Graduate and qualified undergraduate courses -

BRT 501. Fundamentals of Biorenewable Resources. (3-0) Cr. 3. S. Prereq: Undergraduate training in an engineering or physical or biological discipline or degrees in agriculture or economics. Introduction to the science and engineering of converting biorenewable resources into bioenergy and biobased products. Survey of biorenewable resource base and properties; description of biobased products; methods of biorenewable resource production; processing technologies for fuels, chemicals, materials, and energy; environmental impacts; economics of biobased products and bioenergy.

BRT 506. Biobased Products Seminar. Cr. 1. F.S. Prereq: Undergraduate training in an engineering or physical or biological discipline or degrees in agriculture or economics. Taken one semester for 1 credit and remaining semesters as R credit. Seminars and discussion on current topics in biorenewable resources and technology. Satisfactory-fail only.
A. Cr. 1. Paper required.
B. Cr. R. Attendance only.

BRT 590. Special Topics. Cr. 2-3. Repeatable. F.S.SS. Prereq: Permission of instructor. Investigation of an approved topic on an individual basis. Course content and requirements to be designed and developed in consultation with the student's major professor.

BRT 591L. Biorenewable Resources Laboratory. (0-3) Cr. 1. Repeatable. F.S.SS. Prereq: Permission of student's major professor and instructor. Special topics laboratory and research experience in biorenewable resources and technology, to be designed in consultation with the student's major professor and instructor. A laboratory report is required. For student in the BRT program, BRT 591L may be taken twice in fulfillment of laboratory requirement.