Bachelor in Agricultural Systems Technology

Agricultural systems technology resides at the forefront of new and emerging technologies, enabling you to solve agricultural challenges of the 21st century and beyond. This hands-on major combines coursework in technology, agricultural sciences, and business. Prepare to apply a systems approach to managing technology in agriculture and related industries. This major is ideal for students interested in working with machinery and technology from a practical perspective.

Program Features

Personalized Advising

Our 1-to-1 advising model focuses on you and your needs as a student. Work with an academic advisor to mold your degree pathway and a faculty career mentor to prepare for the transition from student to graduate.

Systems Approach

Learning about systems-based thinking allows you to approach a multitude of career paths by looking at the bigger picture. Your diversity in skill and systems will lead you to a wide array of opportunities after your time at Nebraska.

Hands-On Learning

Through lectures to labs, you’ll connect what is being taught by faculty to hands-on experiential learning. The only program of its kind in Nebraska, we pride ourselves in providing up-to-date experiences in and outside of the classroom.

Notable Courses

Physical Principles in Agriculture and Life Sciences (AGST 109)

Fundamental principles of mechanics, heat, electricity, magnetism, and electromagnetism and their relationship to energy utilization and conservation applied to situations in agriculture and life sciences.

Power and Machinery Principles (AGST 232)

Operational characteristics of IC engines, field, materials handling, and processing machines and their components, including analyses, estimations, and objective comparisons of performance.

Fundamentals of Electrical Systems (AGST 245)

Overview of digital agriculture technologies and techniques to support crop and livestock production systems with emphasis on data life cycle and hands-on experiences.

Agricultural Products Processing and Handling (AGST 364)

Analyze processing and handling operations and discuss safety issues, logistics, and survey of industry technologies. Learn about the chemical and physical characteristics of agricultural products.

Hydraulic Power Systems (AGST 412)

Theory and application of fluids under controlled pressure to perform work in mobile and industrial applications.

Sensors and Control Systems for Agri-Industries (AGST 416)

Application of sensors for measurement of process control variables and implementation of microcomputer-based measurements and control systems.

Huskers Do Big Things

Internships

• Ag services operations intern, ADM Grain, Corpus Christi, Texas
• Operations intern, Dow AgroSciences, York, Nebraska
• Test engineer assistant, Global Industries, Grand Island, Nebraska
• Equipment testing technician, CLAAS, Omaha, Nebraska
• Plant operations, Scoular, Omaha, Nebraska
• Product support intern, John Deere, Ottumwa, Iowa

Careers

• Operations management LDP, Ardent Mills, Kenosha, Wisconsin
• Field test engineer, AGCO Corporation, Hesston, Kansas
• Ag specialist, JR Simplot Company, Scottsbluff, Nebraska
• Product support technician, Lindsay Manufacturing, Lindsay, Nebraska
• Ag services operations management, Archer Daniels Midland, Fremont, Nebraska
• Production supervisor, Land O’ Lakes, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Outside the Classroom

Take your experience in agricultural systems technology one step further by making connections to coursework outside of the classroom.

Student Organizations

Get involved in one of our various student organizations or design teams, including the Agricultural Systems Technology Club and the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE).

Undergraduate Research

Engage in research involving ag robotics, precision ag, drones, irrigation, and more through Undergraduate Creative Activities and Research Experience (UCARE).

As the only engineering college in Nebraska, we take our role very seriously. We provide our students with professors with national and international expertise in their fields, the latest technology, quality facilities, a vast network of successful alumni and friends of the college, and caring staff. The University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Engineering is also unique in its variety of locations: three campuses in Nebraska's two largest cities.

The College of Engineering enthusiastically embraces its unique role as the singular intellectual and cultural resource for engineering instruction, research, and outreach within the state. It provides the people of Nebraska with comprehensive engineering academic programs to fulfill their highest aspirations and ambitions.