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
(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
(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
(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‡
Junior Year
(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)
(3) Economics elective
Senior Year
(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
(4) ABE 485 (Agricultural and Biological Engineering Design)
(3) Humanities elective ‡
(3) Social science or humanities elective‡
(1) Elective **
Total Credits: 14
*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.