<p>Hi. I am wondering about the prospects and any details about the major Bioresource and Agricultural Engineering Major. Is it a good choice of major? Good job prospects and salary? I like the major, and have some sense of what it is, but i am not too sure.
Thank You. </p>
<p>Our Agricultural Engineering Department here at Iowa State was the first in the world to grant an Agricultural Engineering Degree and it is one of the best.</p>
<p>Check this link and watch the movie, it should give you a better idea of what the major is about:</p>
<p><a href=“Why Choose ABE? - Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering”>http://www.abe.iastate.edu/prospective-students/why-choose-abe/</a></p>
<p>Wow! that’s amazing! Thank You. I know that Iowa State had the first in the world to have the major! Are the courses that AE major takes difficult? </p>
<p>Well, from what I hear here. It is one of the “easiest” Engineering majors we offer here, probably similar in difficulty to Civil or Industrial but it is still Engineering. You will have to take Calc I, II, Diff Eq, Physics I and II, Statics, Mechanics of Materials and Mechanics of Fluids, Thermodynamics, etc</p>
<p>This would be my first choice if I ever changed my major.</p>
<p>Thank You! I just want to know more about AE before i plan to study it in college. I heard that AE major is very broad so i can work as an Environmental Engineer or Civil Engineer as well because the courses are similar. Is that True? Also, what do AE major typically do at work? I looked at the websites and such, but I just want to make it clear. </p>
<p>Yes, it is a very broad area. You can work with power and machinery as we as water and soil conservation. I don’t have all the answers to your questions but I would contact a few departments around the country and see what they say. Our program is ranked # 6 in the nation. I know Texas A&M, Illinois and Purdue have good departments. I would contact them directly. Good luck!</p>
<p>Thank you so much bschoolwiz! Great help! </p>
<p>An old neighbor was a Purdue Food Process Engineer (AgEng degree). One of his projects was to design a container for a microwaveable ice cream cup where the ice cream does not melt but the fudge does. I got to eat a few prototypes. Hearing him describe the process was quite entertaining, nothing like the more abstract stuff like VLSI or gears or concrete or what not. Real stuff. Another guy I know out of AgEng was designing production processes for a potato chip factory…It’s engineering alright, with the extra twist of making stuff people actually get to eat. </p>
<p>That sounds really awesome!! I am actually falling in love with the major! yay! Thank you so much for your information turbo93! I appreciate it!</p>