This option applies a technological approach to understanding and managing agricultural production systems to meet economical and sustainable needs.
This option applies a technological approach to understanding and managing agricultural production systems to meet economical and sustainable needs. The primary focus is on off-road equipment and precision technologies. Basic study is emphasized in the agricultural sciences and business management, along with the application of the technical results of engineering research, design, and manufacturing. Graduates of this option apply their technology and management training to the diverse areas of machinery for food and fiber production, precision agriculture, and land, water, and air resources.
Selection List
Select 18 credits of specialization courses in consultation with an adviser. At least 12 credits must be at 200-400 level.
These 18 credits must be either 1) selected from courses on this approved list, or, 2) approved by petition following consultation with an advisor. The first column of the table notes suggested specialization areas.
| Specialization Area | Possible Courses | Abbreviated Title | Prerequisites |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agronomy | AGRO 423 | Forage Crop Mgmt | AGRO 028 |
| Agronomy | AGRO 425 | Field Crop Mgmt | AGRO 028 |
| Agronomy | AGRO 438 | Principles of Weed Mgmt | 6 cr. in plant sciences |
| Agribusiness Management | AGBM 302 | Food Prod Mktg | AGBM 101, AGBM 102, AGBM 106 |
| Agribusiness Management | AGBM 308W | Strategic Decision Making in Agribusiness | AGBM 101, AGBM 102, AGBM 106 |
| Agribusiness Management | AGBM 320 | Markets and Prices | SCM 200 or STAT 200 |
| Agribusiness Management | AGBM 338 (IL) | AGBM in the Global Economy | AGBM 101, AGBM 102, AGBM 106 |
| Agribusiness Management | AGBM 407 | Farm Plan and Fin Mgmt | AGBM 101, AGBM 106 |
| Agribusiness Management | AGBM 408 | Fin Decision Making for Agribusiness | AGBM 308W, B A 301 |
| Agribusiness Management | AGBM 440 | Food Product Innovation Management | AGBM 302 |
| Agribusiness Management | AGBM 460 | Managing the Food System | AGBM 320, AGBM 338 |
| Agricultural Systems Management | ASM 320 | Combustion Engines | A S M 310 |
| Agricultural Systems Management | ASM 420 | Principles of Off-Road Ma chines | Concurrent: ASM 320 |
| Agricultural Systems Management | ASM 424 | Sel Mgmt Ag Mach | Concurrent: ASM 320 |
| Animal Sciences | ANSC 300 | Intgratd Anml Biol | BIOL 011 and BIOL 012 or BIOL 110 |
| Animal Sciences | ANSC 301 | Animal Nutrition | 3 cr. in biochemistry or organic chemistry |
| Animal Sciences | ANSC 305 | Comp Anim Ntr Mgmt | ANSC 201 |
| Animal Sciences | ANSC 306 | Swine Prod & Mgmt | ANSC 201 |
| Animal Sciences | ANSC 308 | Sheep/Goat-Prd Mgt | ANSC 201 |
| Animal Sciences | ANSC 309 | Beef Prod & Mgmt | ANSC 201 |
| Animal Sciences | ANSC 310 | Dairy Mgmt | ANSC 201 |
| Animal Sciences | ANSC 311 | Poul Prod & Mgmt | ANSC 201 |
| Animal Sciences | ANSC 327 | Horse Prod & Mgmt | ANSC 201 |
| Animal Sciences | ANSC 410 | Adv Dairy Herd Mgt | ANSC 310, concurrent: ANSC 400 |
| Animal Sciences | ANSC 420 | An Ntr/Feed Tech | ANSC 301 |
| Animal Sciences | ANSC 450 | Dairy Mgmt Systems | ANSC 310, ANSC 400, ANSC 410 |
| Agricultural Sciences | AGECO 201 | Intro Agroecology | |
| Agricultural Sciences | AGECO 457 | Principles of IPM | ENT 313, HORT 238 |
| Agricultural Sciences | BRS 411 | Biobased Fiber Science | CHEM 110, BRS 300 |
| Agricultural Sciences | BRS 423 | Deter Prot Bioproducts | BRS 300, concurrent: BRS 411 |
| Agricultural Sciences | ENT 202 | Insect Connection | |
| Agricultural Sciences | ENT 313 | Intro Ent | 3 cr. of natural science |
| Agricultural Sciences | ENT 316 | Field Crops Ent | ENT 313 |
| Agricultural Sciences | ENT 402W | Biol Anim Parasit | BIOL 110 |
| Agricultural Sciences | ENT 410 | Insect Struct/Fnctn | BIOL 110, BIOL 220W, BIOL 230W, BIOL 240W |
| Agricultural Sciences | ERM 300 | Basic Princ Calc Env Analysis | 3 cr. in BIOL, CHEM 111, MATH 110 or |
| Agricultural Sciences | ERM 412 | Resource System Analysis | BIOL 220W, ERM 300, STAT 240, MATH |
| Agricultural Sciences | ERM 413W | Case Studies is Ecosys Mgmt | BIOL 220W, SOILS 101, concurrent: E R |
| Agricultural Sciences | FDSC 200 | Intro to Food Science | CHEM 110 |
| Agricultural Sciences | FDSC 207 | Animal Products | |
| Agricultural Sciences | FDSC 208 | Animal Products Tech Lab | Concurrent: FDSC 207 |
