Agricultural Systems Management emphasizes the use and management of equipment and systems based on an understanding of their design and operation.
Courses are designed to provide students with experience in systems technology and analysis of agricultural equipment and machinery applications, feed and food processing, agricultural electrification, soil and water management, waste management, agricultural systems, and fabrication practices for agricultural and natural resource-based enterprises.
Coursework - 128 credits required
Required course work includes university requirements (see regulation J-3) and coursework common to all options in an BAE undergraduate degree. A letter grade of C or better is required in each of the following courses before registration is permitted in upper-division engineering courses: 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.
- Acct 201 Introduction to Financial Accounting (3 cr)
- Acct 202 Introduction to Managerial Accounting (3 cr)
- AgEc 278 Farm and Agribusiness Management (4 cr)
- AgEd 406 Exploring International Agriculture (3 cr)
- ASM 112 Introduction to Agricultural Systems Management (3 cr)
- ASM 200 Seminar (1 cr)
- ASM 202 Agricultural Shop Practices (2 cr)
- ASM 315 Irrigation Systems and Water Management (3 cr)
- ASM 331 Electric Power Systems for Agriculture (3 cr)
- ASM 409 Agricultural Tractors, Power Units and Machinery Management (3 cr)
- ASM 433 Agricultural Processing Systems (3 cr)
- BAE 478 Engineering Design I (3 cr)
- BAE 479 Engineering Design II (3 cr)
- BAE 491 Senior Seminar (1 cr)
- BLaw 265 Legal Environment of Business (3 cr)
- Econ 201 Principles of Economics (3 cr)
- Econ 202 Principles of Economics (3 cr)
- Engr 105 Engineering Graphics or PTTE 267 Computer Aided Drafting/Design (2-3 cr)
- PlSc 102 The Science of Plants in Agriculture (3 cr)
- Soil 206 The Soil Ecosystem Lab (1 cr)
- Agricultural and Technical Electives (19 cr)
- Business Elective (3 cr)
- Life Science Elective (3 cr)
- Upper-Division Agricultural Economics or Business elective (3 cr)
- One of the following (4 cr):
- Phys 100 Fundamentals of Physics (4 cr)
- Phys 111 General Physics I (4 cr)
- Phys 211 Engineering Physics I (4 cr)
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