BAE - Biological & Agric Eng


BAE 100Introduction to Biological EngineeringUNITS: 1 - Offered in Spring Only
Technical topics and career options in Biological Engineering with concentrations in Agricultural, Bioprocess, and Environmental Engineering are introduced. Information is provided about career services, internships, and study abroad and co-op opportunities in these areas. Students develop a plan of work.


BAE 200Computer Methods in Biological EngineeringUNITS: 2 - Offered in Fall Only
Prerequisite: MA 141 and E 115
Students develop computer-based problem solving techniques to solve introductory problems in Biological and Biomedical Engineering. Emphasis is on developing solution algorithms and implementing these with spreadsheets, equation solvers, and computer programming.


BAE 201Shop Processes and ManagementUNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall and Spring
Safety practices, materials, equipment, processes, procedures, and management techniques related to operation and maintenance of a mechanized agricultural enterprise or agriculture-related industry. Theory and practice through basic shop operationsand procedures.


BAE 202Introduction to Biological and Agricultural Engineering MethodsUNITS: 4 - Offered in Spring Only
Prerequisite: BAE 200
Introduction to experimental design methodology, basic engineering design and problem solving methodology for Biological Engineering. Visualization skills, computer-aided 3-D solid modeling of parts, 3-D assembly of solid part geometries, computation of mass properties, 2-D engineering drawings, engineering design process, safety, tools and fabrication processes and design, and hands-on shop fabrication of semester project.


BAE 311Agricultural Machinery and Power UnitsUNITS: 4 - Offered in Spring Only
Prerequisite: CH 101, CH 102 and PY 211 or PY 131
Agricultural machinery principles, energy requirements, operation, calibration and environmental considerations. Diesel engine principles and their application to engine power, efficiencies and systems. Power trains and hydraulic systems. Application of basic machinery and power principles to mechanical needs in environmental systems.


BAE 315Properties of Biological Engineering MaterialsUNITS: 3 - Offered in Spring Only
Prerequisite: PY 208, BIO 183 or ZO 160, Corequisite: MAE 308 or CE 382 and MAE 314 or CE 313
Physical properties of biological and non-biological engineering materials, their uniqueness and variability within systems. Relationships between plant, animal, and human tissues, property measurement, and evaluation of dimensional, mechanical, rheological, thermal, electrical, and optical properties.


BAE (SSC) 323Water ManagementUNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall Only
Prerequisite: Junior standing
Water management principles applied to agriculture; hydrologic cycle, runoff, surface and sub-surface drainage, soil conservation measures to reduce erosion and sedimentation, irrigation, pond construction, open channel flow, water rights and environmental laws pertaining to water management. Emphasis on problem solving


BAE (SSC) 324Elementary SurveyingUNITS: 1 - Offered in Fall Only
Prerequisite: Junior standing
Theory and practice of plane surveying to include measuring distances as well as record keeping differential leveling, profile leveling, topographic mapping, stadia surveying and the use of these tools in agricultural applications.


BAE 325Introductory GeomaticsUNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall Only
Theory and practice of plane and satellite-based surveying. Includes distance measurement, differential leveling, profile leveling, topographic surveying, and record keeping. Introduction to tapes, levels, total stations, surveying software, the global positioning system, GPS receivers and methods (stand-alone, DGPS, RTK), data collection, data processing, and applications.


BAE 332Animal Facilities and Environmental ManagementUNITS: 4 - Offered in Spring Only
Prerequisite: PY 211 or PY 131
Environmental relationships, design methods, materials and construction procedures as they relate to agricultural animal production facilities. Problem situations integrating structural design, environmental control, and waste handling.


BAE 333Processing Agricultural ProductsUNITS: 4 - Offered in Spring Only
Prerequisite: PY 212
Application of the principles of fluid flow, heat transfer, refrigeration, psychrometrics, and materials handling to the processing of agricultural products. Pump sizing, heat exchanger selection, refrigeration analyses, fan sizing, crop drying, andselection of materials handling equipment.


