Agricultural & Biological Engineering: Agricultural Engineering, BS
for the degree of Bachelor of Science in Agricultural & Biological Engineering, Agricultural Engineering Concentration
Agricultural Engineering Concentration
Students pursuing B.S. Degree in Agricultural and Biological Engineering choose from one of two concentrations, one of which is the concentration in Agricultural Engineering. This concentration includes the integration of physical and biological sciences as a foundation for engineering applications in agriculture, food systems, energy, natural resources, the environment, and related biological systems. Students pursuing this concentration are involved in the design of systems for renewable energy, off-road equipment, water quality, and the utilization and protection of soil and water resources. Important design constraints are economics, conservation of materials and energy, safety, and environmental quality. Within this concentration, students are strongly encouraged to select a set of coherent courses that constitutes a specialization in their area of career interest either from the following list or a customized area chosen in consultation with an advisor:
- Bioenvironmental Engineering
- Renewable Energy Systems
- Off-Road Equipment Engineering
- Soil and Water Resources Engineering
for the degree of Bachelor of Science in Agricultural & Biological Engineering, Agricultural Engineering Concentration
Graduation Requirements
Minimum Overall GPA: 2.0
Minimum hours required for graduation: 128 hours
General education: Students must complete the Campus General Education requirements including the campus general education language requirement. One of the SBS courses must be an introductory economics course (ECON 102 or ECON 103 or ACE 100). ABE 469 will satisfy a technical core course and the Campus General Education Advanced Composition requirement.
Orientation and Professional Development
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ABE 100 | Intro Agric & Biological Engrg | 1 |
| ENG 100 | Grainger Engineering Orientation Seminar (External transfer students take ENG 300.) | 1 |
| Total Hours | 2 | |
Foundational Mathematics and Science
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| CHEM 102 | General Chemistry I | 3 |
| CHEM 103 | General Chemistry Lab I | 1 |
| CHEM 104 | General Chemistry II | 3 |
| CHEM 105 | General Chemistry Lab II | 1 |
| MATH 221 | Calculus I (MATH 220 may be substituted. MATH 220 is appropriate for students with no background in calculus. 4 of 5 credit hours count towards degree.) | 4 |
| MATH 231 | Calculus II | 3 |
| MATH 241 | Calculus III | 4 |
| MATH 257 | Linear Algebra with Computational Applications | 3 |
| MATH 285 | Intro Differential Equations | 3 |
| PHYS 211 | University Physics: Mechanics | 4 |
| PHYS 212 | University Physics: Elec & Mag | 4 |
| Total Hours | 33 | |
Agricultural and Biological Engineering Technical Core
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| For Both Concentrations: | ||
| ABE 141 | ABE Principles: Biological | 2 |
| ABE 223 | ABE Principles: Machine Syst | 2 |
| ABE 224 | ABE Principles: Soil & Water | 2 |
| ABE 225 | ABE Principles: Bioenvironment | 2 |
| ABE 226 | ABE Principles: Bioprocessing | 2 |
| ABE 430 | Project Management | 2 |
| ABE 469 | Capstone Design Experience (satisfies the general education advanced composition requirement) | 4 |
| CS 101 | Intro Computing: Engrg & Sci | 3 |
| ECE 205 | Electrical and Electronic Circuits | 3 |
| SE 101 | Engineering Graphics & Design | 3 |
