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The Major for Hands-On Learning -
The Major for Hands-On Learning -
The Major for Hands-On Learning -
The Major for Hands-On Learning
MAJOR IN MECH SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT
If you like working with machinery and technology, this is your program. Includes hands-on course work in power and machinery systems, processing and handling, and sensors and controls combined with business and agriculture courses to manage equipment systems in a variety of industries related to food, fuel, and water. Equipment testing, plant operations management, technical support and product marketing are just a few career possibilities for students in this program. Download an Information Sheet about Mechanized Systems Management
About Mechanized System Management
Mechanized Systems Management (MSYM) will help you develop technological problem-solving skills at the professional level. This includes managerial, business, mechanical, and systems analysis skills. Management skills can be applied to managing machines, natural resources, people and money in engineered systems in Nebraska and throughout the world. Businesses thrive when the whole system of equipment is optimized, not just individual machines, and there is a growing need to manage the increasingly complex and sophisticated technical systems along with personnel issues in agriculture and agribusiness. At UNL, practical courses emphasize management skills and efficient use of our soil, water, and energy resources without compromising the environment. Mechanized Systems Management coursework emphasizes hands-on experience, providing access to modern, well-equipped laboratories, and real life situations. A demand for graduates who can work in these areas is high—and salaries are too!
UNL students have access to activities and groups related to specific academic, social, cultural, or political interests. As a MSYM major you may be interested in joining the Mechanized Systems Club, or Alpha MU, an honorary agricultural mechanization fraternity. Involvement in these organizations builds communication, leadership, and organizational skills while you meet new friends with similar interests. While the Mechanized Systems Management programs can prepare you to be a better farm/ranch owner and manager, it could also prepare you for a variety of agribusiness careers:
- Equipment Manager for food processing plant
- Market Representative for equipment distributor
- Plant Productions Supervisor
- Product Sales and Support Manager
- Service Instructor for equipment manufacturer
- Equipment Test Technician
- Resource District Manger
- Consultant
- Farm Management
- Energy Use Advisor
- Irrigation Systems Dealer
- Grain Elevator Manager
- Farm Equipment Dealer
- Agricultural Education Instructor
This major is administered through the Department of Biological Systems Engineering; the conferred degree is a B. S. in Mechanized Systems Management from the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources (CASNR).
Graduates of mechanized systems management will be able to:- Apply hands-on technical skills and knowledge from the natural and social sciences, technology, engineering, and mathematics to analyze and manage mechanized systems relevant to agriculture, food, energy, and water.
- Identify the structure, layout, and function of mechanized systems, including the relationships between individual components of a system.
- Evaluate a system critically by defining a problem, assimilating information, conducting an analysis, and making technical and economic recommendations to improve performance of the system while accounting for potential social and environmental impacts.
- Develop professional written and oral reports to describe a mechanized system and communicate an analysis of the system that includes objectives, methods, results, and recommendations.