BAE 343Agricultural ElectrificationUNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall Only
Corequisite: PY 212
Practical and efficient use of electrical energy for agricultural and home application. Energy conservation, electric rates, farm and house wiring, circuit design, single-phase and three-phase distribution systems, electric motors, lighting, space and water heating, electric controls, safety and protective devices.


BAE 344Circuits and ControlsUNITS: 1 - Offered in Fall Only
Corequisite: PY 212; BAE 343 or ECE 211
Applied laboratory covering energy conservation, farm and home wiring, circuit design, single-phase and three-phase distribution systems, electric motors, lighting, heating, electric controls, safety and protective devices, and home water systems.


BAE 361Analytical Methods in Engineering DesignUNITS: 3 - Offered in Spring Only
Prerequisite: BAE 101, CE 215 or MAE 208, MA 341, Corequisite: MAE 314
Engineering problem solving through studies of topics in engineering design. Kinematic analysis of linkages, analysis and design/selection of machine structures and power transmission components, including vibration modeling and control in lumped mass mechanical and biomechanical systems.


BAE 401Instrumentation for Biological SystemsUNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall Only
Prerequisite: ECE 331
Basic concepts of instrumentation for monitoring of biological systems. Study of transducers and circuits utilized in biological and agricultural engineering applications. Demonstration of concepts of error, accuracy and precision, linearity and other instrument characteristics by electronic models. Provision of hands-on experience for reinforcing lecture concepts in laboratories. Credit will not be given for both BAE 401 and BAE 501.


BAE 402Transport PhenomenaUNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall Only
Prerequisite: MA 341; MAE 301, Corequisite: CE 382 or MAE 308
Theory and application of heat and mass transfer in biological, food, and agricultural systems. Topics include fluid flow, conduction, convection, radiation, psychrometrics, and refrigeration.


BAE 422Introduction to Food Process EngineeringUNITS: 3 - Offered in Spring Only
Prerequisite: BAE 402; MAE 308 or CE 382; MAE 301 or CHE 315
Introductory principles and practices of handling and preserving food products. Coverage includes the design and analysis of handling systems for discrete and continuous flow material handling systems, the selection and specification of automatic controls, food preservation principles and considerations relevant to the design of food handling systems, and the principles and practices of drying and storing grain.


BAE (BBS) 425Industrial Microbiology and BioprocessingUNITS: 3 - Offered in Spring Only
Prerequisite: Junior or higher standing in CALS or COE; MB 351
Introduction to the structure and functions of microbial cells and their cultivation and utilization in bioprocess engineering. Fermentation systems and downstream processing methods. Enzyme kinetics, production and application. Biomanufacturing of fuels, industrial chemicals, pharmaceuticals, food additives and food products such as beer, wine, cheese and yogurt Microbial biomass production. Introduction to environmental biotechnology including waste water treatment, bioremediation and biomining. Biodeterioration and its control. Product development, regulations and safety. Field trip(s) are an essential educational component of the course and are required. Credit will not be given for both BAE(BBS) 425 and BAE 525.


BAE 432Agricultural and Environmental Safety and HealthUNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall Only
Prerequisite: Junior standing and 6 hrs CALS Group A, B or C Electives
Safety and health issues for agricultural and environmental occupations. Hazard recognition, injury and illness prevention, regulations, and safety and health management strategies for agricultural production, chemical handling, and waste management. Environmental factors which affect human health and safety.


BAE (SSC) 435Precision Agriculture TechnologyUNITS: 3 - Offered Alternate Even Years, Offered in Spring Only
Prerequisite: Junior standing or Senior standing
Overview of technology available for implementation of a comprehensive precision agriculture program. Topics include computers, GPS, sensors, mechanized soil sampling, variable rate control system, yield monitors, and postharvest processing controls. Applications of precision agriculture in crop planning, tillage, planting, chemical applications, harvesting and postharvest processing. Credit may not be received for BAE/SSC 435 and BAE/SSC 535


BAE (CS) (SSC) 440Geographic Information Systems in Production AgricultureUNITS: 3 - Offered in Spring Only
Prerequisite: SSC 341
Fundamentals of the global positioning system, geographic information systems, and site-specific management. Geospatially located soil sampling strategies will be addressed as well as appropriate interpolation methods for point-sampled data. The course will cover variable rate fertilizer recommendation models and the technology necessary for variably applying fertilizer. Spatial measurement of crop yields.


