FACULTY OF AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY

Bangladesh Agricultural University

Mymensingh

 

 Academic Departments

Faculty Members

Admission Requirements

 

The Faculty of Agricultural Engineering & Technology offers the following two separate programs on;

                                    A.    Post-graduate Programs on Agricultural  Engineering.

                                    B.    Post-graduate Programs on Food Engineering

 

                   A.    Curricular Layout of Post-graduate (M.S. & Ph.D.) Programs on Agricultural Engineering.

 

     1. Curriculum for M.S. & Ph.D. degrees in Irrigation & Water Management

 Semester I

A.        Compulsory Courses: (6 Cr hr)

            Course No.          Title of the Course                                           Cr hr

            IWM 502            Drainage engineering                                           2

            IWM 504            Groundwater engineering                                      2

            IWM 505            Open channel flow                                               2

B.        Elective Courses: (4Cr hr)

            IWM 507            Irrigation system planning & design                       2

            IWM 513            Hydraulic Design                                                 2

            IWM 506            Water Res. Planning                                           2

            IWM 512            Statistical Hydrology                                           2

 

Semester II

A.        Compulsory Courses: (7 Cr hr)

            IWM 501            Irrigation engineering                                            2

            Math 501            Engineering mathematics                                    3

            IWM 503            Surface water hydrology                                       2

B.        Elective Courses: (3 Cr hr)

            IWM 510           Flood control                                                        2

            IWM 514           River engineering                                                  2

            IWM 508           Agril. Meteorology                                                2

            IWM 509           Soil water plant Relationship                                 2

 

Semester III

            Evaluation of Thesis                                                                     9

            Defense of Thesis                                                                        3

 

2. Curriculum for M.S.& Ph.D degrees in Farm Power and Machinery

Semester I

 A.        Compulsory Courses: (9 Cr hr)

            Course No.           Title of the Course                                               Cr hr

            Math 501          Engineering mathematics                                           3

            FPM 501          Farm machinery                                                         3

            FPM 502          Farm power                                                               3

            FPM 513          Agril. Mach. Testing, Evaluation & Maintenance            2

B.        Elective Courses: (2 Cr hr)

            FPM 506         Agril. mechanization & management                             2

            FPM 511         Operation research                                                      2

            FPM 505         Equipment & Implement Design                                    2

 

Semester II

A.        Compulsory Courses: (5 Cr hr)

            FPM 503         Instrumentation                                                          2

            FPM 504         Agricultural process engineering                                  3

            FPM 512        Computer programming & application                            2

B.        Elective Courses: (5 Cr hr)

            FPM 507        Agricultural systems engineering                                  2

            FPM 508        Renewable Energy system                                           2

            FPM 509        Plant protection machinery & equipment                        2

            FPM 510        Soil implement mechanics                                            2

            FPM 514        Environmental Systems engineering                              3

 Semester III

            Evaluation of Thesis                                                                          9

            Defense of Thesis                                                                             3

 

3. Curriculum for M.S. & Ph.D. degrees in Farm Structure

Semester I

 A.        Compulsory Courses: (9 Cr hr)

            Course No.          Title of the Course                                                Cr hr

            Math 501          Engineering mathematics                                           3

            FPM 501          Farm machinery                                                         3

            FPM 502          Farm power                                                               3

            FPM 513          Agril. Mach. Testing, Evaluation & Maintenance            2

 B.        Elective Courses: (2 Cr hr)

            FPM 506          Agril. mechanization & management                           2

            FPM 511          Operation research                                                    2

            FPM 505          Equipment & Implement Design                                  2

 Semester II

 A.        Compulsory Courses: (5 Cr hr)

            FPM 503        Instrumentation                                                           2

            FPM 504        Agricultural process engineering                                   3

            FPM 512        Computer programming & application                            2

 B.        Elective Courses: (5 Cr hr)

            FPM 507        Agricultural systems engineering                                   2

            FPM 508        Renewable Energy system                                           2

            FPM 509        Plant protection machinery & equipment                        2

            FPM 510        Soil implement mechanics                                            2

            FPM 514        Environmental Systems engineering                              3

 Semester III

            Evaluation of Thesis                                                                          9

            Defense of Thesis                                                                             3

 

4. Curriculum for M.S.& Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science

 

Semester I

 A.     Compulsory Courses: (8 Cr hr)

Course No.

Course Title

Cr hr

CSM 6101

Structured Programming Language

3

CSM 6102

Advanced Database Systems

3

CSM 6201

Discrete Mathematics

2

       

 B.        Elective Courses: (At least 4 Cr hr)

Course No.

