Biosystems Engineering
The biosystems engineering graduate programs are designed to prepare
graduates for leadership, creative accomplishment and continued
professional learning, and to prepare graduates to effectively conduct
independent scientific research.
Students may be accepted with backgrounds in quantitative-based
scientific fields relating to chemistry, mathematics, physics, biology
or any branch of engineering. A number of undergraduate prerequisite or
corequisite courses may be required for applicants who have
undergraduate degrees in nonengineering disciplines.
Each degree program is planned individually to augment the student's
previous engineering and science background with adequate breadth in
engineering and specialization in an area of biosystems engineering. In
addition to biosystems engineering, course work includes mathematics,
physics, chemistry, statistics, and biological and engineering sciences.
Candidates for the Master of Science (M.S.) degree are required to
complete a minimum of 24 hours of course work plus an additional six
hours of thesis research and submit an acceptable thesis.
Candidates for the Ph.D. degree are required to complete an additional
36 semesters hours of course work beyond the M.S. degree. Students must
also complete 18 hours of dissertation research and submit an
acceptable dissertation.
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