BAE 442Systems Approach to Agricultural and Environmental IssuesUNITS: 3 - Offered in Spring Only
Prerequisite: ENG 331 or ENG 332 or ENG 333; Senior standing
Systems approach to complex agricultural and environmental issues and problematic situations including people's views. Multiple stages of soft systems approach: open inquiry into and description of issues, conceptual modeling, feasibility and implementation of changes. Individual project using systems approach to a complex issue in agriculture or the environment.


BAE 451Engineering Design IUNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall Only
Prerequisite: BAE 202 and 3 of the following courses - BAE 315, 361, 401, 402, 422, 425, 471, 472, or 481.
Design concepts of engineering problems; objectives, specifications, manufacturing, prior art and analysis. Oral and written exercises in reverse engineering, national and international standards, quality control, intellectual law and engineering ethics. Team projects from agricultural, biomedical, bioprocessing and environmental engineering. Must be within 36 credit hours of completing the BE degree.


BAE 452Engineering Design IIUNITS: 3 - Offered in Spring Only
Prerequisite: BAE 451
Continuation of BAE 451; Project analysis, design, scheduling, construction, tests and reports. Teamwork and the function of engineering design in society.


BAE 462Machinery Design and ApplicationsUNITS: 3 - Offered in Spring Only
Prerequisite: BAE 361
Machinery design for effective use of energy and labor in agricultural production. Engine cycles, power transmission, hydraulics, traction, combined stresses, finite element analysis, computer-aided-engineering, and engineering economics. Machinerydesign of agricultural field equipment and other agricultural machinery systems.


BAE 471Land Resources Environmental EngineeringUNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall Only
Prerequisite: SSC 200, Corequisite: CE 382 or MAE 308
Hydrology and erosion principles. Designing structures and selecting practices to control land runoff, erosion, sediment pollution and flooding.


BAE 472Irrigation and DrainageUNITS: 3 - Offered in Spring Only
Prerequisite: SSC 200, BAE 471
Design, management and evaluation of irrigation and drainage systems; concepts and processes of system design. Credit will not be given for both BAE 472 and BAE 572.


BAE 473Introduction to Surface/Water Quality ModelingUNITS: 3 - Offered in Spring Only
Prerequisite: BAE 471 and SSC 200
Concepts in basic hydrologic, erosion and chemical transport used in modeling. Evaluation of typical hydrologic/water quality models on watershed systems. Project examples using state-of-the-art models. Credit will not be given for both BAE 473 and BAE 573.


BAE 481Structures & EnvironmentUNITS: 3 - Offered in Spring Only
Prerequisite: BAE 402; CE 313 or MAE 314
Principles of environmental control and structural analysis are combined with biological principles for the design of structures. Topics include structural analysis, load estimation, material selection, fasteners, physiological reactions of animalsand plants to their environment, applications of heat transfer and psychrometrics in calculating ventilation requirements, heating or cooling loads.


BAE 492External Learning ExperienceUNITS: 1-6 - No Course Evaluation, Offered in Fall and Spring
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing
A learning experience in agriculture and life sciences within an academic framework that utilizes facilities and resources which are external to the campus. Contact and arrangements with prospective employers must be initiated by student and approved by a faculty adviser, the prospective employer, the departmental teaching coordinator and the academic dean prior to the experience.


