UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN River Falls

Majors & Minors

Ag Engineering Machinery Systems Option

Bachelor of Science Degree. Agricultural Engineering. Machinery Systems Option. Academic Advising Plan.

Visit the Agricultural Engineering Technology Department in the College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences to learn more about the program.

  Fall Semester Spring Semester
Freshman Year

GENG 135 Intro to Engineering - 2
PHYS 131 Calculus-based Physics - 5
MATH 166 Calculus I - 4
CHEM 111/116 - Gen Chem
P ED 108
Total semester credits

GENG 121 Engineering Drawing - 3
PHYS 132 Calculus-based Physics II
MATH 167 Calculus II - 4
CAFES
ENGL 100 Reading Writing - 3
Total semester credits
Sophomore Year

GENG 165 Programming for Eng - 3
PHYS 250 Statics - 3
MATH 268 Calculus III
HF
ENGL 200 Investigating Ideas - 3
Total semester credits

GENG 301 Eng Properties of Food - 3
PHYS 252 Dynamics - 3
MATH 331 - Differential Equations - 3
AET 251 Intro to Instrumentation - 3
COMS 101 Fund of Comm - 3
Total semester credits

Junior
Year

GENG 316 Eng Thermodynamics - 3
AET 361 Ag Machinery Mgmt
AGEN 240 Structural Analysis Design
 or ENVN 330 Applied Eng Hydro - 4
 or AGEN 352 Food Process Eng - 3
HF 
Total semester credits

GENG 336 Eng Fluid Mechanics - 3
GENG 215 Eng Project Mgmt - 3
GENG 265 CAD for Mech Design - 3
GENG 345 Machine Design I - 3
GENG 305 Machine Design Lab - 1
SB
Total semester credits

Senior
Year

GENG 484 Senior Capstone
AGEN 461 Off Road Vehicle Eng - 3
AGEN 465 Fluid Power Systems - 3
GENG 346 Machine Design II - 3
EC
SB
Total semester credits

GENG 485 Senior Capstone - 2
AGEN 322 Internal Combustion Engine Analysis - 3
 or AGEN 451 Instrumentation Systems - 3
GENG 491 FE Exam Prep
ACD
Total semester credits
Summary of Degree Requirements

General Education - 41-43 cr.
Core - 29 cr.
Option Requirements - 28-31 cr.
Required Supporting Courses - 4-14 cr.
Credits to Degree - 120 cr.

This academic plan is an example of how students might choose to fulfill program requirements within a period of four years. After consulting with their advisers students may make other course choices which would meet the program requirements and be more suitable for them.