Program Learning Objectives
- Demonstrate expertise in their respective discipline.
- Develop, test or select the appropriate technology in their respective discipline.
- Demonstrate effective communication skills.
- Formulate decisions utilizing professional ethics.
- Value the diversity of people and ideas.
- Investigate problems using critical thinking and derive appropriate solutions.
| Required Courses | ||
| AG 581 | Graduate Seminar | 2 |
| BRAE 599 | Thesis in BioResource and Agricultural Engineering | 9 |
| ESCI 501 | Research Planning | 4 |
| STAT 511 | Statistical Methods | 4 |
| STAT 513 | Applied Experimental Design and Regression Models | 4 |
| Approved Elective Options 1 | 22 | |
| Students may be required to take undergraduate level prerequisites for selected electives. The final elective approval is at the discretion of the students' graduate committee | ||
General | ||
| Agricultural Systems Management I | ||
| Agricultural Systems Management II | ||
Agricultural and Food Processing Waste Management | ||
| Drainage | ||
| Agricultural Irrigation Systems | ||
| Water Wells and Pumps | ||
| Environmental Law | ||
| Water Resource Law and Policy | ||
| Environmental Impact Analysis and Management | ||
| Watershed Assessment and Protection | ||
| Senior Project - Ecosystem Management | ||
Renewable Energy | ||
| Bioconversion | ||
| Sustainable Electric Energy Conversion | ||
| Polymer Electronics Laboratory | ||
| Advanced Solar-Photovoltaic Systems Design | ||
| Sustainable Environmental Engineering | ||
California Production Agriculture and Food Systems | ||
| Agricultural Buildings | ||
| Quality Engineering | ||
| Packaging Machinery and Processes | ||
| Postharvest Technology of Horticultural Crops | ||
Precision Agriculture | ||
| Advanced Surveying with GIS Applications | ||
| Advanced Agricultural Mechanics | ||
| Applied GIS | ||
| Advanced Weed Management | ||
| Crop Physiology | ||
| Cropping Systems | ||
| Digital Soil Mapping | ||
Automation and Mechanization | ||
| Computer Controls for Agriculture | ||
| Automation of Industrial Systems | ||
| Any 400 and 500 level courses approved by the student’s graduate committee 1 | ||
| Total units | 45 | |
| 1 | At least 60% of all units required by the committee as reflected on the formal study plan must be at the 500 level. |
San Luis Obispo, California 93407