BAE 493Special Problems in Biological and Agricultural EngineeringUNITS: 1-6 - No Course Evaluation, Offered in Fall and Spring
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing
A learning experience in agriculture and life sciences within an academic framework that utilizes campus facilities and resources. Contact and arrangements with prospective employers must be initiated by student and approved by a faculty adviser, the prospective employer, the departmental teaching coordinator and the academic dean prior to the experience.


BAE 495Special Topics in Biological and Agricultural EngineeringUNITS: 1-3 - No Course Evaluation, Offered in Fall Spring Summer
Offered as needed for presenting material not normally available in regular BAE departmental courses or for new BAE courses on a trial basis.


BAE 501Instrumentation for Biological SystemsUNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall Only
Prerequisite: ECE 331
Basic concepts of instrumentation for monitoring biological systems. Study of transducers and circuits utilized in biological and agricultural engineering applications. Demonstration of concepts of error, accuracy and precision, linearity and other instrument characteristics by electronic models. Provision of hands-on experience for reinforcing lecture concepts in laboratories. Credit will not be given for both BAE 401 and BAE 501.


BAE 502Instrumentation for Hydrologic ApplicationsUNITS: 3 - Offered in Spring Only
Prerequisite: MA 341, BAE 401 or ECE 331, ST 370 or ST 511
Basic theory of instruments and measurements. Physical parameters of interest, available methods and sensors for assessment. Sensor characteristics. Dataloggers and sensor-datalogger communications. Data transfer, management, and processing. Emphasis on hydrologic and water quality research applications. Course offered by Distance Education only.


BAE 525Industrial Microbiology and BioprocessingUNITS: 3 - Offered in Spring Only
Prerequisite: MB 351
Introduction to the structure and functions of microbial cells and their cultivation and utilization in bioprocess engineering. Fermentation systems and downstream processing methods. Enzyme kinetics, production and application. Biomanufacturing of fuels, industrial chemicals, pharmaceuticals, food additives and food products such as beer, wine, cheese, and yogurt. Microbial biomass production. Introduction to environmental biotechnology including waste water treatment, bioremediation and biomining. Biodeterioration and its control. Product development, regulations and safety. Graduate standing required. Students cannot obtain credit for both BAE(BBS) 425 and BAE 525.


BAE 528Biomass to Renewable Energy ProcessesUNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall Only
Prerequisite: Introductory Organic Chemistry or Biochemistry
This course will introduce fundamental principles and practical applications of biomass-to-renewable energy processes, including anaerobic digestion of organic wastes for biogas and hydrogen production, bioethanol production from starch and lignocellulosic materials, biodiesel production from plant oils, and thermoconversion of biomass and waste materials. Restricted to engineering seniors and graduate standing in COE, CALS, PAMS or CNR.


BAE (SSC) 535Precision Agriculture TechnologyUNITS: 3 - Offered Alternate Even Years, Offered in Spring Only
Prerequisite: Junior standing or Senior standing
Overview of technology available for implementation of a comprehensive precision agriculture program. Topics include computers, GPS, sensors, mechanized soil sampling, variable rate control system, yield monitors, and postharvest processing controls. Applications of precision agriculture in crop planning, tillage, planting, chemical applications, harvesting and postharvest processing. Credit may not be received for BAE/SSC 435 and BAE/SSC 535


BAE 570Soil Water MovementUNITS: 1 - Offered in Fall and Spring
Prerequisite: SSC 200 and MA 341
Introduction to the principles of soil water flow in soil horizons near the surface. Topics include soil properties, saturated and unsaturated soil water flow, infiltration, and soil water balances with and without the presence of a shallow unconfined aquifer. Offered by distance education only.


BAE 572Irrigation and DrainageUNITS: 3 - Offered Alternate Years, Offered in Spring Only
Prerequisite: BAE 471, SSC 200
Design, management and evaluation of irrigation and drainage systems; concepts and processes of system design.


BAE (SSC) 573Introduction to Surface Hydrologic/Water Quality ModelingUNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall Only
Prerequisite: Graduate standing, BAE 471, SSC 200
Concepts in basic hydrologic, erosion and chemical transport used in modeling. Evaluation of typical hydrologic/water quality models on watershed systems. Usage of state-of-the-art models in project examples.


