General Option General Option

Under the general option, you will choose courses that allow you to specialize in different technical areas of biological and agricultural engineering. These areas include:

   Natural resource and environment: Learn engineering design and management practices for soil and water conservation and environmental preservation.

Structures and environment: Learn to design and analyze agricultural structures and environmental control systems for the livestock, food and feed processing, and greenhouse industries.

Machinery systems: This area covers the use of electronics, sensors, and improved engineering design in the research, development, and testing of machinery for all phases of agricultural production and processing of food, feed, and fiber.

Grain and feed processing: Studies include the development of new processes and the handling, storage, preservation, and processing of food, feed, and fiber.   

Environmental Engineering Option

The first two years of the environmental option are almost identical to the general option. In your junior year additional biological sciences courses are taken along with environmental engineering courses taught in the biological and agricultural engineering department such as natural resources engineering, air pollution, and non-point source pollution. Other technical electives are chosen to enrich the program.

Machinery Engineering Option Machinery Engineering Option

The first two years are similar to the general option. In your junior year additional courses focus on machinery design, power transmission, fluid power, instrumentation and controls. Additional machinery system and team based design courses are included to enhance the program.

Biological Option Biological Option

Biological systems range in size from cells to complex groups of living organisms. Biological engineers work with these systems in areas that include biomaterials, bioinstrumentation, biological systems modeling, bioremediation, food and fiber processing, and energy from biological products. The biological option fulfills the requirements for a B.S. in biological and agricultural engineering while providing students with the flexibility to receive a strong “biological” emphasis in their engineering program. Course selections also provide students with the option of a “Biology Minor”, or they can opt to meet the requirements for a pre-medical program. Graduates in this program area can pursue careers and/or additional studies in fields such as environmental engineering, biological systems engineering, biomedical engineering, food process engineering, medicine, natural resources, and related areas.