Soil and Water Sciences, BS

Degree Requirements

120 Credits Required

Departmental/Program Major Courses (29-30 credits)

Other Departmental /Program Course Requirements (79-80 credits)

• AGR 10100 - Introduction To The College Of Agriculture And Purdue University
• AGR 11300 - Introduction To Agronomy Academic Programs
• BIOL 11000 - Fundamentals Of Biology I
• CHM 11100 - General Chemistry (satisfies Science Selective for core)
• CHM 11200 - General Chemistry (satisfies Science Selective for core)
• CHM 25700 - Organic Chemistry
• CHM 25701 - Organic Chemistry Laboratory
• EAPS 11100 - Physical Geology
• MA 16010 - Applied Calculus I (satisfies Quantitative Reasoning Selective for core)
• MA 16020 - Applied Calculus II
• PHYS 22000 - General Physics
• PHYS 22100 - General Physics
• STAT 30100 - Elementary Statistical Methods (satisfies Information Literacy Selective for core)

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• BIOL 11100 - Fundamentals Of Biology II or
• BTNY 11000 - Introduction To Plant Science

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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

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• ENGL 10600 - First-Year Composition (satisfies Written Communication for core) or
• ENGL 10800 - Accelerated First-Year Composition or
• HONR 19903 - Interdisciplinary Approaches In Writing

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• Crop or Plant Science Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Ecology Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Engineering or Science Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Genetics or Crop Physiology and Ecology, or Biochemistry selective - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Agricultural Economics, Economics, Management or Techology Leadership & Innovation Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Economics Selective (satisfies Human Culture Behavioral/Social Science for core) - Credit Hours: 3.00
• UCC Humanities Selective (satisfies Human Cultures Humanities for core) - 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 Communications Selective (20000+ level) - Credit Hours: 3.00

Electives (10-12 credits)

• Elective - Credit Hours: 10.00-12.00

College of Agriculture & University Level Requirements

• 2.0 GPA required for Bachelor of Science degree
• 32 Upper division credits taken from Purdue
• 9 credits International Understanding
• 3 credits Multicultural Awareness
• 9 credits of Hum and/or Social Sciences outside the College of Agriculture

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.

Additional Requirements

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Program Requirements

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.

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

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