BAE 575Design of Structural Stormwater Best Management PracticesUNITS: 3 - Offered Alternate Odd Years, Offered in Spring Only
Prerequisite: BAE 471 or CE 383
The design of structural stormwater Best Management Practices (BMPs) used in the urban and suburban environments is reviewed, including stormwater wetlands, bio-retention areas, sand filters, innovative wet ponds, green roofs, permeable pavement, and reinforced grass swales. The course is application oriented and includes a pair of field trips.


BAE 576Watershed Monitoring and AssessmentUNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall Only
Prerequisite: [BAE323 (SSC323) or BAE471 or FOR429 (NR420) or CE586, and ST311 or ST361 or ST511
Water measurement and structure sizing. Identification of water quality problems and water quality variable selection. Monitoring design, water quality sampling equipment, and sample collection and analysis. Statistical analysis and presentation of water quality data.


BAE 577Introduction to the Total Maximum Daily Load ProgramUNITS: 1 - Offered in Spring Only
Prerequisite: Senior standing or Graduate standing
This course provides an introduction to Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) pollutant assessments in North Carolina and other areas of the United States. The process and procedures in developing and settling TMDL levels are discussed. Current approaches and examples of TMDL plans are presented. The role of water quality models in the TMDL process is also explored.


BAE 578Agricultural Waste ManagementUNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall Only
Prerequisite: Biology or Engineering background;
Principles of managing, handling, treating and applying agricultural and organic industrial and municipal waste materials from an engineering perspective. Explores waste characterization, descriptions of systems and technology, land application principles, preparation of waste management plans, biochemical/biological processes, and potential impacts on the environment. Problem solving and development of waste management options and systems.


BAE 579Stream Channel Assessment and RestorationUNITS: 3
Prerequisite: BAE 471 or CE 383
Applications of fluvial geomorphology principles for assessment and restoration of natural stream channels. Topics include stream processes related to channel formation, bankfull channel dimensions, stream classification, morphological assessments, stream stability, restoration options for unstable channels, natural channel design approaches, and stream morphology monitoring. Field exercises include channel surveying using total stations, stream classification, and stability assessment. Field trips to stream restoration projects are included.


BAE 581Open Channel Hydraulics for Natural SystemsUNITS: 3 - Offered Alternate Odd Years, Offered in Fall Only
Prerequisite: CE 382 or equivalent. CE 381 recommended.
Theory and applications of hydraulics to open channels with an emphasis on natural streams and rivers. Course will introduce and develop principles of flow regimes (subcritical/critical/supercritical), and types (uniform flow, gradually varied and rapidly varied flow). Application will include hydraulics of flow measuring devices, step-backwater analysis and rating curve development, and flood studies using hydraulic models. A lab-scale flume will be used to illustrate concepts. Laptops will be used in class to learn and apply HEC-RAS (water surface profiles model). CE 382 or equivalent required. CE 381 recommended.


BAE 582Risk and Failure Assessment of Stream Restoration StructuresUNITS: 1 - Offered in Spring Only
Prerequisite: CE 382 or MAE 308 or equivalent
This course defines uncertainty and risk pertaining to stream restoration structures and identifies and quantifies sources of such. Students will review various in-stream structures and, using an example study of the rock cross vane as a guide, will investigate a structure of their choice applying the concepts of risk and uncertainty. Modules include: Introduction to structures and definitions; Types and modes of failure; Uncertainty in Stream Restoration Design; Probability of failures, cost of failures; and Failure modes and effects.


BAE 583Ecohydraulics and River Corridor FunctionUNITS: 1 - Offered in Spring Only
Prerequisite: CE 382 or MAE 308 or equivalent
This course provides an ecological perspective of lotic systems and introduces students to ecological processes that structure river corridors. This course defines hydraulic, hydrologic, chemical, sedimentary, and biotic influences on an aquatic ecosystem. The five modules define components of aquatic ecosystems and their interactions, and explore ecological implications of engineered designs and cause-effect relationships from the watershed scale down to individual organisms. This course assumes students gave a working knowledge of general biological and physical principles related to fluvial ecosystems.


