Engineering Technology & Management: Agricultural Production & Processing, BS
for the degree of Bachelor of Science Major in Engineering Technology & Management concentration in Agricultural Production & Processing
department website: https://abe.illinois.edu/undergraduate/
department faculty: https://abe.illinois.edu/directory/faculty
overview of college admissions & requirements: Agricultural, Consumer & Environmental Sciences
college website: https://aces.illinois.edu/
This major in Technical Systems Management is designed to prepare students as problem solvers for systems involving the application, management, and/or marketing of agricultural engineering technologies. Students are instructed in engineering and business principles in preparation as technically competent business persons for professional careers as entrepreneurs, marketing representatives, or plant managers working with service organizations, manufacturers, corporate farms, retail dealers, power suppliers, contractors, or management companies from production through processing and distribution. Students can specialize in Construction Systems Management; Environmental Systems Management; Mechanization, Marketing, and Technology Management Systems; Production Systems; or Renewable Energy Systems.
for the degree of Bachelor of Science Major in Engineering Technology & Management concentration in Agricultural Production & Processing
Prescribed Courses including Campus General Education
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Composition I and Speech | ||
| Select one of the following: | 6-7 | |
| Writing and Research and Public Speaking (or equivalent (see college Composition I requirement)) | ||
| Oral & Written Comm I and Oral & Written Comm II | ||
| Advanced Composition | ||
| Select from campus approved list. | 3-4 | |
| Cultural Studies | ||
| Select one course from Western culture, one from non-Western culture, and one from U.S. minority culture from campus approved lists. | 9 | |
| Foreign Language | ||
| Coursework at or above the third level is required for graduation. | ||
| Quantitative Reasoning I | ||
| MATH 234 | Calculus for Business I (or equivalent) | 4 |
| Quantitative Reasoning II | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3-4 | |
| Applied Statistical Methods | ||
| Intro to Applied Statistics | ||
| Economic Statistics I | ||
| Intro to Statistics | ||
| Intro to Social Statistics | ||
| Statistics | ||
| Natural Sciences and Technology | ||
| CHEM 102 & CHEM 103 | General Chemistry I and General Chemistry Lab I | 4 |
| PHYS 101 | College Physics: Mech & Heat | 5 |
| Select one of the following: | 4-5 | |
| College Physics: E&M & Modern | ||
| General Chemistry II and General Chemistry Lab II | ||
| Biological sciences (see campus approved list) | 3-5 | |
| Humanities and the Arts | ||
| Select from campus approved list. | 6 | |
| Social and Behavioral Sciences | ||
| ACE 100 | Introduction to Applied Microeconomics | 4 |
| ECON 103 | Macroeconomic Principles | 3 |
| Social and behavioral sciences. Select from campus approved list. | 3-4 | |
| ACES Prescribed | ||
| ACES 101 | Contemporary Issues in ACES | 2 |
| TSM Required | ||
| ACE 161 | Microcomputer Applications (or equivalent) | 3 |
| ACCY 200 | Fundamentals of Accounting | 3 |
| or ACCY 201 | Accounting and Accountancy I | |
| CPSC 112 | Introduction to Crop Sciences | 4 |
| NRES 201 | Introductory Soils | 4 |
| TSM 100 | Technical Systems in Agr | 3 |
| TSM 430 | Project Management | 2 |
| TSM elective courses. A total of 18 hours selected from the following courses. A minimum of six hours must be selected from TSM 295 or TSM 396, or at the 300- or 400-level. | 18 | |
| Undergraduate Open Seminar | ||
| Materials and Construction Sys | ||
| Metallurgy & Welding Process | ||
| Wiring, Motors and Control Sys | ||
| Off-Road Equipment Management | ||
