Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Online Masters Non-Thesis Program

The University of Florida Agricultural and Biological Engineering Online Non-Thesis Graduate Program seeks to break digital barriers in an effort to connect everyone with the opportunity to join the Gator Nation, regardless of their location. Through our fully online program, students will advance their knowledge and skillset all while earning a degree that will help them reach their professional goals.

The Agricultural and Biological Engineering Department in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) and the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering (HWCOE) offer a self-supporting non-thesis MS degree for distance learners. Students looking to obtain a non-thesis MS will gain additional knowledge and skills in the discipline of their choosing. Specific strengths for the CALS nonthesis MS are in food production systems, operations management, and SmartAg technologies. Strengths for the HWCOE non-thesis MS are in biological modeling, design and instrumentation, SmartAg engineering, and bioprocessing.

This program is 100% online and students will recieve the same degree as those in the in-resident program. The Agricultural and Biological Engineering department ranks #5 as the best graduate programs in the nation, and this program is determined to provide credentials and education to everyone all over the world, giving the opportunity for students to "Be a Gator Anywhere."

Contact

Dr. Greg Kiker
Graduate Coordinator
291 Frazier Rogers Hall
352-294-6749
gkiker@ufl.edu

Daphne Flournoy
Academic Adviser
111 Frazier Rogers Hall
352-294-6709
dflournoy@ufl.edu

Degrees Offered

COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURAL AND LIFE SCIENCES (CALS) NON - THESIS MS DEGREE

Specifically the strengths for the CALS non - thesis MS degree are in food production systems, operations management, and SmartAg technologies. Each plan of study in CALS must include a minimum of 9 credit hours of quantitative courses including mathematics at the 5000 level or above; engineering, modeling, simulation, and optimization methods; and statistics and/or probability. These quantitative courses must include 3 credits selected from the approved list of math or data analytics courses in Appendix C. A student’s plan of study in CALS must also include a minimum of 15 hours of ABE, AOM or PKG departmental coursework.

Please note that admission into the Master’s of Science program in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences requires a B.S. degree in Agricultural Operations Management or an equivalent undergraduate program. Students who do not have an undergraduate Agricultural Operations Management degree or equivalent and desire a Master’s of Science degree in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences must complete equivalent requirements.

HERBERT WERTHEIM COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING (HWCOE) NON - THESIS MS DEGREE

Strengths for the HWCOE non-thesis MS degree are in biological modeling, design and instrumentation, SmartAg engineering, and bioprocessing. Each plan of study in Engineering must include a minimum of 15 hours of ABE, AOM or PKG departmental coursework. The plan also must include a minimum of 3 credits of mathematics at the 5000 level or higher.

Please note that admission into the MS of HWCOE program generally requires a B.S. degree in Agricultural and Biological Engineering, or related engineering specialty, from an undergraduate program accredited by ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology). If a student desires a master’s degree with a major in Agricultural and Biological Engineering but does not have an undergraduate degree that has an ABET-equivalency, then articulation course work should be completed prior to or as early as possible in the student's graduate program.

Cost

MS PROGRAM TUITION AND FEES PER CREDIT HOUR BY RESIDENCY AND MODALITY

	Residential (Florida Resident)	Residential (Out-of-State Resident)	Online (Florida Resident)*	Online (Out-of-State Resident)*
Tuition - Graduate Rate	$448.73	$448.73	$448.73	$530.00
Capital Improvement Fund	$6.76	$6.76	$6.76	$6.76
Student Financial Aid	$22.43	$22.43	$22.43	$22.43
Technology Fee	$6.56	$6.56	$6.56	$6.56
Activity and Service Fee	$19.06	$19.06	-	-
Athletic Fee	$1.90	$1.90	-	-
Health Fee	$15.81	$15.81	-	-
Transportation Access	$9.44	$9.44	-	-

Non-Resident Fee	*	$690.21	-	-
Non-Resident Student Financial Aid	*	$34.51	-	-

Total Tuition and Fees Per Credit Hour	$530.69	$1,255.41	$484.48	$565.75

*Includes all ABE Online Non-Thesis MS Programs.

Note that these programs are "self-supporting". Per Florida Board of Governor Regulations 8.002, the term "self-supporting" describes a budgetary model and does not impact student financial aid eligibility.

8.002 Self-Supporting and Market Tuition Rate Program and Course Offerings

List of Courses

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Course Number	Course Title	Semester	Year	Last Taught
ABE4655C/ABE6654	Bio-based Products	Fall	All	Fall 2023
ABE5643C	Biological Systems Modeling	Fall	All	Fall 2023
ABE6254	Simulation of Agricultural Watershed Systems	???	???	???
ABE6644	Agricultural Decision Systems	Spring	Odd	Spring 2023
ABE6645C	Computer Simulation of Crop Growth and Management Responses	Summer C	All	Summer C 2023
ABE6649C	Advanced Biosystems Modeling	Spring	All	Spring 2023
ABE6933	Agent Based Modeling for Biological Systems	Summer B	All	Summer B 2023
ABE6933	Decision Analysis for Complex	Summer B	All	Summer B 2023
ABE6933	Landscape-Scale Modeling Biosystem	Summer B Summer C	All	Summer B 2023 Summer C 2023
ABE6986	Applied Math in Ag & Life Sciences	Spring	All

AOM4521/AOM6932	Introduction to Biofuels	Summer C	All	Summer C 2023
AOM6061	Adv. Agri-food Systems Innovation	Spring	All	Spring 2023
AOM6735	Irrigation Principles and Management	Fall	All	Fall 2023
AOM6736	Principles and Issues in Environmental Hydrology	Fall	All	Fall 2023
AOM6932	Adv. Controlled Environment Plant Production	Fall	All	Fall 2023
AOM6932	Advanced Introduction to Biofuels	Summer A	All	Summer A 2023

*Each plan of study in Engineering must include a minimum of 15 hours of ABE, AOM or PKG departmental coursework. The plan also must include a minimum of 3 credits of mathematics at the 5000 level or higher.

**CALS MS includes a minimum of 9 credit hours of quantitative courses including mathematics at the 5000 level or above; engineering, modeling, simulation, and optimization methods; and statistics and/or probability. These quantitative courses must include 3 credits selected from the approved list of math or data analytics courses. A student’s plan of study in CALS must also include a minimum of 15 hours of ABE, AOM or PKG departmental coursework.