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Agricultural and Biological Engineering

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Head of Department: K. C. Ting
Department Office: 338 Agricultural Engineering Sciences Building, 1304 West Pennsylvania Avenue
Urbana, (217) 333-3570

The Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering offers two academic majors through the College of ACES: the five-year combined program in Agricultural and Biological Engineering Sciences and the major in Technical Systems Management. The Department also offers a four-year major in Agricultural and Biological Engineering through the College of Engineering.

Dual Major in Agricultural and Biological Engineering Sciences
Major in Technical Systems Management
Major in Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Minor in Technical Systems Management

Dual Major in Agricultural and Biological Engineering Sciences

Students who successfully complete this five-year academic program receive the Bachelor of Science with a major in Agricultural and Biological Engineering from the College of Engineering as well as Agricultural and Biological Engineering Sciences from the College of ACES. Students first enroll in the College of ACES and then transfer to the College of Engineering after two years. The suggested program of study that follows fulfills graduation requirements for both the College of Engineering and the College of ACES. Graduates are employed by industry, consulting firms, and government for research, education, and manufacturing. Departmental advisors ensure that national engineering accreditation (ABET) requirements are met by advisees.

Prescribed Courses Including Campus General Education

Hours Composition I and Speech
4 RHET 105 - Principles of Composition or equivalent (see college Composition I requirement)
3 CMN 101 - Public Speaking

Hours Advanced Composition
  One elective course must satisfy the Advanced Composition requirement.

Hours Cultural Studies
  One Western culture and one non-Western/US minority culture course must be completed as part of the Social and Behavioral Sciences and/or Humanities and the Arts General Education coursework

Hours Foreign Language: Coursework at or above the third level is required for graduation.

Hours Quantitative Reasoning I
4 MATH 221 - Calculus I

Hours Quantitative Reasoning II
3 MATH 231 - Calculus II

Hours Natural Sciences and Technology
3 CHEM 102 - General Chemistry I
1 CHEM 103 - General Chemistry Lab I
3 CHEM 104 - General Chemistry II
1 CHEM 105 - General Chemistry Lab II
4 PHYS 211 - Univ Physics Mechanics
4 PHYS 212 - Univ Physics Elec and Mag
2 PHYS 213 - Univ Physics, Thermal Physics

Hours General Education Coursework
6 Six hours of Social and Behavioral Science courses that must include ACE 100 or ECON 102 or ECON 103 and that satisfy the campus general education requirements.
6 Six hours of Humanities and the Arts courses that satisfy the campus general education requirements.
6 Six hours of either Social and Behavioral Science or Humanities and the Arts courses that satisfy the requirements of approved lists for the College of Engineering and the campus general education requirements.

Hours Biological Sciences Coursework
10

Ten hours of biological sciences are required from biology, entomology, microbiology, plant biology, physiology, and zoology. Select at least seven of the ten hours from the following:
 
ANSC 362 - Princ of Animal Physiology  
 
ANSCI 467 - Applied Animal Ecology
 
CHEM 232 - Elementary Organic Chemistry I
 
CHEM 233 - Elementary Organic Chemistry Lab I
 
CPSC 112 - Introduction to Crop Sciences 
 
CPSC 270 - Applied Entomology
 
CPSC 414 - Forage Crops and Pasture Eco
 
GEOL 101 - Introductory Physical Geology
 
GEOL 250 - Geology for Engineers
 
IB 101–Biological Sciences or 103*–Introduction to Plant Biology or 104*–Animal Biology 
 
MCB 100* - Introductory Microbiology
 
MCB 101* - Intro Microbiology Laboratory
 
MCB 103–Intro to Human Physiology
 
MCB 312 - Applied Microbiology Methods
 
MCB 434 - Food & Industrial Microbiology
 
NRES 201 - Introductory Soils

* Students must take at least one of these courses.

Hours Agricultural Engineering Required
1 ABE 100 - Intro to Agr Engineering
4 ABE 221 - Agr & Bio Engineering I
4 ABE 222 - Agr & Bio Engineering II
2 ABE 430-- Project Management 
4 ABE 469 - Industry-Linked Design Project
3 CS 101- Intro to Computing, Eng & Sci
0 ENG 100 - Engineering Lecture
3 ECE 205 - Intro Elec & Electr Circuits
1 ECE 206 - Intro Elec & Electr Ckts Lab
3 GE 101 - Engineering Graphics & Design
3-4 ME 300 - Thermodynamics or CHBE 321 - Thermodynamics
2 MATH 225 - Introductory Matrix Theory
4 MATH 241 - Calculus III
3 MATH 285 - Intro Differential Equations 
3-4 ABE 440-Applied Statistical Methods I, or STAT 400 - Statistics and Probability I, or CEE 202 - Engineering Risk & Uncertainty, or IE 300 - Analysis of Data
2-3 TAM 210 - Intro to Statics or TAM 211 - Statics
3 TAM 212 - Introductory Dynamics
3 TAM 251 - Introductory Solid Mechanics
4 TAM 335 - Introductory Fluid Mechanics, or CHBE 421 - Momentum and Heat Transfer, or ME 310 - Introductory Gas Dynamics

Hours Agricultural Sciences Coursework
15 Fifteen hours of agricultural sciences with courses from at least two departments other than Agricultural and Biological Engineering and approval of advisers are required.