| TAM 211 | Statics | 3 |
| TAM 212 | Introductory Dynamics | 3 |
| Total Hours | 31 | |
Concentration
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Student chooses 1 of 2 Concentrations listed below. | 35-36 | |
| Agricultural Engineering | 35-36 | |
| Biological Engineering | 35 | |
Free Electives
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Additional course work, subject to the Grainger College of Engineering restrictions to Free Electives, so that there are at least 128 credit hours earned toward the degree. | 10-11 | |
| Total Hours of Curriculum to Graduate | 128 | |
Agricultural Engineering Concentration Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required courses for the Agricultural Engineering Concentration Core: | 14-15 | |
| ABE 340 | Thermodynamics for Agricultural and Biological Engineering | 4 |
| TAM 251 | Introductory Solid Mechanics | 3 |
| Select one of the following: | 3-4 | |
| ABE 440 | Applied Statistical Methods I (the extra 1 credit hour may be used towards free electives.) | 4 |
| CEE 202 | Engineering Risk & Uncertainty | 3 |
| IE 300 | Analysis of Data | 3 |
| STAT 400 | Statistics and Probability I (the extra 1 credit hour may be used towards free electives.) | 4 |
| Select one of the following: | 4 | |
| ME 310 | Fundamentals of Fluid Dynamics | 4 |
| TAM 335 | Introductory Fluid Mechanics | 4 |
| Electives | 21 | |
| From Departmentally Approved List of Electives, to include: 6 hours of Biological and Natural Sciences Electives and 15 hours of Technical Electives. | ||
| Biological and Natural Sciences Electives (at least 3 hours at 300 or 400 level) | 6 | |
| ANSC 100 | Intro to Animal Sciences | 4 |
| ANSC 221 | Cells, Metabolism and Genetics | 3 |
| ANSC 350 | Cellular Metabolism in Animals | 3 |
| ANSC 350 | Cellular Metabolism in Animals | 3 |
| ANSC 363 | Behavior of Domestic Animals | 4 |
| ANSC 400 | Dairy Herd Management | 3 |
| ANSC 401 | Beef Production | 3 |
| ANSC 402 | Sheep and Goat Production | 3 |
| ANSC 403 | Pork Production | 3 |
| ANSC 404 | Poultry Science | 3 |
| ANSC 406 | Zoo Animal Conservation Sci | 3 |
| ANSC 450 | Comparative Immunobiology | 4 |
| ATMS 201 | General Physical Meteorology | 3 |
| ATMS 307 | Climate Processes | 3 |
| CHEM 232 | Elementary Organic Chemistry I | 3 or 4 |
| CHEM 233 | Elementary Organic Chem Lab I | 2 |
| CHEM 312 | Inorganic Chemistry | 3 |
| CHEM 332 | Elementary Organic Chem II | 4 |
| CHEM 360 | Chemistry of the Environment | 3 |
| CHEM 460 | Green Chemistry | 3 or 4 |
| CPSC 112 | Introduction to Crop Sciences | 4 |
| CPSC 261 | Biotechnology in Agriculture | 3 |
| CPSC 265 | Genetic Engineering Lab | 3 |
| CPSC 270 | Applied Entomology | 3 |
| CPSC 352 | Plant Genetics | 4 |
| CPSC 414 | Forage Crops & Pasture Ecology | 3 |
| CPSC 415 | Bioenergy Crops | 3 |
| CPSC 418 | Crop Growth and Management | 3 |
| CPSC 431 | Plants and Global Change | 3 |
| CPSC 437 | Principles of Agroecology | 3 |
| CPSC 473 | Mgmt of Field Crop Insects | 3 |
| FSHN 101 | The Science of Food and How it Relates to You | 3 |
| FSHN 414 | Food Chemistry | 3 |
| FSHN 416 | Food Chemistry Laboratory | 3 |
| FSHN 471 | Food & Industrial Microbiology | 3 |
| FSHN 481 | Food Processing Unit Operations I | 2 |
| FSHN 482 | Food Processing Unit Operations I Lab | 1 |
| FSHN 483 | Food Processing Unit Operations II | 2 |
| FSHN 484 | Food Processing Unit Operations II Lab | 1 |
| GEOL 107 | Physical Geology | 4 |
| GEOL 380 | Environmental Geology | 4 |