Course Title

Cr hr

CSM 6202

Mathematical Analysis for Computer Science

2

CSM 6203

Numerical Methods

2

CSM 6301

Computer Arithmetic

2

CSM 6401

Advanced Artificial Intelligent

2

CSM 6402

Symbolic Machine Learning-I

2

CSM 6403

Advanced Syntactic Pattern Recognition 

2

CSM 6404

Data Mining

2

CSM 6501

Computer Communication & Networks

2

CSM 6502

Multimedia Systems

2

CSM 6601

Project Management

2

C.        Research Work                                                                                  3

Total

15

           

 Semester II

 A.        Compulsory Courses: (8 Cr hr)

Course No.

Course Title

Cr hr

CSM 6503

Computer Graphics & Animation

3

CSM 6701

Advanced Data Structures & Algorithms

3

CSM 6702

Graph Theory

2

 B.        Elective Courses: (At least 4 Cr hr)

Course No.

Course Title

Cr hr

CSM 6204

Simulation & Modeling

2

CSM 6405

Symbolic Machine Learning - II

2

CSM 6406

Speech Recognition

2

CSM 6407

Machine Translation

2

CSM 6504

Distributed Computing Systems

2

CSM 6505

Elements of Cryptography

2

CSM 6703

Computational Geometry

2

CSM 6801

Mathematical Programming

2

CSM 6802

Neural Networks

2

CSM 6803

Petri Net Theory & Modeling of System

2

CSM 6804

Fuzzy System

2

C.        Research Work                                                                                 3

Total

15

 Semester III

            Research Work                                                                                2

            Evaluation of Thesis                                                                          5

            Defense of Thesis                                                                             3

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                                                    Total                                            =        10

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                                                    Grand Total                                 =         40

 

   Curricular Layout for Post-graduate (Ph.D.) Degree Programs

 

Like M.S. programs, the Ph.D degree programs are also available in most of the above departments. The Ph.D. degrees are offered mainly on research. However, course(s) work may be needed whenever appropriate, as recommended by the candidate's supervisory committee. The Committee for Advanced Studies & Research (CASR) is responsible for admission, coordination, development and supervision of post-graduate research (both M.S. & Ph.D.)

 

                   B.    Curricular Layout of Post-graduate (M.S. & Ph.D.) Programs on Food  Engineering.

 

                       

1. Curriculum for M.S. & Ph.D. in Food Technology/Food Engineering

 Semester I      

 A.        Compulsory Courses: (6 Cr hr)

            Course No.                  Title of the Course                                               Cr hr                           

            FTRI 502               Technology of food products                                         2

            FTRI 503               Food engineering                                                         2

            FTRI 505               Food process laboratory                                               2

            FTRI 514               Food microbiology                                                       2

 B.        Elective Courses: (4 Cr hr)

            FTRI 507              Technology of cereal products                                       2

            FTRI 508              Technology of Animal products                                     2

            FTRI 509              Technology of plant products                                        2

            FTRI 511              Food Biotechnology                                                     2

            Stat 501               Engineering statistics                                                  2

            FBL 501               Fisheries zoology                                                        2

            Hort 501               Horticulture                                                                  2

            DS 501                Dairy science                                                               2

            Math 501             Engineering mathematics                                              3

Semester II

A.        Compulsory Courses: (4 Cr hr)

            FTRI 504             Food science                                                                2

            FTRI 506             Food plant design & management                                   2

            FTRI 510             Food quality control & packaging                                    2

            FTRI 513             Food Chemistry & Nutrition                                            2

 B.        Elective Courses: (6 Cr hr)

            FTRI 512             Sugar Engineering & Technology                                    2

            FTRI 515             Dairy Engineering                                                          2

            FTRI 516             Technology of fruits & vegetables                                    2

            Stat 501              Engineering statistics                                                    2

            FPM 512             Computer programming & applications                            2

 Semester III

            Evaluation of Thesis                                                                                5

            Defense of Thesis                                                                                   3

 

   Curricular Layout for Post-graduate (Ph.D.) Degree Programs

 

Like M.S. programs, the Ph.D degree programs are also available. The Ph.D. degrees are offered mainly on research. However, course(s) work may be needed whenever appropriate, as recommended by the candidate's supervisory committee. The Committee for Advanced Studies & Research (CASR) is responsible for admission, coordination, development and supervision of post-graduate research (both M.S. & Ph.D.)