Biological and Agricultural Engineering (PhD): Systems Analysis Concentration

Degree Requirement

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
Required Courses		5
BAE 791	Doctoral Research Methods I
BAE 792	Doctoral Research Methods II
BAE 885	Doctoral Supervised Teaching
Mathematics / Statistics / Biomathematics Courses		6
"Mathematics / Statistics / Biomathematics Courses" are determined in conjunction with the academic committee
Minor Courses		9
Students must select a minor, by which courses are determined in conjunction with the academic committee
Elective Courses ¹		52
"Elective Courses" are determined in conjunction with the academic committee to meet the 72 total credit hours
Total Hours		72

¹: Students with a previous Master's Degree are only required to complete 54 total hours

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
A minimum of 6 hours of elective courses must be taken from the following courses:		6
BAE 501	Sensors and Controls	3
BAE 527/427
BAE 535	Precision Agriculture Technology	3
BAE 541	Foundation Tools to Agriculture, Food and Life Sciences Data	3
BAE 542/542	Advanced Analytics to Agriculture, Food and Life Sciences Data	3
BAE 555	R Coding for Data Management and Analysis	3
BAE 565	Environmental and Agricultural Analytics and Modeling	3
GIS 512	Introduction to Environmental Remote Sensing	3
MEA 582	Geospatial Modeling	3

Geng (Frank) Bai, Assistant Professor
Area of Research: Precision and Digital Agriculture
Francois Philippe Birgand
Michael D. Boyette
Michael R. Burchell II
Celso Francisco Castro Bolinaga
Jay Jiayang Cheng
John J. Classen
Barbara A. Doll
Grant H. Ellington
Garey Alton Fox
Khara Deanne Grieger
Lucie S. G. Guertault
Scott A. Hale
Steven George Hall
William F. Hunt III
Daniela Jones
Praveen Kolar
Suzanne McKay Leonard
Chad Ashley Poole
Gary T. Roberson
Natalie G. Nelson Sagues
Ryan Sartor, Assistant Professor
Area of Research: Bioprocess Engineering
Chadi Sayde
Sanjay Bikram Shah
Mahmoud A. N. A. N. Sharara
Lingjuan Wang Li
Jason Kellam Ward
Lirong Xiang
Sierra Young
Mohamed A. Youssef
Wenqiao Yuan
George Maynard Chescheir III
Robert O. Evans Jr.
Garry L. Grabow
Rodney L. Huffman
Gregory Donald Jennings
Richard W. Skaggs
Jean Spooner
Larry F. Stikeleather
Daniel H. Willits