Aquatic Sciences: Marine and Freshwater Biology Concentration, BS

Degree Requirements

120 Credits Required

Departmental/Program Major Courses (63-64 credits)

Other Departmental /Program Course Requirements (50-51 credits)

• AGR 10100 - Introduction To The College Of Agriculture And Purdue University
• AGR 11900 - Introduction To Forestry And Natural Resources Academic Programs
• BIOL 11000 - Fundamentals Of Biology I
• BIOL 28600 - Introduction To Ecology And Evolution
• BTNY 11000 - Introduction To Plant Science
• CHM 11100 - General Chemistry (satisfies Science #1 for core)
• CHM 11200 - General Chemistry (satisfies Science #2 for core)
• EAPS 40300 - Physical Oceanography
• MA 16010 - Applied Calculus I (satisfies Quantitative Reasoning for core)
• STAT 30100 - Elementary Statistical Methods

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• AGEC 20300 - Introductory Microeconomics For Food And Agribusiness or
• AGEC 20400 - Introduction To Resource Economics And Environmental Policy or
• ECON 25100 - Microeconomics

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• AGRY 25500 - Soil Science or
• AGRY 27000 - Forest Soils

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• PHIL 11100 - Ethics or
• PHIL 28000 - Ethics And Animals or
• PHIL 29000 - Environmental Ethics

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

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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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• Humanities or Social Science Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Humanities or Social Science Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Written or Oral Communication Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00

Electives (5-7 credits)

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

Additional Requirements

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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.
• 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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