Bachelor of Science Degree
Agricultural and Natural
Resources Engineering
Agricultural and biological
engineers apply their knowledge of biological and agricultural systems
and engineering to equipment design and assure environmental compatibility
of practices used by production agriculture. The Department of Agricultural
and Biological Engineering curriculum offers great breadth, with
specialization choices in engineering applied to mobile equipment,
machine systems, soil and water resources, and wood products. Subject
areas include computer-aided engineering, fluid power, finite element
analysis, natural resource conservation, and engineering properties
of biological materials. Excellent career opportunities exist in
product engineering, equipment research and design, facilities design,
environmental consulting, and engineering management.
Advisor Contact Information
Rabi H. Mohtar
(765) 494-1791
mohtar@purdue.edu
Plan of Study
Credit Hours Required
for Graduation: 131*
| Freshman
Year |
First Semester |
|
Second Semester |
(4) CHM 115 (General Chemistry)
(4) ENGL 106 (First-Year Composition)
(3) ENGR 126 (Engineering Problem Solving and Computer
Tools)
(4) MA 165 (Analytic Geometry and Calculus I)
(1) Introduction
to the College of Agriculture and Purdue University or Freshmen
Engineering Lectures elective
Total Credits: 16 |
|
(3)
COM 114 (Fundamentals of Speech Communication)
(4) MA 166 (Analytic Geometry and Calculus II)
(4) PHYS 172 (Modern Mechanics)
(4) General chemistry
or programming applications for enginering selective
(3) Humanities elective
Total Credits: 18 |
| Sophomore Year |
Third Semester |
|
Fourth Semester |
(3)
ABE 205 (Engineering Computations for Biological Systems)
(1) ABE
290 (Sophomore Seminar)
(4) MA 261 (Multivariate Calculus)
(3) M E 270 (Basic Mechanics I)
(3) PHYS 241 (Electricity and Optics)
(4) Biological sciences elective
Total Credits: 18 |
|
(3)
ABE 210 (Biological Applications of Material and Energy
Balances)
(4) MA 262 (Linear Algebra and Differential Equations)
(3) M E 274 (Basic Mechanics II)
(3) NUCL 273
(Mechanics of Materials)
(3) Social science elective‡
Total Credits: 16
|
| Junior Year |
Fifth Semester |
|
Sixth Semester |
(3)
ABE 305 (Physical Properties of Biological Materials)
(4) ABE 325 (Soil and Water Resource Engineering)
(3) AGRY 255 (Soil Science)
(4) Hydraulics and elementary hydraulics lab or fluid mechanics
elective
(3) Elective
Total Credits: 17 |
|
(3)
ABE 330 (Design of Machine Components)
(3) ECE 201 (Linear Circuit Analysis I)
(4) Biological sciences elective
(3) Economics elective
(3) Elective
Total Credits: 16 |
| Senior Year |
Seventh Semester |
|
Eighth Semester |
(3)
ABE 435 (Hydraulic Control Systems for Mobile Equipment)
(3) ABE 450 (Finite Element Method in Design and Optimization)
(1) ABE 490 (Professional Practice in Agricultural
and Biological Engineering)
(3) Agricultural elective
(3) Engineering
technical elective
(3) Written or oral communication elective
Total Credits: 16 |
|
(4)
ABE 485 (Agricultural and Biological Engineering Design)
(3) Engineering technical elective
(3) Humanities elective
‡
(3) Social science or humanities elective‡
(1) Elective **
Total Credits: 14
|
Purdue Agriculture Academic Programs
1140 Ag Admin Building, Room 7
West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-1140
Phone: (765) 494-8481
Fax: (765) 494-8469
E-mail: goecker@purdue.edu
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