Animal Sciences: Biosciences Concentration, BS

Degree Requirements

120 Credits Required

Departmental/Program Major Courses (33 credits)

Other Departmental /Program Course Requirements (78-79 credits)

• AGR 10100 - Introduction To The College Of Agriculture And Purdue University
• AGR 11400 - Introduction to Animal Sciences Academic Programs
• AGRY 32000 - Genetics
• AGRY 32100 - Genetics Laboratory
• BCHM 30700 - Biochemistry
• BCHM 30900 - Biochemistry Laboratory
• BIOL 11000 - Fundamentals Of Biology I
• BIOL 11100 - Fundamentals Of Biology II
• CHM 11500 - General Chemistry (satisfies Science #1 for core)
• CHM 11600 - General Chemistry (satisfies Science #2 for core)
• CHM 25500 - Organic Chemistry
• CHM 25501 - Organic Chemistry Laboratory
• CHM 25600 - Organic Chemistry
• CHM 25601 - Organic Chemistry Laboratory
• MA 16010 - Applied Calculus I (satisfies Quantitative Reasoning for core)
• MA 16020 - Applied Calculus II
• STAT 30100 - Elementary Statistical Methods (satisfies Information Literacy for core)

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• ENGL 10600 - First-Year Composition (satisfies Written Communication for core) (satisfies Information Literacy for core) or
• ENGL 10800 - Accelerated First-Year Composition or
• HONR 19903 - Interdisciplinary Approaches In Writing or
• SCLA 10100 - Transformative Texts, Critical Thinking And Communication I: Antiquity To Modernity

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• COM 11400 - Fundamentals Of Speech Communication (satisfies Oral Communication for core) or
• COM 21700 - Science Writing And Presentation or
• EDPS 31500 - Collaborative Leadership: Interpersonal Skills or
• SCLA 10200 - Transformative Texts, Critical Thinking And Communication II: Modern World

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• Science Selective - Credit hours: 12.00
• Economics Selective (satisfies Human Culture Behavioral/Social Science for core) - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Human Cultures: Humanities Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Humanities or Social Science Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Humanities or Social Science Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Humanities or Social Science Selective (30000+ level) - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Written or Oral Communication Selective (20000+ level) - Credit Hours: 3.00

Electives (8-9 credits)

• Electives - Credit Hours: 8.00-9.00

College of Agriculture & University Level Requirements

• 2.00 GPA required for Bachelor of Science degree.
• 32 Upper division credits taken from Purdue
• International Understanding Selective   - Credit Hours: 9.00
• Multicultural Awareness Selective  - Credit Hours: 3.00
• 6 Credits:  Written/Oral Communication or Social Science and Humanities categories must come from 30000+ courses or above - Credit Hours: 3.00 AND Written/Oral Communication or Social Science and Humanities categories must come from 30000+ or above or from a course with a required pre-requisite in the same department - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Humanities and/or Social Sciences outside the College of Agriculture - Credit Hours: 9.00

University Core Requirements

• Human Cultures Humanities
• Human Cultures Behavioral/Social Science
• Information Literacy
• Science #1
• Science #2
• Science, Technology, and Society
• Written Communication
• Oral Communication
• Quantitative Reasoning

For a complete listing of course selectives, visit the Provost’s Website.

Program Requirements

Notes

• 2.0 GPA required for Bachelor of Science degree.
• Minimum 2.0 GPA required in Animal Science courses
• Consultation with an advisor may result in an altered plan customized for an individual student.

Foreign Language Courses

Foreign Language proficiency requirements vary by program. 

For acceptable languages and proficiency levels, see your advisor: American Sign Language, Arabic, Chinese, French, German, (ancient) Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish

Critical Course

The ♦ course is considered critical.

In alignment with the Degree Map Guidance for Indiana’s Public Colleges and Universities, published by the Commission for Higher Education (pursuant to HEA 1348-2013), a Critical Course is identified as “one that a student must be able to pass to persist and succeed in a particular major.  Students who want to be nurses, for example, should know that they are expected to be proficient in courses like biology in order to be successful.  These would be identified by the institutions for each degree program”. 

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