UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN River Falls

Degree Requirements

Engineering Technology Major

Foundation Courses:

AET 150 Intro to Ag Eng - 3
AGEC 230 Ag Econ I - 3
Choose 1 SOIL 120 OR PLSC 161 OR FDSC 110 OR ANSC 111) (CEET must take SOIL 120, FBS must take FDSC 110) - 3

Core Engineering Technology Courses:

ET 185 ET Professional Seminar I - 1
ET 285 ET Professional Seminar II - 1
ET 385 ET Professional Seminar III - 1
ET 485 ET Professional Seminar IV - 1
AGEN 240 Structural Analysis and Design - 3
AET 350 Applied Electricity - 3
AGEN 352 Introduction to Food and Process Engineering - 3
AET 355 Agricultural Water Management - 3
GENG 215 Engineering Project Management - 2
AET 361 Agricultural Machinery Management - 3
ET 251 Introduction to Measurement and Instrumentation - 3
GENG 121 Introduction to Computer Aided Drafting and Design - 3
AGEC 220 Agribusiness Computations - 3
Choose 1 Math 226 Statistics OR AGEC 320 Statistical Methods OR ANSC 341 Biometrics - 3

Required Supporting Courses (Satisfy General Education Goal #3):

MATH 149 OR 166 Precalculus OR Calculus I - 4
PHYS 121 OR 131 Algebra-Based Physics I OR Calculus-Based Physics I - 5
CHEM 111/116 General Chemistry I - 5

Choose one of the following four options:

Engineering Technology Department

131 Agricultural Science
715-425-3985
www.uwrf.edu/AGEN/

Joel Peterson-Chair, Youngmi Kim, Dean Olson, Joe Shakal, Patrick Woolcock

Civil and Environmental Engineering Technology Test Engineering Technology Food and Bioprocessing Technology Agricultural Systems Management

Civil and Environmental Engineering Technology

Directed Electives: 
GENG 368    CAD for Civil Design - 3 cr.
ET 333    Site Engineering - 3 cr.
AGEN 365    Waste Management - 3 cr.
GENG 235    Surveying - 3 cr.
GENG 375    Introduction to Geotechnical Engineering - 3 cr.
GEOG 250    Intro to Geographic Information Science - 3 cr.

Electives - Select 2:    
ESM 360    Hydrology and Water Qual - 4 cr.
AGEN 270    Internship I - 4 cr.
ESM 333    Remote Sensing of Nat. Res. - 3 cr.
SOIL 460    Soil Physics - 3 cr.
ESM 412    Fate & Transport (pre-reqs) - 3 cr.
GEOL 445    Hydrogeology (pre-reqs) - 3 cr.
SOIL 440    Soil and Water Conservation - 4 cr.
ESM 363    Geographic Information Systems Applications in Resource Management* requires ESM 360 first - 3 cr.
SOIL 325    Hydric Soils & Wetland Environments* requires PLSC 161 - 3 cr.
ESM 411    Site Planning and Development (pre-req of ESM 151) - 4 cr.
GEOL 327    Geomorphology (pre-req GEOL 101) - 4 cr.
ENVN 326    Introduction to Environmental Engineering - 3 cr.
Required Supporting Courses - Select 1:    
ESM 105    Intro to Env Studies - 3 cr.

Test Engineering Technology

Directed Electives:
ET 320    Internal Combustion Engines - 3 cr. 
GENG 265 CAD for Mechanical Design - 3 cr.
AGEN 465 Fluid Power - 3 cr.
AET 363    Precision Agriculture Tech. - 3 cr.
GENG 345 Machine Design I - 3 cr.
GENG 305 Machine Design Laboratory - 1 cr.
         
Electives - Select 3:
ET 255    Welding & Metal Manufacturing - 3 cr.
AGEN 270 Internship I - 4 cr.
GENG 201 Industrial Safety - 2 cr.
AGEN 461 Off-Road Machinery (pre-reqs) - 3 cr.
ENGL 367 Technical Writing - 3 cr.
GENG 165 Programming for Engineers - 3 cr.
ET 443 HVAC - 3 cr. 
 

Food and Bioprocessing Technology

Directed Electives for AET-FPS major
GENG 301 Engineering Properties of Food and Biological Materials - 3 cr.
ET 452 Food Bioprocess Technology - 3 cr.
AGEN 365 Ag. Waste Management - 3 cr.
AGEN 455 Unit Operations in Food Processing - 3 cr.
FDSC 113 Introduction to Food Science Laboratory - 3 cr.
FDSC 235 Agricultural Microbiology - 3 cr.
FDSC 320 Food Quality Asssurance - 3 cr.

Directed Electives for AET-FPS and FPT minor
All of the above and
FDSC 361 Food Ingredients and Analysis I - 3 cr.
Note: FDSC 361 only required for AET-FPS +FPT minor

Required Supporting Courses for AET-FPS and FPT minor
CHEM 230 Survey of Organic Chemistry - 3 cr.
AGBI 251/252 Ag Biochemistry - 4 cr.
Note: Required supporting only required for AET-FPS and FPT minor

Electives - Select 1 of FDSC sequence of 2 or two of the other options
FDSC 202 and 302 Dairy Manufacturing I, II - 6 cr.
FDSC 238 and 240 Mean & Meat Products, Meat Product Processing - 6 cr.
AGEN 270 Internship I - 2 to 4 cr.
FDSC 270 or FDSC 370 Internship - 2 to 4 cr.
FDSC 422 Product Development & Sensory Evaluation - 4 cr.
FDSC 389 Special Topics in Food Science - 1 to 3 cr.

Agricultural Systems Management

Required Supporting Courses: 
AGEC 205     Ag Business Accounting - 3 cr.
AGEC 365    Agricultural Financial Management - 3 cr.
AGEC 368    Professional Selling - 3 cr.
AGEC 460    Ag Business Firm Management - 3 cr.
GENG 201    Industrial Safety - 2 cr.


300 level Directed Electives - Select 1:    
AGEN 365    Agricultural Waste Management Systems - 3 cr.
AET 363    Precision Agriculture Technology - 3 cr.
ET 333    Site Engineering - 3 cr.
AGEC 360    Farm Management - 3 cr.
AGEC 361    Small Agribusiness Management - 3 cr.


Upper level Directed Elective - Select 1:    
ENVN 326    Intro to Environmental Engineering - 3 cr.
ET 443    Controlled Env and Structural Design - 3 cr.
ET 320    Internal Combustion Engines - 3 cr.
AGEN 465    Fluid Power - 3 cr.
AGEN 455    Unit Operations in Food Processing - 3 cr.


Free Electives - Select 1:
ET 255    Welding & Metal Manufacturing - 3 cr.
AGEN 270    Internship I - 4 cr.
ET 325    Alternate Energy Systems - 3 cr.
GENG 265    CAD for Mechanical Design - 3 cr.