Jul 18, 2024

2024-2025 University Catalog

Agricultural Economics: Data Analytics Concentration, BS

Location(s): West Lafayette

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About the Program

Students completing a degree in Agricultural Economics must choose a concentration from four choices: Applied Agricultural Economics, Data Analytics, Policy and Pre-Law, and Quantitative Analysis. The Data Analytics concentration requires students to complete courses in optimization, econometrics, and data analysis and applications. With a growing demand for individuals who understand data, there are numerous career opportunities across a vast number of industries.

Agricultural Economics (website)

Agricultural Economics Major Change (CODO) Requirements

Degree Requirements

120 Credits Required

Departmental/Program Major Courses (54 credits)

Required Major Courses (13 credits)

AGEC 20201 - Introduction To Data Analytics For Agricultural Business Credits: 3.00
AGEC 20300 - Introductory Microeconomics For Food And Agribusiness Credits: 3.00 (satisfies Human Cultures: Behavioral/Social Sciences for core) or
AGEC 20400 - Introduction To Resource Economics And Environmental Policy Credits: 3.00 or
ECON 25100 - Microeconomics Credits: 3.00
AGEC 21700 - Economics Credits: 3.00 or
ECON 21000 - Principles Of Economics Credits: 3.00 or
ECON 25200 - Macroeconomics Credits: 3.00
AGEC 29800 - Careers In Agribusiness Credits: 1.00
AGEC 30300 - Intermediate Applied Microeconomics Credits: 3.00

Data Analytics Concentration Courses (24 credits)

AGEC 35200 - Quantitative Techniques For Firm Decision Making Credits: 3.00
AGEC 37500 - The Process Of Economic Research Credits: 1.00
AGEC 45100 - Applied Econometrics Credits: 3.00
AGR 33300 - Data Science For Agriculture Credits: 3.00
AGEC 42900 - Agri-Marketing Analytics Credits: 3.00
AGEC 49900 - Thesis Credits: 1.00 to 6.00 or
TDM 41100 - Corporate Partners VII Credits: 3.00 and
TDM 41200 - Corporate Partners VIII Credits: 3.00 (Capstone) - Credit Hours: 5.00-6.00
TDM 10100 - The Data Mine Seminar I Credits: 1.00
TDM 10200 - The Data Mine Seminar II Credits: 1.00
Data Analytics Concentration Selectives - Credit Hours: 3.00-4.00 (no more than 3 credits from CS courses)

AGEC Departmental Selectives (17 credits)

AGEC Biological Science Selective - Credit Hours: 8.00 (see list in supplemental)
AGEC Economics Selective - Credit Hours: 6.00 (see list in supplemental) (meets CoA Upper level Humanites/Social Science requirement)
AGEC Mathematics or Science Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00

Agricultural Economics Department Supplemental Information

Other Departmental/Program Course Requirements (43-44 credits)

AGR 10100 - Introduction To The College Of Agriculture And Purdue University Credits: 0.50
AGR 11200 - Introduction To Agricultural Economics Academic Programs Credits: 0.50
CHM 11100 - General Chemistry Credits: 3.00 ♦ (satisfies Science #1 for core)
CHM 11200 - General Chemistry Credits: 3.00 ♦ (satisfies Science #2 for core)
MA 16010 - Applied Calculus I Credits: 3.00 ♦ (satisfies Quantitative Reasoning for core)
STAT 30100 - Elementary Statistical Methods Credits: 3.00 (satisfies Information Literacy for core)
MGMT 20000 - Introductory Accounting Credits: 3.00 ♦ or
MGMT 21200 - Business Accounting Credits: 3.00 ♦
Human Cultures: Humanities Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00 (satisfies Human Cultures: Humanities for core)
Humanities or Social Science Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00
Humanities or Social Science Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00
Humanities or Social Science Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00
Science, Technology & Society Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00 (satisfies Science, Technology & Society for core)
Oral Communication Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00 (satisfies Oral Communication for core)
Written Communication Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00-4.00 (satisfies Written Communication for core)
Written or Oral Communications Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00
Written or Oral Communications Selective (20000+ level) - Credit Hours: 3.00

Electives (22-23 credits)

Elective - Credit Hours: 22.00-23.00

College of Agriculture & University Level Requirements

College of Agriculture International Understanding Selective - Credit Hours: 9.00 (Agricultural Engineering, Biological Engineering, Environmental & Natural Resources Engineering - Credit Hours: 6.00)
College of Agriculture Multicultural Awareness Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00
College of Agriculture Humanities or Social Science Selectives (30000+ level) (30000+ level) - Credit Hours: 3.00
Human Cultures: Humanities or Behavioral/Social Sciences Selective (Choose from outside the College of Agriculture) - Credit Hours: 9.00
College of Agriculture Additional Written or Oral Communication Selectives - Credit Hours: 3.00

College of Agriculture Pass/No Pass Policy

College of Agriculture Undergraduate Pass/No Pass Policy

Transfer Credit Policy

Transfer courses listed in the Purdue Transfer Equivalency Guide with specific Purdue Subject codes (e.g. BIOL) may be used to fulfill degree requirements at the discretion of the College of Agriculture. However, Agriculture transfer courses listed with “UND” Purdue Subject codes cannot be used for any requirements in the College of Agriculture at Purdue.

