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Required & Elective Courses

Number Course Title 
Fall
Spring 
Summer
BE 130 Engineering Design Fundamentals for Biological Systems
X
BE 230  Engineering Analysis of Biological Systems
BE 332 Engineering Properties of Biological Materials
BE 333  Biosystems Engineering Laboratory
X
BE 350 Heat and Mass Transfer in Biosystems
X
BE 351 Environmental Thermodynamics
BE 385 Engineering Design and Optimization for Biological Systems  
X
BE 431 Resource Optimization
X
BE 456  Electric Power and Control
X
BE 477 Food Engineering: Fluids
X

BE 478

Food Engineering: Solids
X
BE 481 Land and Water Conservation Engineering
X
BE 482 Non-point Source Pollution Control  
X
BE 485 Biosystems Design Techniques
X
BE 487 Biosystems Design Project (W)
X
BE 490 Independent Study
X
X
X
BE 491 Special Topics in Biosystems Engineering 
X
X
X
BE 815 Instrumentation for Biosystems Engineering
X
 
BE 818 Comprehensive Nutrient Management Planning
X
BE 820 Research Methods in Biosystems Engineering
X
 

BE 825

Properties and Characteristics of Biological Materials
X

BE 835

Engineering Analysis and Optimization of Biological Systems

X

   
BE 852 Systems Modeling and Simulation
even years
 
BE 853 Applied Systems Modeling and Simulation for Natural Resource Management  
odd years
BE 890 Special Problems
X
X
X
BE 891 Advanced Topics in Biosystems Engineering
X
X
X
BE 892 Biosystems Engineering Seminar  
X
BE 899 Master's Thesis Research
X
X
X
BE 999 Doctoral Dissertation Research
X
X
X