Course NCR-105-W (as of 2010), offered through the University's Cooperative Extension Service, covers rental contracts, including the retention of mineral rights by land owners. Agricultural Economics EC-460 covers a range of ownership issues and laws, including the mineral rights of property owners.
Offered through the Department of Agricultural Economics, the class covers the spectrum of laws connected with agriculture. Topics Include eminent domain, including its just compensation requirement and how this is impacted by the presence of mineral deposits on farmland.
Several of Purdue's professors have published articles on mineral rights. For example, Professor Gerald A. Harrison's, "Negotiating Oil and Gas Leases on Indiana Farmland" has been adapted into property guides published by the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture.