Department of Agronomy (Graduate)

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Overview

The Department of Agronomy is home to trailblazing faculty and staff who share an unwavering commitment to student success and are celebrated for ground-breaking research. Our graduate students have access to innovative research opportunities and the latest technologies in the field. Our curriculum emphasizes the foundational knowledge and skills required to improve the productivity and management of agroecosystems using biotechnologies, informatics, and technical solutions for a broad range of environmental challenges.

MS (theses / non-thesis) and PhD degrees are offered in topics related to:

• Plant Genetics & Breeding
• Plant Physiology
• Crop Production
• Soil Science
• Agroecology
• Remote Sensing
• Crop Modeling
• Environmental Microbiology
• Land & Water Management

We invite you to become part of our research community, where you will refine your critical thinking skills, expand your professional network, and contribute your unique perspective to shaping agricultural systems both locally and globally.

Faculty (website)

Department of Agronomy (website)

Contact Information

Department of Agronomy

Purdue University

Lilly Hall of Life Sciences
915 Mitch Daniels Blvd
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2054
Phone: 765-494-4773

Email: agronomy@purdue.edu

Undergraduate Studies

Department of Agronomy - Undergraduate Program Information  

Academic Programs:

Master’s and Ph.D. Programs

A Masters (non-thesis), Masters (thesis) and Doctoral degrees are all offered.

The Agronomy Department offers M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in plant genetics and breeding, plant physiology, crop production, soil science, agroecology, land management, and climate. Our graduate programs emphasize developing and applying basic scientific principles to optimize agricultural systems management. We emphasize research with a global application as we hope to instill skill sets that allow for increased system resilience in response to the rapidly changing world.

Programs

• Agronomy, PHD

• Agronomy, MS

Courses

• AGRY 50500 - Forage Management
• AGRY 51000 - Turfgrass Science
• AGRY 51100 - Population Genetics
• AGRY 51200 - Integrated Turfgrass Systems
• AGRY 51400 - Environmental Stress Management For Turfgrass
• AGRY 51500 - Plant Mineral Nutrition
• AGRY 51800 - Plant Physiology And Biotechnology Research Techniques
• AGRY 52000 - Principles And Methods Of Plant Breeding
• AGRY 52500 - Crop Physiology And Ecology
• AGRY 53000 - Advanced Plant Genetics
• AGRY 53500 - Boundary Layer Meteorology
• AGRY 53600 - Environmental Biophysics
• AGRY 54000 - Soil Chemistry
• AGRY 54400 - Environmental Organic Chemistry
• AGRY 54500 - Remote Sensing Of Land Resources
• AGRY 55000 - Field Crops Breeding Techniques
• AGRY 55500 - Soil And Plant Analysis
• AGRY 56000 - Soil Physics
• AGRY 56500 - Soils And Landscapes
• AGRY 58000 - Soil And Rhizosphere Microbiology
• AGRY 58200 - Environmental Fate Of Pesticides
• AGRY 58500 - Soils And Land Use
• AGRY 59600 - Professional Presentations
• AGRY 59700 - Communicating With The Public
• AGRY 59800 - Special Problems
• AGRY 60000 - Genomics
• AGRY 60100 - Introduction To Graduate Research
• AGRY 60500 - Advanced Plant Breeding
• AGRY 61100 - Quantitative Genetics
• AGRY 62400 - Plant Ecophysiology
• AGRY 63500 - Micrometeorology
• AGRY 64100 - Statistical Hydrology
• AGRY 64900 - Molecular Microbial Ecology
• AGRY 65000 - Clay Mineralogy
• AGRY 69500 - Graduate Professional Practice
• AGRY 69600 - Agronomy Graduate Seminar
• AGRY 69800 - Research MS Thesis
• AGRY 69900 - Research PhD Thesis

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