| Undergrad Research or Thesis | ||
| Land and Water Mgt Systems | ||
| Fluid Power Systems | ||
| Residential Housing Design | ||
| Environ Control & HVAC Systems | ||
| Grain Drying & Storage Systems | ||
| UG Honors Research or Thesis | ||
| Elec Computer Ctrl Sys | ||
| Engine and Tractor Power | ||
| Chemical Applications Systems | ||
| Independent Study | ||
| Seminar | ||
| Specialization Electives | ||
| Select 15 hours from the following: | 15 | |
| Environmental Economics | ||
| Agricultural Marketing | ||
| Food and Agribusiness Mgt | ||
| Farm Management | ||
| Personal Financial Planning | ||
| Natural Resource Economics | ||
| Finan Decision Indiv Sm Bus | ||
| Agricultural Law | ||
| Environmental Law | ||
| Commodity Futures and Options | ||
| Farm Management | ||
| Rural Real Estate Appraisal | ||
| Agr and Food Policies | ||
| Ag Sales and Persuasive Communication | ||
AGED 260 | ||
| Principles of Dairy Production | ||
| Animal Nutrition | ||
| Dairy Herd Management | ||
| Beef Production | ||
| Sheep and Goat Production | ||
| Pork Production | ||
| Poultry Science | ||
| Advanced Dairy Management | ||
| Applied Animal Ecology | ||
| The Legal Environment of Bus | ||
| Mgmt and Organizational Beh | ||
| Principles of Marketing | ||
| Marketing Research | ||
| Principles Tech Comm | ||
| Persuasive Writing | ||
| Environmental Engineering | ||
| Construction Planning | ||
| Construction Cost Analysis | ||
CPSC 226 | ||
| Forage Crops & Pasture Ecology | ||
| Crop Growth and Management | ||
| Tomorrow's Environment | ||
| Corporate Finance | ||
| Fundamentals of Real Estate | ||
| Vegetable Crop Production | ||
| Env and Plant Ecosystems | ||
| Soil and Water Conservation | ||
| Soil Fertility and Fertilizers | ||
| Total Hours | 126 | |
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Select 18 hours from the lists below with a minimum of 12 hours at the advanced level | ||
| ACE 222 | Agricultural Marketing | 3 |
| ACE 231 | Food and Agribusiness Mgt | 3 |
| ACE 232 | Farm Management | 3 |
| ACE 306 | Food Law | 3 |
| ACE 403 | Agricultural Law | 3 to 4 |
| ACE 427 | Commodity Price Analysis | 3 |
| ACE 428 | Commodity Futures and Options | 3 |
| ACE 430 | Food Marketing | 3 |
| ACE 431 | Agri-food Strategic Management | 3 |
| ACE 432 | Farm Management | 3 or 4 |
| ACE 435 | Global Agribusiness Management | 3 |
| Pick four classes from no more than two of these categories: | ||
| Animal Production & Processing | ||
| Meat Technology | ||
| Animal Nutrition | ||
| Food Animal Production, Management, and Evaluation | ||
| Meat Selection and Grading | ||
| Livestock Feeds and Feeding | ||
| Dairy Herd Management | ||
| Beef Production | ||
| Sheep and Goat Production | ||
| Pork Production | ||
| Poultry Science | ||
| Pet Food & Feed Manufacturing | ||
| Food Production & Processing | ||
| Science of Food Preparation | ||
| Raw Materials for Processing | ||
| Strategic Operations Management | ||
| Food Processing Engineering | ||
| Principles of Food Technology | ||
| Package Engineering | ||
| Food & Industrial Microbiology | ||
| Applied Food Microbiology | ||
| Horticultural Production & Processing | ||
| Local Food Networks | ||
| Greenhouse Mgmt and Production | ||
| Vegetable Crop Production | ||
| Small Fruit Production | ||
| Postharvest Handling Hort Crop | ||
| Urban Food Production | ||
| Plant Disease Diagnosis & Mgmt | ||
| Crop Production & Processing | ||
| Introduction to Plant Protection | ||
| Applied Entomology | ||
| Integrated Pest Management | ||
| Principles of Crop Production | ||
| Forage Crops & Pasture Ecology | ||
| Bioenergy Crops | ||
| Crop Growth and Management | ||
| Weed Mgt in Agronomic Crops | ||
| Mgmt of Field Crop Insects | ||
| Soil and Water Conservation | ||
| Soil Fertility and Fertilizers | ||
| Plant Disease Diagnosis & Mgmt | ||