BAE 590Special ProblemsUNITS: 1-3
Prerequisite: Senior standing or Graduate standing in Biological and Agricultural Engineering
Selection of a subject by each student on which to do research and write a technical report on the results. The individual may choose a subject pertaining to his or her particular interest in any area of study in biological and agricultural engineering.


BAE 601SeminarUNITS: 1 - Offered in Fall and Spring
Prerequisite: Graduate standing in BAE
Elaboration of subject areas, techniques and methods peculiar to professional interest through presentations of personal and published works; opportunity for students to present and critically defend ideas, concepts and inferences. Discussions to point up analytical solutions and analogies between problems in biological and agricultural engineering and other technologies, and to present relationship of biological and agricultural engineering to socio-economic enterprise.


BAE 610Special TopicsUNITS: 1-4 - No Course Evaluation
Prerequisite: Graduate standing
A study of topics in the special fields of interest of graduate students under the direction of the graduate faculty.


BAE 620Special ProblemsUNITS: 1-3 - No Course Evaluation
Prerequisite: Senior standing or Graduate standing in Biological and Agricultural Engineering
Selection of a subject by each student on which to do research and write a technical report on the results. The individual may choose a subject pertaining to his or her particular interest in any area of study in biological and agricultural engineering.


BAE 685Master's Supervised TeachingUNITS: 1-3 - Offered in Fall Spring Summer
Prerequisite: Master's student
Teaching experience under the mentorship of faculty who assist the student in planning for the teaching assignment, observe and provide feedback to the student during the teaching assignment, and evaluate the student upon completion of the assignment.


BAE 688Non-Thesis Masters Continuous Registration - Half Time RegistrationUNITS: 1 - Offered in Fall Spring Summer
Prerequisite: Master's student
For students in non-thesis master's programs who have completed all credit hour requirements for their degree but need to maintain half-time continuous registration to complete incomplete grades, projects, final master's exam, etc.


BAE 689Non-Thesis Master Continuous Registration - Full Time RegistrationUNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall Spring Summer
Prerequisite: Master's student
For students in non-thesis master's programs who have completed all credit hour requirements for their degree but need to maintain full-time continuous registration to complete incomplete grades, projects, final master's exam, etc. Students may register for this course a maximum of one semester.


BAE 690Master's ExaminationUNITS: 1-6 - Offered in Fall Spring Summer
Prerequisite: Master's student
For students in non-thesis master's programs who have completed all other requirements of the degree except preparing for and taking the final master's exam.


BAE 693Master's Supervised ResearchUNITS: 1-9 - Offered in Fall Spring Summer
Prerequisite: Master's student
Instruction in research and research under the mentorship of a member of the Graduate Faculty.


BAE 695Master's Thesis ResearchUNITS: 1-9 - No Course Evaluation, Offered in Fall and Spring
Prerequisite: Master's student
Thesis research.


BAE 696Summer Thesis ResearchUNITS: 1 - Offered in Summer
Prerequisite: Master's student
For graduate students whose programs of work specify no formal course work during a summer session and who will be devoting full time to thesis research.


BAE 699Master's Thesis PreparationUNITS: 1-3 - No Course Evaluation, Offered in Fall Spring Summer
Prerequisite: Master's student
For students who have completed all credit hour requirements and full-time enrollment for the master's degree and are writing and defending their thesis.


BAE (SSC) 771Theory Of Drainage--Saturated FlowUNITS: 3 - Offered Alternate Years, Offered in Fall Only
Prerequisite: MA 301
Discussion of physical concepts and properties of fluids and porous media in relation to soil-water movement. Derivation and discussion of the fundamental laws and equations governing saturated flow in porous media. Analysis of mathematical solutions of steady-state and transient flow equations to determine their applicability to drainage problems. Consideration of analogs and models of particular drainage problems.


