Graduates
Further Your Education
with a master's or doctorate.
DegreesWe offer the following research areas for advanced degrees: machine systems and agricultural engineering, bioprocessing and food processing, and environment and natural resources.
MS of Biosystems Engineering, Thesis Option
- Total credit hours: 30
- Advisory committee: three graduate faculty members
- Submission of first draft of plan of study: before the end of the second semester (not including the summer)
- Thesis exams: thesis defense
MS of Biosystems Engineering, Non-Thesis Option
- Total hours: 32
- Advisory committee: three graduate faculty members
- Submission of first draft of plan of study: before the end of the second semester (not including the summer)
- Thesis exam: presentation of creative work
Biosystems Engineering, PhD
- Total hours: 60
- Advisory committee: three biosystems faculty members, one faculty member outside biosystems
- Submission of first draft of plan of study: before the end of the third semester (not including the summer)
- Thesis exam:
- Preliminary oral and written exam
- Candidacy exam
- Thesis defense