Engineering: Agricultural Engineering

The Agricultural Engineering option is the curriculum that bridges the area between the two fields of applied science - engineering and agriculture. It is oriented to the design of equipment and systems for production, processing, and transportation of food, feed, natural raw fiber, and forest products and for the effective use of natural resources. Agricultural engineers have the education and interests that make them uniquely capable of developing engineering solutions for agricultural and biological systems.

The agricultural engineering program at the UI is designed to prepare students for a variety of interesting and rewarding careers.

 

Many graduates are employed as design or development engineers by equipment manufacturers, irrigation companies, trade associations, engineering consulting firms, and governmental agencies. Others are self-employed in farm equipment manufacturing, consulting firms, and other engineering-related enterprises.

Agricultural Engineering Courses

Required course work includes the university requirements

  • BAE 142: Engineering for Living Systems (2 cr)
  • BAE 143: Engineering Problem Solving or CS 112: Introduction to Problem Solving and Programming (3 cr)
  • BAE 242: Agricultural Engineering Analysis and Design (2 cr)
  • BAE 355: Fundamentals of Hydrologic Engineering (3 cr)
  • BAE 441: Instrumentation and Measurements (3 cr)
  • BAE 462: Electric Power and Controls (3 cr)
  • BAE 478: Engineering Design I (2 cr)
  • BAE 479: Engineering Design II (2 cr)
  • BAE 491: Senior Seminar (1 cr)

  • Chem 111: Principles of Chemistry I (4 cr)
  • Chem 112: Principles of Chemistry II (5 cr)
  • Engl 102: College Writing and Rhetoric (3 cr)
  • Engr 105: Engineering Graphics (2 cr)
  • Engr 210: Engineering Statics (3 cr)
  • Engr 240: Introduction to Electrical Circuits (3 cr)
  • Engr 320: Engineering Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer (3 cr)
  • Engr 335: Engineering Fluid Mechanics (3 cr)
  • Engr 350: Engineering Mechanics of Material (3 cr)
  • Engr 360: Engineering Economy (3 cr)
  • Math 170: Analytic Geometry and Calculus I (4 cr)
  • Math 175: Analytic Geometry and Calculus II (4 cr)
  • Math 275: Analytic Geometry and Calculus III (3 cr)
  • Math 310: Ordinary Differential Equations (3 cr)
  • Phys 211: Engineering Physics I (4 cr)
  • Phys 212: Engineering Physics II (4 cr)
  • Soil 205: The Soil Ecosystem (3 cr)
  • Stat 301: Probability and Statistics (3 cr)
  • Communications Elective (2 cr)

    • And Option Requirements of:
  • BAE 352: Soil and Water Engineering or CE 322/323: Hydraulics and Lab (3-4 cr)
  • BAE 372: Agricultural Power and Machines (3 cr)
  • BAE 459: Irrigation System Design (3 cr)
  • BAE 461: Agricultural Processing and Environment (3 cr)
  • CE 211: Engineering Measurements (3 cr)
  • CE 342: Theory of Structures (3 cr)
  • Engr 220: Engineering Dynamics (3 cr)
  • Biological Science Electives (3 cr)
  • Technical Electives (8 cr)
  • Electives approved by department to total 128 cr for the degree

A grade of C or better is required in each of the following courses before registration is permitted in upper-division engineering courses:  BAE 143, BAE 242, Chem 111, Engr 210, Math 275, and Phys 211.

Students are required to submit a course plan and a statement of how the humanities and social science course requirements complement the technical content of the curriculum and are consistent with the program and institution objectives.

Biological & Agricultural Engineering Program Options