Cal Poly San Luis Obispo's BioResource and Agricultural Engineering major (BRAE) offers answers for students who want to be problem solvers.  Today's high-tech agricultural industries are looking for graduates who can engineer solutions to the problems of resources and systems as well as for those who can manage advanced technologies.

The BRAE program, accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, offers hands-on experience in a wide range of engineering skills areas.  Concentrations include mechanical design, structures, electronic and control systems, irrigation, agricultural safety, renewable energy and waste treatment, and resource information systems.

With the Agricultural Systems Management major, students combine hands-on experience in agricultural technology with practical training in the business and management aspects of agriculture within a curriculum that is recognized by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineering.  In addition to the hands-on courses in the department, students may take enough business and management classes to earn a minor in Agribusiness.