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Undergraduate Courses

Agricultural Engineering (AGEN)

340. Fluid Mechanics and Hydrology. (3-0). Credit 3.
Fundamentals of fluid properties, basic conservation principles of momentum, energy and continuity; flow through closed conduits and open channel hydraulics; basics of the hydrologic cycle on a variety of spatial and temporal scales; rainfall-runoff relationships, stream flow, evapotranspiration, infiltration. Prerequisites: ENGR 212; junior classification.

350. Hydrologic Principles in Agriculture. (3-0). Credit 3. I
The hydrologic cycle; precipitation, infiltration, percolation and groundwater, runoff and streamflow, surface water, evaporation and transpiration; mechanics of erosion; energy balance, radiation, temperature, wind and humidity; measurement and analysis of hydrologic data for engineering design. Prerequisites: AGRO 301; ENGR 214 or registration therein.

464. Irrigation and Drainage Engineering. (2-2). Credit 3. I
Engineering principles and design of both surface and pressurized irrigation systems; introduction to the design of surface and subsurface drainage systems including crop water requirements, soil moisture, irrigation scheduling, surface irrigation, sprinkler irrigation, trickle irrigation, pumps, pipelines, irrigation canals, irrigation wells, and surface and subsurface drainage. Prerequisites: AGEN 340.

468. Soil and Water Conservation Engineering. (2-2). Credit 3. II
Engineering principles of soil and water conservation; open channel flow principles, hydraulic grade stabilization, erosion control, storm water management, design of structures for floodwater routing, culvert design, design of waterways and agricultural reservoirs, stream bank protection, water quality assessment, groundwater flow, surface water modeling. Prerequisites: AGEN 340; ENGR 214.

469. Water Quality Engineering. (3-0). Credit 3. II
Nonpoint source pollution processes including transport mechanisms and contaminant fate; design of best management practices for abating nonpoint source pollution. Prerequisites: AGEN 340 or equivalent; ENGR 214.

Biological Systems Engineering (BSEN)

458. Environmental Control for Biological Systems. (3-0). Credit 3.
Analysis of physical and biological factors affecting living organisms in controlled environment systems; air quality, gas exchange, water use, radiant energy, energetics of living systems; design of environmental control systems for greenhouses, livestock housing and closed environment life support systems. Prerequisites: AGEN 365 or BSEN 365; BSEN 366.

465. Design of Biological Waste Treatment Systems. (3-0). Credit 3. I
Management and treatment of high organic content wastes, with emphasis on agricultural and food processing wastes; engineering design of biological waste treatment processes; regulatory aspects affecting management of agricultural wastes. Prerequisites: AGEN 365 or BSEN 365; junior or senior classification.

Agricultural Systems Management (AGSM)

335. Water and Soil Management. (2-3). Credit 3. I
Elementary principles of surface and ground water supply, flood control, water distribution systems and irrigation systems; principles of drainage, soil conservation and erosion control; elementary surveying, chaining, leveling and mapping applied to agricultural and natural resource needs; illustrated by practical examples of terracing and farm pond design. Prerequisite: AGRO 301 or equivalent.

337. Technology for Environmental and Natural Resource Engineering. (3-0). Credit 3. I
For the non-engineering student in the environmental and management sciences; concentrates on the application of technology for solving local environmental problems while considering global issues; reduction of water, air and hazardous waste pollutants; legislative issues and modeling. Prerequisites: AGRO 301 or approval of instructor; MATH 142.

435. Irrigation Principles and Management. (2-3). Credit 3. II
Principles of irrigation and management for efficient use of water; soil-water-plant relationships; methods of application; power and labor requirements; automated systems and components. Prerequisites: AGSM 335; AGRO 301; MATH 141.

461. Geographic Information Systems for Resource Management. (2-2). Credit 3.
Geographic Information System (GIS) approach to the integration of spatial and attribute data to study the capture, analysis, manipulation and portrayal of natural resource data; examination of data types/formats; integration of GIS with remote sensing and Global Positioning System; lab use of GIS applications to conduct analyses of topics in natural resources. Prerequisite: Junior or senior classification or approval of instructor. Cross-listed with FRSC 461.

Graduate Courses

Biological and Agricultural Engineering (BAEN)

651. Geographic Information System. (2-3). Credit 3.
Design, planning and implementation of geographic information systems; computer hardware and software evaluation; practical experience in data entry analysis and update of spatial and characteristic data; linkages of GIS and artificial intelligence; use of maps and remotely sensed data as data inputs. Prerequisites: RENR 444 and GEOG 398 or approval of instructor.

652. Advanced Topics in Geographic Information Systems. (2-1). Credit 3.
Advanced GIS topics with a focus on modeling actual GIS applications including relational and database theory, design and implementation and its connection to GIS; surface analysis with digital terrain models; and an introduction to spatial statistics. Prerequisite: BAEN 651.

662. Statistical Methods in Biological and Agricultural Engineering. (3-0). Credit 3.
Statistical methods applied to problems in biological and agricultural engineering; parameter estimation; probability distribution fitting; time-series analysis; random variable generation; uncertainty analysis. Prerequisite: Graduate classification.

669. Water Quality Engineering. (3-0). Credit 3.
Nonpoint source pollution processes including transport mechanisms and contaminant fate; design of best management practices for abating nonpoint source pollution. Prerequisites: AGEN 350 or equivalent; AGRO 301; ENGR 214; graduate classification.

672. Small Watershed Hydrology. (3-0). Credit 3.
Hydrology of small agricultural watersheds; precipitation frequency analysis; infiltration; runoff; erosion theory; sediment transport theory; evapotranspiration, and use of hydrological models. Prerequisites: AGEN 350, AGRO 301 and MATH 308 or their equivalent; graduate classification.

673. Modeling Small Watersheds. (3-0). Credit 3.
Transport of water and chemicals in small agricultural watersheds; simulation using hydrologic models coupled with geographical information systems (GIS); impact of land use on the quality of surface water and groundwater evaluated. Prerequisites: Basic hydrology course and graduate classification.