GPA Requirements

2.0 GPA required for Bachelor of Science degree.

University Requirements

University Core Requirements

For a complete listing of University Core Course Selectives, visit the Provost’s Website.

Human Cultures: Behavioral/Social Science (BSS)
Human Cultures: Humanities (HUM)
Information Literacy (IL)
Oral Communication (OC)
Quantitative Reasoning (QR)
Science #1 (SCI)
Science #2 (SCI)
Science, Technology, and Society (STS)
Written Communication (WC)

Civics Literacy Proficiency Requirement

The Civics Literacy Proficiency activities are designed to develop civic knowledge of Purdue students in an effort to graduate a more informed citizenry. For more information visit the Civics Literacy Proficiency website.

To obtain the Civics Literacy Proficiency, students will complete an educational activity as part of their chosen Civics Literacy Pathway and pass the Purdue Civics knowledge test. The knowledge test can be completed at any time while the pathway is being perused. There are three different pathways:

Civics Event pathway - Attend six approved civics-related events and pass the required exam; or
Civics Literacy Podcast pathway - Complete 12 podcasts created by the Purdue Center for C-SPAN Scholarship & Engagement that use C-SPAN material and pass the required exam; or
Approved course pathway - Complete one of the following approved courses and pass the required exam.

More details about each pathway and how to complete the requirement can be found on the Civics Literacy Student Dashboard in myPurdue.

Upper Level Requirement

Resident study at Purdue University for at least two semesters and the enrollment in and completion of at least 32 semester hours of coursework required and approved for the completion of the degree. These courses are expected to be at least junior-level (30000+) courses.
Students should be able to fulfill most, if not all, of these credits within their major requirements; there should be a clear pathway for students to complete any credits not completed within their major.

Program Requirements

Fall 1st Year

AGEC 20300 - Introductory Microeconomics For Food And Agribusiness Credits: 3.00 ♦
AGR 10100 - Introduction To The College Of Agriculture And Purdue University Credits: 0.50
AGR 11200 - Introduction To Agricultural Economics Academic Programs Credits: 0.50
MA 16010 - Applied Calculus I Credits: 3.00
AGEC Biological Science Selective - Credit Hours: 4.00
Written Communication Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00-4.00 (satisfies Written Communication for core)

14-15 Credits

Spring 1st Year

AGEC 20201 - Introduction To Data Analytics For Agricultural Business Credits: 3.00
AGEC 21700 - Economics Credits: 3.00
AGEC Biological Sciences Selective - Credit Hours: 4.00
Oral Communication Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00
Science, Technology, & Society Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00

16 Credits

Fall 2nd Year

AGEC 29800 - Careers In Agribusiness Credits: 1.00
CHM 11100 - General Chemistry Credits: 3.00 ♦
STAT 30100 - Elementary Statistical Methods Credits: 3.00 ♦
Human Cultures: Humanities Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00
Elective - Credit Hours: 3.00
Written or Oral Communication Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00

16 Credits

Spring 2nd Year

AGEC 30300 - Intermediate Applied Microeconomics Credits: 3.00
AGEC 37500 - The Process Of Economic Research Credits: 1.00
AGEC 45100 - Applied Econometrics Credits: 3.00
AGR 33300 - Data Science For Agriculture Credits: 3.00
CHM 11200 - General Chemistry Credits: 3.00 ♦
MGMT 20000 - Introductory Accounting Credits: 3.00 ♦ or
MGMT 21200 - Business Accounting Credits: 3.00 ♦

16 Credits

Fall 3rd Year

AGEC 35200 - Quantitative Techniques For Firm Decision Making Credits: 3.00
AGEC 49900 - Thesis Credits: 1.00 to 6.00 Credit Hours: 2.00-3.00 or
TDM 41100 - Corporate Partners VII Credits: 3.00
TDM 10100 - The Data Mine Seminar I Credits: 1.00
Data Science Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00-4.00
Humanities or Social Science Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00
Elective - Credit Hours: 3.00

15-17 Credits

Spring 3rd Year

AGEC 42900 - Agri-Marketing Analytics Credits: 3.00
AGEC 49900 - Thesis Credits: 1.00 to 6.00 or
TDM 41200 - Corporate Partners VIII Credits: 3.00 - Credit Hours: 3.00
TDM 10200 - The Data Mine Seminar II Credits: 1.00
Humanities or Social Science Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00
Written or Oral Communication Selective (20000+ level) - Credit Hours: 3.00
Elective - Credit Hours: 3.00

16 Credits

Fall 4th Year

AGEC Economics Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00
Mathematics or Science Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00
Electives - Credit Hours: 6.00

12 Credits

Spring 4th Year

AGEC Economics Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00
Humanities or Social Science Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00
Electives - Credit Hours: 7.00-8.00

13-14 Credits

Notes

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

Pre-Requisite Information

For pre-requisite information, log in to mypurdue.purdue.edu and click here.

World Language Courses

World Language proficiency requirements vary by program. The following list is inclusive of all world languages PWL offers for credit; for acceptable languages and proficiency levels, see your advisor. (ASL-American Sign Language; ARAB-Arabic; CHNS-Chinese; FR-French; GER-German; GREK-Greek(Ancient); HEBR-Hebrew(Biblical); HEBR-Hebrew(Modern); ITAL-Italian; JPNS-Japanese; KOR-Korean; LATN-Latin; PTGS=Portuguese; RUSS-Russian; SPAN-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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