| GGIS 379 | Introduction to Geographic Information Systems | 4 |
| HORT 100 | Introduction to Horticulture | 3 |
| HORT 341 | Greenhouse Mgmt and Production | 4 |
| HORT 344 | Planting for Biodiversity and Aesthetics | 3 |
| HORT 360 | Vegetable Crop Production | 3 |
| HORT 361 | Small Fruit Production | 2 |
| HORT 362 | Tree Fruit Production | 2 |
| HORT 363 | Postharvest Handling Hort Crop | 2 |
| HORT 421 | Horticultural Physiology | 4 |
| HORT 435 | Urban Food Production | 3 |
| IB 103 | Introduction to Plant Biology | 4 |
| IB 150 | Organismal & Evolutionary Biol | 4 |
| IB 151 | Organismal & Evol Biol Lab | 1 |
| IB 203 | Ecology | 4 |
| IB 329 | Animal Behavior | 3 |
| IB 335 | Plant Systematics | 4 |
| IB 411 | Bioinspiration | 3 |
| IB 420 | Plant Physiology | 3 |
| IB 439 | Biogeography | 3 |
| IB 444 | Insect Ecology | 3 or 4 |
| IB 452 | Ecosystem Ecology | 3 |
| IB 482 | Insect Pest Management | 3 |
| IB 485 | ||
| IB 486 | ||
| MCB 100 | Introductory Microbiology | 3 |
| MCB 101 | Intro Microbiology Laboratory | 2 |
| MCB 150 | Molec & Cellular Basis of Life | 4 |
| MCB 151 | Molec & Cellular Laboratory | 1 |
| MCB 244 | Human Anatomy & Physiology I | 3 |
| MCB 245 | Human Anat & Physiol Lab I | 2 |
| MCB 250 | Molecular Genetics | 3 |
| MCB 251 | Exp Techniqs in Molecular Biol | 2 |
| MCB 252 | Cells, Tissues & Development | 3 |
| MCB 253 | Exp Techniqs in Cellular Biol | 2 |
| MCB 300 | Microbiology | 3 |
| MCB 301 | Experimental Microbiology | 3 |
| MCB 314 | Introduction to Neurobiology | 3 |
| MCB 316 | Genetics and Disease | 4 |
| MCB 450 | Introductory Biochemistry | 3 |
| NRES 201 | Introductory Soils | 4 |
| NRES 219 | Applied Ecology | 3 |
| NRES 348 | Fish and Wildlife Ecology | 3 |
| NRES 351 | Introduction to Environmental Chemistry | 3 |
| NRES 419 | Env and Plant Ecosystems | 3 |
| NRES 420 | Restoration Ecology | 4 |
| NRES 429 | Aquatic Ecosystem Conservation | 3 |
| NRES 439 | Env and Sustainable Dev | 3 |
| NRES 471 | Pedology | 3 |
| NRES 475 | Environmental Microbiology | 3 |
| NRES 487 | Soil Chemistry | 3 |
| NRES 488 | Soil Fertility and Fertilizers | 3 |
| PLPA 405 | Plant Disease Diagnosis & Mgmt | 3 |
| Technical electives chosen in consultation with an advisor. At least 8 hours must be Agricultural and Biological Engineering courses. | 15 | |
| ABE 341 | Transport Processes in ABE | 3 |
| ABE 361 | Functional Analysis and Design of Agricultural Machine Systems | 3 |
| ABE 425 | Engrg Measurement Systems | 4 |
| ABE 426 | Principles of Mobile Robotics | 4 |
| ABE 436 | Renewable Energy Systems | 3 or 4 |
| ABE 446 | Biological Nanoengineering | 3 or 4 |
| ABE 450 | International Water Project I | 3 |
| ABE 451 | International Water Project II | 3 |
| ABE 452 | Engineering for Disaster Resilience | 3 or 4 |
| ABE 454 | Environmental Soil Physics | 3 |
| ABE 455 | Erosion and Sediment Control | 2 |
| ABE 456 | Land & Water Resources Engrg | 3 or 4 |
| ABE 457 | NPS Pollution Processes | 2 |
| ABE 458 | NPS Pollution Modeling | 2 |
| ABE 459 | Drainage and Water Management | 3 or 4 |
| ABE 463 | ||
| ABE 466 | Engineering Off-Road Vehicles | 3 |
| ABE 474 | ||
| ABE 476 | Indoor Air Quality Engineering | 4 |
| ABE 482 | Package Engineering | 3 |
| ABE 483 | Engineering Properties of Food Materials | 3 |
| ABE 488 | Bioprocessing Biomass for Fuel | 4 |
| BIOE 416 | Biosensors | 3 |
| BIOE 461 | Cellular Biomechanics | 4 |
| BIOE 467 | Biophotonics | 3 |
| BIOE 476 | Tissue Engineering | 3 |
| CHBE 221 | Principles of CHE | 3 |
| CHBE 422 | Mass Transfer Operations | 4 |