Hours Technical Coursework
16 A total of 16 hours of technical electives are required. At least 8 hours must be from the following list of Agricultural and Biological Engineering Technical Electives and at least eight hours selected from the list of "Other Technical Electives" in the next section.
  Agricultural Engineering Technical Electives
  At least 12 hours from:
 
ABE 361 - Princ of Off-road Machines
 
ABE 374 - Env Control for Bio Buildings
 
ABE 397–Independent Study
 
ABE 420–Kinem & Dynamics of Mech Syst
 
ABE 425# - Eng Measurement Systems
 
ABE 426 - Applied Machine Vision
 
ABE 436–Renewable Energy Systems
 
ABE 455–Erosion and Sediment Control
 
ABE 456 - Land and Water Resources Eng
 
ABE 459 - Drainage and Water Management
 
ABE 463–Electrohydraulic Systems
 
ABE 466 - Engineering Off-Road Vehicles
 
ABE 476 - Indoor Air Quality Engineering
 
ABE 479* - Design of Agr & Bio Structures
 
ABE 482 - Package Engineering
 
ABE 483 - Eng Properties of Food Mat
 
ABE 485 - Food and Process Eng Design
 
ABE 487 - Grain Drying and Conditioning
 
ABE 488 - Bioprocessing Grains for Fuels
 
ABE 489 - Process Des for Corn Milling
 

ABE 497–Independent Study

Hours Other Technical Electives
  Choose at least eight hours from:
  CEE 311- Engineering Surveying or CEE 312- Route Surveying
  CEE 330- Environmental Engineering
  CEE 350- Water Resources Engineering
  CEE 360- Structural Engineering
  CEE 380- Geotechnical Engineering
  CEE 450- Surface Hydrology
  CEE 460- Steel Structures, I
  CEE 461- Reinforces Concrete Design, I
  CHBE 221- Principles of CHE
  CHBE 421- Momentum and Heat Transfer
  CHBE 422- Mass Transfer Operations
  GE 330- OR Methods for Profit & Value Eng
  ME330- Engineering Materials
  ME 350- Design for Manufacturability
  ME 370- Mechanical Design, I
  ME 461- Computer Ctrl of Mechanl Sys
  MFGE 310- Intro to MFG Systems
  MFGE 450- Info Mgmt for MFG Systems
 

PHYS 214 - Univ Physics, Quantum Physics

 

TAM 324–Behavior of Materials
  or any 300 or 400 level engineering course approved by advisor

Hours Open Electives
  Sufficient open electives selected to total minimum curriculum requirement of 158 hours. All requirements of the combined curriculum must be completed to satisfy the requirements for both degrees.
158 Total hours required to receive a B.S. in Agricultural Engineering and a B.S. in Agricultural Sciences.

Major in Technical Systems Management

For the Degree of Bachelor of Science with a Major in Technical Systems Management

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 Mechanization, Marketing, and Technical Systems; Production Systems; or Environmental Systems by selection of specific electives.

Prescribed Courses Including Campus General Education
Hours Composition I and Speech
4 RHET 105 - Principles of Composition or equivalent (see college Composition I requirement) AND
3 CMN 101 - Public Speaking

3		 OR
CMN 111 - Oral and Written Communication I AND
3 CMN 112 - Oral and Written Communication II

Hours Advanced Composition
3-4 Select from campus approved list.

Hours Cultural Studies: Two courses; one Western culture and one non-Western/US minority culture course.

Hours Foreign Language: Coursework at or above the third level is required for graduation.

Hours Quantitative Reasoning I
4 MATH 234 - Calculus for Business I, or equivalent

Hours Quantitative Reasoning II
3-4 Introductory statistics. See department for approved list.

Hours Natural Sciences and Technology
4 CHEM 102 - General Chemistry I, and CHEM 103 - General Chemistry Lab I
5 PHYS 101 - College Physics Mech & Heat
4-5 PHYS 102 - College Physics, E & M & Modern, or CHEM 104 - General Chemistry II and CHEM 105 - General Chemistry Lab II
3-5 Biological sciences (see campus approved list)

Hours Humanities and the Arts
6 Select from campus approved list.

Hours Social and Behavioral Sciences
4 ACE 100 - Agr Cons and Resource Econ
3 ECON 103 - Macroeconomic Principles
3-4 Social and behavioral sciences elective. Select from campus approved list.


