Bachelor of Science Degree
Food Industry Marketing
and Management
This Department of Agricultural
Economics program is designed for students preparing for careers
in sales and management of food manufacturing, wholesaling, and
retailing operations. Students are given a broad education in food
economics, marketing, and management, which prepares them for successful
careers in the food distribution system of the twenty-first century.
Graduates are employed by food manufacturing firms, independent
grocery firms, chain store organizations, affiliated wholesale groups,
grocery product wholesalers, food service distributors, food brokerage
firms, and related organizations.
Advisor Contact Information
Jennifer Leeann Williams
(765) 494-0262
leewill@purdue.edu
Plan of Study
Credit Hours Required
for Graduation: 130
| Freshman
Year |
| First Semester |
|
Second Semester
|
| (1)
AGEC 202 (Spreadsheet Use in Agricultural Business)
(3) AGEC 203
(Introductory Microeconomics for Food and Agribusiness)
(1) AGR 101 (Introduction to the College of Agriculture
and Purdue University)
(4) ENGL 106 (First-Year Composition)
(4) Biological sciences elective
(3) Introduction to calculus or introductory analysis elective
Total Credits: 16 |
|
(3)
AGEC 217 (Economics)
(3) COM 114 (Fundamentals of Speech Communication)
(4) Biological sciences elective
(3) Humanities elective
(3) Elective
Total Credits: 16 |
| Sophomore
Year |
| Third Semester |
|
Fourth Semester
|
| (3)
AGEC 220 (Marketing Farm Products)
(1) AGEC 298 (Sophomore Seminar)
(3) CHM
111 (General Chemistry
(3) STAT 301 (Elementary Statistical Methods)
(3) Food business management elective
(3) Social science
elective
Total Credits: 16 |
|
(3)
AGEC 331 (Principles of Selling in Agricultural Business)
(3) CHM
112 (General Chemistry)
(3) MGMT 200
(Introductory Accounting)
(3) Food business management or food science elective
(3) Written or oral communication elective
Total Credits: 15 |
| Junior
Year |
| Fifth Semester |
|
Sixth Semester
|
| (4)
AGEC 424 (Financial Management of Agricultural Business)
(3) AGEC 426
(Marketing Management of Agricultural Business)
(3) Economics elective
(3) Social science, humanities, or international understanding
elective
(3) Elective
Total Credits: 16 |
|
(3)
AGEC 333 (Food Distribution—A Retailing Perspective)
(3) Applied econometrics
or mathematics/sciences elective *
(3) Food business management elective
(3) Humanities elective
(3) Written or oral communication elective
(3) Elective
Total Credits: 18 |
| Senior
Year |
| Seventh Semester |
|
Eighth Semester
|
| (3)
Economics elective
(3) Food business management elective
(3) Quantitative
techniques for firm decision making or mathematics/sciences
elective *
(3) Social science
or humanities elective
(4) Electives
Total Credits: 16 |
|
(3)
AGEC 430 (Agricultural and Food Business Strategy)
(3) FS 443 (Food Processing III)
(3) Food business management elective
(2) Mathematics
or sciences elective
(3) Social science
or humanities elective (300+ level)
(3) Elective
Total Credits: 17 |
* Must complete Quantitative Techniques for Firm Decision Making
or Applied Econometrics.
Purdue Agriculture Academic Programs
1140 Ag Admin Building, Room 7
West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-1140
Phone: (765) 494-8481
Fax: (765) 494-8469
E-mail: goecker@purdue.edu
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