Chemistry |
|
6
|
8
|
6
|
0
|
| Calculus
|
|
3
|
16
|
3
|
0
|
| Statistics
(Calculus may be used in BSLA) |
3
|
0
|
3
|
3
|
| Additional
Mathematics and Sciences |
8
|
9
|
8
|
9
|
|
Minimum
Total |
28
|
41
|
28
|
20
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Written
and Oral Communication |
|
|
|
|
| ENGL
10600 (First Year Composition) |
4
|
4
|
4
|
4
|
| COM
11400 (Fundamental of Speech Communication) |
3
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
| Additional
Written and Oral |
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
| Communication
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Minimum
Total |
10
|
10
|
10
|
10
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Social
Sciences and Humanities |
|
|
|
|
| Economics
|
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
| Other
Social Sciences |
|
3
– 9 |
3–6
|
3
– 9 |
3
– 9 |
| Humanities
|
|
6–12
|
6–9
|
6–12
|
9–15
|
|
Minimum
Total |
18
|
15
|
18
|
21
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Departmental
Requirements/Electives |
73
|
63
|
81
|
80
|
Successful
completion of a minimum of nine credits of International
Understanding electives (six for Bachelor of Science in
Agricultural and Biological Engineering), successful completion
of a minimum of three credits of Multicultural Awareness
electives, and an approved Capstone Course or Experience
are required in fulfilling degree specifications listed
above.
The
following courses are not applicable as credit toward graduation
in any College of Agriculture baccalaureate degree program:
CHM 10000; ENGL 10000, 10900; ENGR 19100, 19200, 19300;
MA 11100, 12300, 13300, 13400, 15100; PHYS 14900; STAT 11300,
11400; and all General Studies courses except GS 49000.
Credits
earned in one of the following courses…MA 15200 or MA 15300
or MA 15400 or MA 15900…may be used as an unrestricted elective
in College of Agriculture undergraduate plans of study,
but may not be used as a Mathematics and Sciences elective.
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