Purdue University PURDUE AGRICULTURE
ACADEMIC PROGRAMS

Title

Agricultural and Natural Resources Engineering 

Degree Level

Bachelor of Science 

Minor Code

 

Advisor's Name

Rabi H. Mohtar 

Advisor's Phone

(765) 494-1791 

Advisor's Email

mohtar@purdue.edu 

Information

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.

Credit Hours

131* 

Description

Freshman Year

First 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) College of Agriculture or College of Engineering orientation

Total Credits: 16


Second Semester

(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

(3) ABE 205(Engineering Computations for Biological Systems)

(1) ABE 290 (Sophomore Seminar)

(4) MA 261(Multivariate Calculus)

(3) ME 270(Basic Mechanics I)

(3) PHYS 241(Electricity and Optics)

(4) Biological sciences elective

Total Credits: 18


Fourth Semester

(3) ABE 210 (Biological Applications of Material and Energy Balances)

(4) MA 262 (Linear Algebra and Differential Equations)

(3) ME 274 (Basic Mechanics II)

(3) NUCL 273 (Mechanics of Materials)

(3) Social science elective‡

Total Credits: 16

Junior Year

Fifth 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


Sixth Semester

(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

(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


Eighth Semester

(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

Additional Information

*The plan of study must include six credits of international understanding electives or equivalent.

** Two credits of elective are required if a three-credit science selective is completed during the second semester of the freshmen year.

‡A total of 18 credit hours of general education electives must be taken in accordance with the requirements of the College of Agriculture and the College of Engineering.

Department

ABE 
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