BAE (SSC) 774Theory Of Drainage--Unsaturated FlowUNITS: 3 - Offered Alternate Years, Offered in Spring Only
Prerequisite: BAE 871
Involvement of forces and utilization of theories in unsaturated flow of porous media in relation to soil-water movement. Development and solution of steady-state and transient unsaturated flow equations for horizontal and vertical moisture movement. Application of solutions to present day laboratory and field technology. Consideration of molecular diffusion and hydrodynamic dispersion considered in light of current tracing techniques.


BAE (SSC) 780Transport and Fate Of Chemicals In Soils and Natural WatersUNITS: 3 - Offered in Fall Only
Prerequisite: SSC 511, SSC 722
Ecological and environmental significance of movement of chemicals from agricultural and forested land to water and/or the atmosphere. Movement, depostition and chemical and biological transformations of chemicals. Emphasis on saprolite and the vadose zone. Transport to ground water and/or laterally toward surface water. Design of course for advanced graduate students.


BAE (FS) 785Food RheologyUNITS: 3 - Offered Alternate Years, Offered in Fall Only
Prerequisite: FS 231 or MAE 314
Principles and methods for measuring rheological properties. Theories of elastic, viscous, viscoelastic and viscoplastic behavior and relationships to food texture and commodity damage during harvest, handling and processing. Influence of time, composition and processing.


BAE 790Special TopicsUNITS: 1-3
Special topics in BAE.


BAE 801SeminarUNITS: 1 - Offered in Fall and Spring
Prerequisite: Graduate standing in BAE
Elaboration of subject areas, techniques and methods peculiar to professional interest through presentations of personal and published works; opportunity for students to present and critically defend ideas, concepts and inferences. Discussions to point up analytical solutions and analogies between problems in biological and agricultural engineering and other technologies, and to present relationship of biological and agricultural engineering to socio-economic enterprise.


BAE 810Special TopicsUNITS: 1-4 - No Course Evaluation
A study of topics in the special fields of interest of graduate students under the direction of the graduate faculty.


BAE 820Special ProblemsUNITS: 1-3 - No Course Evaluation
Prerequisite: Senior standing or Graduate standing in Biological and Agricultural Engineering
Selection of a subject by each student on which to do research and write a technical report on the results. The individual may choose a subject pertaining to his or her particular interest in any area of study in biological and agricultural engineering.


BAE 885Doctoral Supervised TeachingUNITS: 1-3 - No Course Evaluation, Offered in Fall Spring Summer
Prerequisite: Doctoral student
Teaching experience under the mentorship of faculty who assist the student in planning for the teaching assignment, observe and provide feedback to the student during the teaching assignment, and evaluate the student upon completion of the assignment.


BAE 890Doctoral Preliminary ExaminationUNITS: 1-9 - Offered in Fall Spring Summer
Prerequisite: Doctoral student
For students who are preparing for and taking written and/or oral preliminary exams.


BAE 893Doctoral Supervised ResearchUNITS: 1-9 - Offered in Fall Spring Summer
Prerequisite: Doctoral student
Instruction in research and research under the mentorship of a member of the Graduate Faculty.


BAE 895Doctoral Dissertation ResearchUNITS: 1-9 - No Course Evaluation, Offered in Fall Spring Summer
Prerequisite: Doctoral student
Dissertation research


BAE 896Summer Dissertation ResearchUNITS: 1 - Offered in Summer
Prerequisite: Doctoral student
For graduate students whose programs of work specify no formal course work during a summer session and who will be devoting full time to thesis research.


BAE 899Doctoral Dissertation PreparationUNITS: 1-3 - No Course Evaluation, Offered in Fall Spring Summer
Prerequisite: Doctoral student
For students who have completed all credit hours, full-time enrollment, preliminary examination, and residency requirements for the doctoral degree, and are writing and defending their dissertation.