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For BSE 310, he would read off slides and not really explain how to do anything. You will struggle with the excel functions because he does not explain them at all. Take business Econ if you can. The homework and exams are really difficult.Rate My Professors ↗
Professor Gunasakaran is extremely smart but this class is not well defined. It is hard to take an exam full of all computational problems when only conceptual ideas were covered in class. With that being said, it is an engineering course so the computational part was extremely applicable.Rate My Professors ↗
BSE 365 is a really hard class, and Prof. Guna isn't very lenient with the curve. He likes to call on people that don't have their hand raised. That said, it's obvious he's extremely knowledgeable about the course material.Rate My Professors ↗
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BSE 399 is a coordinative internship where students arrange and complete work under faculty and site supervision.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
historical GPA · grades
Spring 2022–Spring 2022 · limited sampleCovers principles of mechanics, fluid dynamics, and heat/mass transfer applied to food and bioprocessing unit operations.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2022: 2.71 GPA, 42.9% A/AB (n=7 letter grades); Fall 2024: 2.58 GPA, 15.4% A/AB (n=13 letter grades).
historical GPA · grades
Fall 2022–Fall 2024 · limited sampleBSE 699 is a special problems course allowing for individual advanced work in Biological Systems Engineering under faculty guidance.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
No recorded grade history
BSE 799 is a practicum in agricultural engineering teaching that provides hands-on experience improving pedagogical skills through course planning, delivery, and evaluation under instructor guidance.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=1 letter grades).
historical GPA · grades
Spring 2022–Spring 2022 · limited sampleBSE 990 is a research course for graduate thesis preparation under faculty supervision.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
No recorded grade history
BSE 999 is a special problems course involving in-depth study of a research or design and development problem under faculty supervision.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
No recorded grade history
MS&E 699 is an independent study course in Metallurgical Engineering requiring consent of the instructor.
Offering recorded · Fall 2026
historical GPA · grades
Spring 2022–Fall 2022 · limited sample| Term | Course | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Fall 2026 | BSE 399 | Coordinative Internship/cooperative Education |
| Fall 2026 | BSE 461 | Food and Bioprocessing Operations |
| Fall 2026 | BSE 699 | Special Problems |
| Fall 2026 | BSE 799 | Practicum in Agricultural Engineering Teaching |
| Fall 2026 | BSE 990 | Research |
| Fall 2026 | BSE 999 | Special Problems |
| Fall 2026 | MS&E 699 | Independent Study |
Teaching history may be incomplete. Course pages contain course-specific feedback and citations.
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