| CHBE 424 | Chemical Reaction Engineering | 3 |
| CHBE 471 | Biochemical Engineering | 3 or 4 |
| CHBE 472 | Techniques in Biomolecular Eng | 3 or 4 |
| CHBE 473 | Biomolecular Engineering | 3 or 4 |
| CHBE 475 | Tissue Engineering | 3 |
| CHBE 476 | Biotransport | 3 |
| CHBE 478 | Bioenergy Technology | 3 |
| CEE 300 | Behavior of Materials | 4 |
| CEE 330 | Environmental Engineering | 3 |
| CEE 350 | Water Resources Engineering | 3 |
| CEE 360 | Structural Engineering | 3 |
| CEE 380 | Geotechnical Engineering | 3 |
| CEE 430 | Ecological Quality Engineering | 2 |
| CEE 432 | Stream Ecology | 3 or 4 |
| CEE 434 | Environmental Systems I | 3 |
| CEE 437 | Water Quality Engineering | 3 |
| CEE 440 | Fate Cleanup Environ Pollutant | 4 |
| CEE 442 | Environmental Engineering Principles, Physical | 4 |
| CEE 443 | Env Eng Principles, Chemical | 4 |
| CEE 444 | Env Eng Principles, Biological | 4 |
| CEE 446 | ||
| CEE 447 | Atmospheric Chemistry | 4 |
| CEE 449 | Environmental Engineering Lab | 3 |
| CEE 450 | Surface Hydrology | 3 |
| CEE 451 | Environmental Fluid Mechanics | 3 |
| CEE 452 | Hydraulic Analysis and Design | 3 |
| CEE 453 | Urban Hydrology and Hydraulics | 4 |
| CEE 457 | Groundwater | 3 |
| CEE 458 | Water Resources Field Methods | 4 |
| CEE 461 | Reinforced Concrete I | 3 |
| CEE 463 | Reinforced Concrete II | 3 or 4 |
| CEE 465 | Design of Structural Systems | 3 |
| CEE 470 | Structural Analysis | 4 |
| CEE 483 | Soil Mechanics and Behavior | 4 |
| CEE 484 | Applied Soil Mechanics | 3 or 4 |
| CS 466 | Introduction to Bioinformatics | 3 or 4 |
| ECE 206 | Electrical and Electronic Circuits Lab | 1 |
| ECE 333 | Green Electric Energy | 3 |
| ECE 468 | Optical Remote Sensing | 3 |
| ECE 470 | Introduction to Robotics | 4 |
| ECE 481 | Nanotechnology | 4 |
| ENG 471 | Seminar Energy & Sustain Engrg | 1 |
| SE 320 | Control Systems | 4 |
| SE 423 | Mechatronics | 3 |
| IE 431 | Design for Six Sigma | 3 |
| ME 320 | Heat Transfer | 4 |
| ME 330 | Engineering Materials | 4 |
| ME 340 | Dynamics of Mechanical Systems | 3.5 |
| ME 370 | Mechanical Design I | 3 |
| ME 371 | Mechanical Design II | 3 |
| ME 400 | Energy Conversion Systems | 3 or 4 |
| ME 402 | Design of Thermal Systems | 3 or 4 |
| ME 403 | Internal Combustion Engines | 3 or 4 |
| ME 461 | Computer Cntrl of Mech Systems | 3 or 4 |
| ME 483 | Mechanobiology | 4 |
| MSE 280 | Engineering Materials | 3 |
| MSE 401 | Thermodynamics of Materials | 3 |
| MSE 470 | Design and Use of Biomaterials | 3 |
| MSE 473 | Biomolecular Materials Science | 3 |
| MSE 474 | Biomaterials and Nanomedicine | 3 |
| MSE 489 | Matl Select for Sustainability | 3 or 4 |
| NPRE 201 | Energy Systems | 2 or 3 |
| NPRE 470 | Fuel Cells & Hydrogen Sources | 3 |
| NPRE 475 | Wind Power Systems | 3 or 4 |
for the degree of Bachelor of Science in Agricultural & Biological Engineering, Agricultural Engineering Concentration
Sample Sequence
This sample sequence is intended to be used only as a guide for degree completion. All students should work individually with their academic advisors to decide the actual course selection and sequence that works best for them based on their academic preparation and goals. Enrichment programming such as study abroad, minors, internships, and so on may impact the structure of this four-year plan. Course availability is not guaranteed during the semester indicated in the sample sequence. The curriculum sequence can also be viewed via dynamic and static curricular maps, which include prerequisite sequencing.