| Agricultural Sciences | FOR 203 | Field Dendrology | Concurrent: FOR 200W or W P 200W |
| Agricultural Sciences | FOR 308 | Forest Ecology | Concurrent: FOR 203 |
| Agricultural Sciences | FOR 320 | Forest Fire Mgmt | FOR 308 |
| Agricultural Sciences | FOR 410 | Forest Ecosys Mgmt | 3 cr. in both biology and ecology |
| Agricultural Sciences | FOR 418 (US;IL) | Agroforestry | |
| Agricultural Sciences | FOR 421 | Silviculture | FOR 308, FOR 366 |
| Agricultural Sciences | FOR 455 | Rem Sens & Spa Dat | MATH 110, 3 cr. in computer science, 6 |
| Agricultural Sciences | FOR 475 | Forest Soils Mgmt | FOR 308, 3 cr. in soils |
| Agricultural Sciences | HORT 202 | Plant Propagation | BIOL 027 or BIOL 100 or HORT 101 |
| Agricultural Sciences | HORT 238 | Turf Orn Weed Ctrl | CHEM 110 |
| Agricultural Sciences | HORT 315 | Envir Effect Hort | HORT 101, HORT 202 |
| Agricultural Sciences | HORT 412W | Post-Har Physiol | 6 cr. in horticulture or other plant |
| Agricultural Sciences | HORT 433 | Veg Crops | HORT 101, HORT 315 |
| Agricultural Sciences | SOILS 401 | Soil Comp/Phy Prop | SOILS 101 |
| Agricultural Sciences | SOILS 402 | Chem Soils Fertlzr | CHEM 112, SOILS 101 |
| Agricultural Sciences | SOILS 412W | Soil Ecol | BIOL 011, BIOL 127, or BIOL 110 |
| Agricultural Sciences | SOILS 418 | Nutr Mgmt & Ag Sys | |
| Agricultural Sciences | SOILS 450 | Environmental GIS | SOILS 101 |
| Agricultural Sciences | TURF 235 | Turfgrass | |
| Agricultural Sciences | TURF 238 | Turf Orn Weed Ctrl | CHEM 110 |
| Agricultural Sciences | TURF 434 | Turf Edaphology | SOILS 101, TURF 235 |
| Agricultural Sciences | TURF 435 | Turf Nutr | SOILS 101, TURF 235 |
| Agricultural Sciences | WFS 209 | Wildl Fish Conserv | BIOL 110 or BIOL 240W |
| Agricultural Sciences | WFS 446 | WildL Fish Pop Dyn | W F S 209 |
| Biology | BIOL 220W | Biology Pop Comm | BIOL 110 |
| Biology | BIOL 240W | Biol Func Dev Org | BIOL 110, CHEM 110 |
| Biology | BIOL 436 | Pop Ecol Glob Clim | BIOL 220W |
| Business | ACCTG 311 | Acctg Sys & Cntrl | ACCTG 211 |
| Business | ACCTG 404 | Managerial Accctg | ACCTG 211, SCM 200 or STAT 200, ECON 102 |
| Business | ACCTG 471 | Int. Fin Acctg I | ACCTG 211 or ACCTG 311 |
| Business | AEE 360 | Leadership Development for Small Groups | |
| Business | BA 250 | Small Business Mgmt. | 3 cr. in economics |
| Business | BLAW 445 | Intell Prop & Comp | B LAW 441 |
| Business | ECON 302 (GS) | Inmd Microec Anly | ECON 102 |
| Business | ECON 304 (GS) | Inmd Macroec Anly | ECON 104 |
| Business | ECON 342 (GS) | Industrial Orgn | ECON 102 |
| Business | ERM 402 | Found. of Sustain. Business | AGBM 101 or ECON 102 or ECON 104 |
| Business | ENGR 310** | Entrepreneurial Leadership | |
| Business | ENGR 407 | Tech-based Entrepreneurship | ECON 102 or ECON 104 |
| Business | ECON 315, or | Labor Economics | ECON 102 |
| Business | LER 100 (GS) | Employment Relations | |
| Business | IB 303, or | Int’l. Business Operations | 5th semester standing |
| Business | ECON 333 | International Economics | ECON 102, ECON 104 or ECON 014 |
| Business | FIN 100 | Introduction to Finance | 3rd semester standing |
| Business | IE 302 | Engineering Economy | MATH 141 |
| Business | LER 201 (GS) | Employment Law | |
| Business | LER 444 | Occupational Health | LER 100 |
| Business | LER 464 | Com Skls Ldrs I Go | |
| Business | LER 465 | Coll Dec Making | |
| Business | MGMT 100 | Survey of Mgmt | |
| Business | MGMT 215 | Entrepreneurial Mindset | |
| Business | MGMT 326 | Org Beh & Design | B A 304 or MGMT 301 |
| Business | MGMT 471W | Strategic Management | MGMT 301, MKTG 301, FIN 301, SCM 301 |
| Business | MKTG 221 | Contemp Am Mktg | 3 cr. in economics |
| Business | MKTG 302 | E-Commerce Mktging | B A 303 or MKTG 301 |
| Business | PSYCH 100 (GS) | Introductory Psychology | |
| Business | PSYCH 281 (GS) | Indust-Org Psych | PSYCH 100 |
| Business | SCM 301 | Supply Chain Management | ACCTG 211, ECON 102, SCM 200 or STAT 200 |
| Business | SUST 200 | Foundations of Leadership in Sustainability | |
| Engr. Tech. Fund. | EMCH 211 | Statics | Concurrent: MATH 141 |
| Engr. Tech. Fund. | EMCH 212 | Dynamics | EMCH 211, MATH 141 |
| Engr. Tech. Fund. | EMCH 213 | Strength of Materials | EMCH 211 |
| Engr. Tech. Fund. | PHYS 212 | Physics: Elec and Mag | PHYS 211, concurrent: MATH 141 |
| Math | MATH 111 (2) or | Calculus II w/Analytic Geometry, or Techniques of Calculus II | MATH 110 |
| Math | MATH 141 (4) | MATH 140 | |
| Math | MATH 200 or higher | ||
| Math | STAT 300 or higher |
