History of BE

Names & degree programs of the Biosystems Engineering Department 

Department names

• Department of Rural Engineering (1913/1914-1923)
• Department of Agricultural Engineering (1923-1972, 1985-1990)
• Department of Soils, Water, and Engineering (1972-1985)
• Department of Agricultural & Biosystems Engineering (1990-2018)
• Department of Biosystems Engineering (2018-Present)

 
Degree programs in COE

BS degree names

• Agricultural Engineering (1959-1990)*
• Agricultural & Biosystems Engineering (1990-2002)
• Biosystems Engineering (2002-present)

MS degree names

• Agricultural Engineering (1960-1990)
• Agricultural & Biosystems Engineering (1990-2018)
• Biosystems Engineering (2018-Present)

PhD degree names

• Irrigation Engineering (1986-1990)
• Agricultural & Biosystems Engineering (1990-2018)
• Biosystems Engineering (2018-Present)

 Degree programs in CALS

• Rural Engineering, BS (1913/1914-1923)
• Agricultural Engineering, BS (1923-1959)*
• Irrigation, BS (1985-1990) (non-engineering)
• Agricultural and Biosystems Technology, BS (1990-1995) (non-engineering)
• Agricultural Systems Management, BS (1995-2009) (non-engineering)

 
*Not officially in COE until the accreditation took place in 1959