Insect Biology, BS

Degree Requirements

120 Credits Required

Departmental/Program Major Courses (101-102 credits)

Other Departmental /Program Course Requirements (58-59 credits)

• AGR 10100 - Introduction To The College Of Agriculture And Purdue University
• AGR 11700 - Introduction To Entomology Academic Programs
• AGRY 32000 - Genetics
• AGRY 32100 - Genetics Laboratory
• BIOL 11000 - Fundamentals Of Biology I
• BIOL 11100 - Fundamentals Of Biology II
• BTNY 35000 - Biotechnology In Agriculture
• CHM 11100 - General Chemistry (satisfies Science #1 for core)
• CHM 11200 - General Chemistry (satisfies Science #2 for core)
• PHYS 21400 - The Nature Of Physics
• STAT 30100 - Elementary Statistical Methods
• 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
• 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
• Calculus Selective (satisfies Quantitative Reasoning for core) - Credit Hours: 3.00 ♦
• Directed Science Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Economics Selective (satisfies Human Culture Behavioral/Social Science for core) - Credit Hours: 3.00
• UCC STS - 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

Electives (18-19 credits)

• Electives - Credit Hours: 18.00 - 19.00

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

Critical Course

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