Agricultural Engineering, BSAGE

About the Program

Agricultural Engineers apply their knowledge of agricultural systems, natural resources, and engineering to equipment design and assure environmental compatibility of practices used by production agriculture. The Agricultural Engineering curriculum offers great breadth, with a major choice in machine systems engineering. 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, and engineering management. Practical applications in lab intensive classes (every ABE 3-credit hour class has a lab) and significant opportunities to be involved in clubs (AgGrowBot, 1/4-Scale Tractor, PUP, ASABE Robotics) makes this a great program for entrepreneurs and start-up engineering companies. Students in this program earn a Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Engineering, (BSE-AGE).

Some of the factors that contribute to Agricultural & Biological Engineering at Purdue University being a top ranked program:

• Multiple opportunities for interaction with faculty in laboratories and in classes

• Student Competitions, Clubs, Global Experiences

• Personalized advising and attention from faculty

• Practical curriculum for industrial careers

• Great opportunities for scholarships and internships

• Excellent placement record and starting salaries

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The Agricultural Engineering program is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET.

Agricultural Engineering Major Change (CODO) Requirements  

Degree Requirements

128 Credits Required

Departmental/Program Major Courses (34 credits)

Other Departmental/Program Course Requirements (91-95 credits)

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• AGRY 25500 - Soil Science
• ENGR 13100 - Transforming Ideas To Innovation I (satisfies Information Literacy for core)
• ENGR 13200 - Transforming Ideas To Innovation II

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• CE 34000 - Hydraulics and
• CE 34300 - Elementary Hydraulics Laboratory

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• ME 30800 - Fluid Mechanics and
• ME 30801 - Fluid Mechanics Laboratory

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• CHM 11500 - General Chemistry (satisfies Science #1 for core)

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• Programming or Chem II Selective

• CHM 11600 - General Chemistry or
• CS 15900 - C Programming or
• CS 17700 - Programming With Multimedia Objects (Preferred)

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• MA 16100 - Plane Analytic Geometry And Calculus I (satisfies Quantitative Reasoning for core) or
• MA 16500 - Analytic Geometry And Calculus I (satisfies Quantitative Reasoning for core)
• MA 16200 - Plane Analytic Geometry And Calculus II or
• MA 16600 - Analytic Geometry And Calculus II

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• MA 26100 - Multivariate Calculus
• MA 26200 - Linear Algebra And Differential Equations
• ME 27000 - Basic Mechanics I
• ME 27400 - Basic Mechanics II
• NUCL 27300 - Mechanics Of Materials
• PHYS 17200 - Modern Mechanics (satisfies Science #2 for core)
• PHYS 24100 - Electricity And Optics

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• Economics Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00 (satisfies Human Cultures: Behavioral/Social Sciences for core)

• AGEC 20300 - Introductory Microeconomics For Food And Agribusiness
• AGEC 20400 - Introduction To Resource Economics And Environmental Policy
• AGEC 21700 - Economics
• ECON 21000 - Principles Of Economics
• ECON 25100 - Microeconomics
• ECON 25200 - Macroeconomics

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• Agricultural Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Biological Science Selective - Credit Hours: 4.00
• Biological Science Selective - Credit Hours: 4.00
• Engineering Technical Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Engineering Technical Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Human Cultures: Humanities Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00 (satisfies Human Cultures: Humanities for core)
• Humanities or Social Science Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Humanities or Social Science Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Humanities or Social Science Selective (30000+ level) - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Oral Communication Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00 (satisfies Oral Communication for core)
• Written Communication Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00-4.00 (satisfies Written Communication for core)
• Written and Oral Communication Selective (20000+ level) - Credit Hours: 3.00

Elective (0-3 credits)

• Elective - Credit Hours: 0.00-3.00

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Supplemental Information

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College of Agriculture & University Level Requirements

• College of Agriculture International Understanding Selective  - Credit Hours: 9.00  (Agricultural Engineering, Biological Engineering, Environmental & Natural Resources Engineering - Credit Hours: 6.00)
• College of Agriculture Multicultural Awareness Selective   - Credit Hours: 3.00
• College of Agriculture Humanities or Social Science Selectives (30000+ level)  - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Human Cultures: Humanities or Behavioral/Social Sciences Selective  (Choose from outside the College of Agriculture) - Credit Hours: 9.00
• College of Agriculture Additional Written or Oral Communication Selectives  - Credit Hours: 3.00

GPA Requirements

• 2.0 GPA required for Bachelor of Science degree.

Transfer Credit Policy

• Transfer courses listed in the Purdue Transfer Equivalency Guide with specific Purdue Subject codes (e. g. BIOL) may be used to fulfill degree requirements at the discretion of the College of Agriculture. However, Agriculture transfer credit courses listed with “UND” Purdue Subject codes cannot be used for any requirements in the College of Agriculture.

University Requirements

Sample 4-Year Plan

Pre-Requisite Information

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