The Biological Engineering Program — Biological and Agricultural Engineering (BE degree)

The Biological and Agricultural Engineering (BE degree) is connected to two NC State colleges, The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and The College of Engineering.
This Program uses resources from both colleges. Prior to begining studies in this program all engineering students are admitted into the First Year Engineering Program. In this program all incoming engineering students take the same common first year core courses. This first year program is essential for all undergraduate students who are entering any of the College of Engineering's 14 departments. This means even if you switch from any other non-engineering program no matter how many courses you have taken already you must begin in the first year program.

The Engineering program (BE degree) has three very distinct engineering concentration areas which are Environmental, Bioprocess and Agricultural Engineering. These concentrations were developed to keep up exponentially with the increase in Agricultural scientific knowledge and technological proliferation of information.

A fourth Biomedical concentration developed in this department from work in Bio-mechanical and animal health studies. Agricultural engineers were concerned with solving comfort, safety, and human efficiency problems and improving the health and environments of animals. The studies evolved rapidly growing to encompass development of aids for the handicapped and studies in human and animal biological structures. To serve the increase in numbers of students interested in biomedical engineering the University separated the concentration from BAE and created a new department in 2000. Now separated from the department the Biomedical Engineering programs core focus is to engineer apparatuses for disabled people and develop medical armatures. The program at NCSU is still housed at BAE and many of our BAE students minor in Biomedical engineering.