Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering
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BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING CURRICULUM
Lower Division Required Courses: Units
Mathematics 21A-21B-21C-21D: 16
Mathematics 22A-(22AL*)-22B: 6 or 7
Physics 9A-9B-9C: 15
Chemistry 2A-2B: 10
Chemistry 8A or 118A: 2 or 4
Biological Sciences 1A: 5
Biological Systems Engineering 1: 5
Engineering 6 or Computer Science Engineering 30*: 4
Engineering 17: 4
Engineering 35: 3
Biological Systems Engineering 75: 4
University Writing Program 1 or 3, or Comparative Literature 1, 2, 3, or 4, or
Native American Studies 5: 4
Communication 1 or 3: 4
General Education electives: 12
Minimum Lower Division Units: 94
* Mathematics 22AL is required concurrently with Mathematics 22A if you opt
to take Computer Science Engineering 30 rather than Engineering 6.
Upper Division Required Courses: Units
Chemistry 8B or 118B (recommended for Aquacultural, Biotechnical, Food,
and Biomechanics/ Premedicine/ Preveterinary Medicine Engineering
specializations) or Civil and Environmental Engineering 10* (recommended
for Agricultural, Ecological, and Forest Engineering specializations): 4 or 3
Biological Sciences 1B and 1C or Food Science and Technology 100A, 104,
131, and Biological Sciences 102 (recommended for Food Engineering
specialization): 10 or 14
Engineering 100, 102, 105, 106: 14
Engineering 104 (recommended for Agricultural,
Biomechanics/Premedicine/Preveterinary Medicine, Ecological and Forest
Engineering specializations) or Chemical Engineering 161A (recommended
for Aquacultural and Biotechnical Engineering
specializations): 4 or 3
Biological Systems Engineering 103, 125, 130, 165, 170A, 170B, 170BL,
170C, 170CL: 25
Biological Systems Engineering electives
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Select one course from all upper
division Biological Systems Engineering courses not otherwise required,
with the exception of Biological Systems Engineering
courses 189-199: 4 or 3
Statistics 100: 4
Engineering electives - Select a minimum of 3 units. All upper division
courses offered by the College of Engineering may be taken as engineering
electives with the exception of the following: Computer Science Engineering
188, Engineering 160, all courses numbered 190-197 and 199 (except
Engineering 190, which may be taken for 2 units of engineering elective
credit). The following courses may also be taken as engineering electives:
Applied Biological Systems Technology 163, 175, 180, 181; Environmental
and Resource Sciences 100, 100L: 3
Biological science electives—Select a minimum of 5 or 9 units (for a combined
lower and upper division total of 24 units of biological sciences). Of the 24
units, at least nine must be upper division. All upper division courses in the
College of Biological Sciences (with the exception of Exercise Biology 102,
112, 115, 118 through 149L and all courses numbered 190-199) may be used
as biological science electives. The following courses may also be taken as
biological science electives: Applied Biological Systems Technology 161;
Animal Science 118, 143, 144, 146; Agricultural Management and
Rangeland Resources 110A; Atmospheric Science 133; Avian Sciences 100;
Cell Biology and Human Anatomy 101, 101L; Entomology 100;
Environmental Horticulture 102; ESPM 120, 182, 185 (offered at UC
Berkeley); Environmental Science and Policy 100, 110, 155;
Environmental Toxicology 101, 112A, 131; Food Science and Technology
102A, 104L, 119, 120, 121, 128. 159; Infectious Diseases 141; Soil Science
100; Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology 121. Students may choose
other upper division courses with substantial biological content offered by
the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences; consultation with a
faculty adviser and approval by petition is required: 5 or 9
General Education electives: 12
Minimum Upper Division Units: 86
Minimum Units Required for Major: 180
*Only 3 units of credit for Civil and Environmental Engineering 10 for students
who completed Biological Systems Engineering 1