Students must fulfill their Language Other Than English requirement by successfully completing a third level of a language other than English. See the corresponding section on the Degree and General Education Requirements. One of the SBS courses must be an introductory economics course (ECON 102 or ECON 103 or ACE 100). ABE 469 will satisfy a technical core course and the Campus General Education Advanced Composition requirement.
Free Electives: Additional course work, subject to the Grainger College of Engineering restrictions to Free Electives, so that there are at least 128 credit hours earned toward the degree.
| First Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| First Semester | Hours | Second Semester | Hours |
| ABE 100 | 1 | ABE 141 | 2 |
| MATH 221 (MATH 220 may be substituted) | 4 | MATH 231 | 3 |
| CHEM 102 | 3 | CHEM 104 | 3 |
| CHEM 103 | 1 | CHEM 105 | 1 |
| ENG 100 | 1 | PHYS 211 | 4 |
| Composition I course or SE 101 | 4-3 | SE 101 or Composition I course | 3-4 |
| 14 | 16 | ||
| Second Year | |||
| First Semester | Hours | Second Semester | Hours |
| ABE 223 | 2 | ABE 225 | 2 |
| MATH 241 | 4 | MATH 285 | 3 |
| ABE 224 | 2 | ABE 226 | 2 |
| TAM 211 | 3 | TAM 212 | 3 |
| CS 101 | 3 | PHYS 212 | 4 |
| ECON 102 or ECON 103 or ACE 100 (Counts as General Education Elective) | 3-4 | General Education course (choose a Humanities or Social/Behavioral Science course with Cultural Studies designation) | 3 |
| 17 | 17 | ||
| Third Year | |||
| First Semester | Hours | Second Semester | Hours |
| ABE 340 | 3 | CEE 202, IE 300, ABE 440, or STAT 400 | 3 |
| MATH 257 | 3 | Biological and Natural Sciences Elective course | 3 |
| Agricultural and Biological Engineering Technical Elective course | 3 | Agricultural and Biological Engineering Technical Elective course | 3 |
| TAM 335 or ME 310 | 4 | TAM 251 | 3 |
| ECE 205 | 3 | Free elective course | 4 |
| 16 | 16 | ||
| Fourth Year | |||
| First Semester | Hours | Second Semester | Hours |
| ABE 430 | 2 | ABE 469 | 4 |
| Biological and Natural Sciences Elective course | 3 | Technical Elective course | 3 |
| Agricultural and Biological Engineering Technical Elective course | 3 | Technical Elective course | 3 |
| General Education course (choose a Humanities or Social/Behavioral Science course with Cultural Studies designation) | 3 | General Education course (choose a Humanities or Social/Behavioral Science course with Cultural Studies designation) | 3 |
| Language Other Than English (3rd level) course | 4 | Free elective course | 4 |
| 15 | 17 | ||
| Total Hours 128 | |||
for the degree of Bachelor of Science in Agricultural & Biological Engineering, Agricultural Engineering Concentration
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