Hours ACES Prescribed
2 ACES 101 - Contemporary Issues in ACES

Hours TSM Required
3 ACE 161 - Microcomputer Applications or equivalent
3 ACCY 200 - Fundamentals of Accounting or ACCY 201 - Accounting and Accountancy, I
4 CPSC 112 - Introduction to Crop Science
4 NRES 201 - Introductory Soils
3 TSM 100 - Technical Systems in Agr
2 TSM 430 - Project Management
18 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 396, or at the 300- or 400-level.
 
TSM 199 - Undergraduate Open Seminar
 
TSM 232 - Materials and Construction Sys
 
TSM 233 - Metallurgy, & Welding Processes
 
TSM 234 - Wiring, Motors, and Controls Sys
 
TSM 262 - Off-Road Equipment Management
 
TSM 295 - Undergrad Research or Thesis
 
TSM 352 - Land & Water Mgt Systems
 
TSM 363 - Fluid Power Systems
 
TSM 371 - Residential Housing Design
 
TSM 372 - Structures and Env Systems
 
TSM 381 - Grain Drying, & Storage Systems
 
TSM 396-UG Honors Research Or Thesis
 
TSM 435 - Elec Microcomputer Ctrl Sys
 
TSM 464 - Engine and Tractor Power
 
TSM 465 - Chemical Applications Systems
 
TSM 496 - Independent Study
 
TSM 499--Seminar

Hours Specialization Electives
15 Choose from the following:
  ACE 210 - Environmental Economics
  ACE 222 - Agricultural Marketing
  ACE 231 - Food and Agribusiness Mgt
  ACE 232 - Management of Farm Enterprises
  ACE 303 - Rural Taxation
  ACE 310 - Natural Resource Economics
  ACE 320 - Commodity Marketing
  ACE 332 - Farm Management
  ACE 340 - Agricultural Finance
  ACE 403 - Agricultural Law
  ACE 406 - Environmental Law
  ACE 428 - Commodity Futures and Options
  ACE 448 - Rural Real Estate Appraisal
  ACE 456 - Agr and Food Policies
  AGCM 370 - Ag Sales Communications
  AGCM 380 - Leadership Development
  ANSC 213 - Beef and Swine Management
  ANSC 321 - Animal Nutrition
  ANSC 467 - Applied Animal Ecology
  BADM 300 - Legal Environment of Business
  BADM 301 - Summary of Business Law
  BADM 310 - Mgt and Organizational Behavior
  BADM 311 - Individual Behavior in Orgs
  BADM 320 - Principles of Marketing
  BADM 322 - Marketing Research
  BADM 374 - Management Decision Models
  BADM 375 - Business Process Management
  BADM 376 - Enterprise Proc Integr & Dymm
  BADM 445 - Small Business Consulting
  BADM 446 - Entrepreneurship Sm Bus Form
  BTW 271 - Persuasive Writing
  CEE 330 - Environmental Engineering
  CPSC 226 - Introduction to Weed Science
  CPSC 414 - Forage Crops and Pastures Eco
  CPSC 418 - Crop Growth and Management
  CPSC 477 - Biol Control on Insect Pests
  ENVS 336 - Tomorrow's Environment
  FIN 221 - Corporate Finance
  FIN 341 - Fundamentals of Real Estate
  HORT 364 - Vegetable Crop Production
  NRES 419 - Env and Plant Ecosystems
  NRES 474 - Soil and Water Conservation
  NRES 488 - Soil Fertility and Fertilizers

Hours Open Electives
17-23 Additional free elective courses selected to meet the required 126 hours for graduation.
126 Total credit hours required for the B.S. degree.

Minor in Technical Systems Management

Note: This minor has prerequisites of a minimum of 60 hours with a 2.5 GPA; completion of Math 234 or equivalent; Physics 101 or equivalent; Chemistry 102 and 103 or equivalent; and Physics 102 or Chemistry 104 and 105 or equivalent.

Hours Minor Required
3 TSM 100--Technical Systems in Agr 
15 Fifteen Hours, at least six of which must be at the 400 level
  TSM 232 - Materials and Construction Sys
  TSM 233 - Metallurgy, & Welding Processes
  TSM 234 - Wiring, Motors, and Controls Sys
  TSM 262 - Off-Road Equipment Management
  TSM 352 - Land and Water Mgt Systems
  TSM 363 - Fluid Power Systems
  TSM 371 - Residential Housing Design
  TSM 372 - Structures and Env Systems
  TSM 381 - Grain Drying, & Storage Systems
  TSM 435 - Elec Microcomputer Ctrl Sys
  TSM 464 - Engine and Tractor Power
  TSM 465 - Chemical Applications Systems
  TSM 496 - Independent Study
18 Total Hours Required