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Biosystems Engineering: Machine Systems & Agricultural Engineering, BSBE

Overview

The Biosystems Engineering: Machine Systems & Agricultural Engineering, BSBE program is designed to provide students with a comprehensive education in the principles and practices of biosystems engineering, with a focus on machine systems and agricultural engineering.

Requirements for Students Matriculating in or before Academic Year

• Minimum Overall Grade Point Average: 2.00
• Total Hours: 124

Course List

General Education Requirements

• English Composition: 3 hours
  • ENGL 1113: Composition I
  • or ENGL 1313: Critical Analysis and Writing I
• American History & Government: 3 hours
  • Select one of the following:
    • HIST 1103: Survey of American History
    • HIST 1483: American History to 1865 (H)
    • HIST 1493: American History Since 1865 (DH)
    • POLS 1113: American Government
• Quantitative Thought & Logical Reasoning (Q): 4 hours
  • MATH 2144: Calculus I (Q)
• Understanding Humanities-Human Heritage & Cultures (H): 3 hours
  • Courses designated (H)
• Reasoning in the Natural Sciences (N): 4 hours
  • Must include one Laboratory-Based Inquiry (L) course
  • CHEM 1414: General Chemistry for Engineers (LN)
• Exploring Society & Human Behavior (S): 3 hours
  • Any course designated (S)
• Diversity (D):
  • Courses designated (D)
• Global Cultural Competency (G): 3 hours
  • Courses designated (G)

College/Departmental Requirements

• UNIV 1111: First Year Seminar (or other approved first year seminar course): 1 hour
• Mathematics: 6 hours
  • MATH 2163: Calculus III
  • MATH 2233: Differential Equations
• Engineering & Engineering Science: 17 hours
  • ENGR 1332: Engineering Design with CAD for MAE
  • ENSC 2113: Statics
  • ENSC 2143: Strength of Materials
  • ENSC 2213: Thermodynamics
  • ENSC 2613: Introduction to Electrical Science
  • ENSC 3233: Fluid Mechanics
• Biosystems Engineering: 10 hours
  • BAE 1011: Introduction to Biosystems Engineering
  • BAE 1022: Experimental Methods in Biosystems Engineering
  • BAE 2013: Computational Methods in Biosystems Engineering
  • BAE 3033: Advanced Biology and Material Science of Biomaterials

Major Requirements

• Common Professional School: 13 hours
  • STAT 4033: Engineering Statistics
  • IEM 3503: Engineering Economic Analysis
  • BAE 3013: Heat and Mass Transfer in Biological Systems
  • BAE 3023: Instruments and Controls
  • BAE 3213: Energy and Power in Biosystems Engineering
• Specific Professional School: 17 hours
  • BAE 3223: Principles of Agriculture and Off-Road Machinery
  • BAE 4224: Machinery for Production and Processing
  • ENSC 2123: Elementary Dynamics
  • ENSC 3313: Materials Science
  • SOIL 2124: Fundamentals of Soil Science (N)

Electives

• Select 4 hours of engineering and/or science electives to be selected from an approved list upon consultation with an advisor

Other Requirements

• A minimum 2.0 Technical GPA.
• A grade of "C" or better is required in the following courses: BAE 2013, BAE 3013, BAE 3023, BAE 3033, BAE 3213, ENSC 2113, ENSC 2143, ENSC 2213, ENSC 2613, ENSC 3233.
• Students are required to complete the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam prior to graduation.
• A minimum of 40 semester credit hours and 100 grade points must be earned in courses numbered 3000 or above.
• A 2.00 GPA or higher in upper-division hours.

Additional State/OSU Requirements

• At least: 60 hours at a four-year institution; 30 hours completed at OSU; 15 of the final 30 or 50% of the upper-division hours in the major field completed at OSU.
• Limit of: one-half of major course requirements as transfer work; one-fourth of hours earned by correspondence; 8 transfer correspondence hours.
• Students will be held responsible for degree requirements in effect at the time of matriculation and any changes that are made, so long as these changes do not result in semester credit hours being added or do not delay graduation.
• Degrees that follow this plan must be completed by the end of Summer 2031.