Petroleum Engineering, B.S.P.E.

Semester 1

• CRITICAL: MATH 1021 .

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• CHEM 1201 General Chemistry I (3)
• ENGL 1001 English Composition (3)
• GEOL 1001 General Geology: Physical (3)
• GEOL 1601 Physical Geology Laboratory (1)
• PETE 1010 Introduction to Petroleum Engineering (2)
• MATH 1550 Analytic Geometry and Calculus I (5)

Semester 2

• CRITICAL: MATH 1022  or MATH 1023 

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• CHEM 1202 General Chemistry (3)
• CHEM 1212 General Chemistry Laboratory (2)
• MATH 1552 Analytic Geometry and Calculus II (4)
• PHYS 2110 Particle Mechanics (3)
• General Education course - Life Science (3)

Semester 3

• CRITICAL: GEOL 1001 .

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• PETE 2060 Computational Methods in Petroleum Engineering (2)
• MATH 2065 Elementary Differential Equations (3)
• CE 2450 Statics (3)
• PETE 2031 Reservoir Rock Properties (3)
• PHYS 2112 Fluids, Thermodynamics, Waves, and Modern Physics (3)
• General Education course - Arts (3)

Semester 4

• CRITICAL: “C” or better in MATH 1550 

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• ECON 2030 Economic Principles (3)
• IE 3302 Engineering Statistics (3)
• PETE 2032 Reservoir Fluid Properties (3)
• PETE 2034 Rock and Fluid Properties Laboratory (1)
• PHYS 2113 Fields: Gravity, Electricity, and Magnetism (3)
• CE 2200 Fluid Mechanics (3)

Semester 5

• CRITICAL: “C” or better in PHYS 2110 .

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• PETE 3050 Reservoir Dynamics (3)
• ME 3333 Thermodynamics (3)
• PETE 3025 Economic Aspects of Petroleum Production (3)
• PETE 3036 Well Logging (3)
• PETE 3037 Petroleum Field Operations (1)
• Approved Geology Elective (3)¹

Semester 6

• CE 3400 Mechanics of Materials (3)
• PETE 4060 Prevention of Oil and Gas Well Blowouts (1)
• PETE 3053 Petroleum Engineering Aspects of Subsurface Geology (3)
• PETE 3085 Well Performance and Production (3)
• ENGL 2000 English Composition (3)
• Approved Technical Elective (3)²

Semester 7

• PETE 4051 Reserve Estimation and Reservoir Management (3)
• PETE 4045 Drilling Engineering (3)
• PETE 4059 Drilling Fluids Laboratory (1)
• PETE 4998 Senior Project I (1)
• General Education course - Humanities (6)
• PETE Design Course (3)³

Semester 8

• PETE 4058 Reservoir Mechanics Laboratory (1)
• PETE 4999 Senior Project II (1)
• General Education course - Humanities (3)
• PETE Design Courses (6)³
• General Education course - Social Sciences (3)

128 Total Sem. Hrs.

^{1 -} Any course from the Department of Geology & Geophysics numbered 3000 or above except GEOL 4165 .

^{2 -} Choose one of the following courses: GEOL 1003 , EE 2950 , CE 2460 , ME 3133 .

^{3 -} Students must take PETE 4046  and PETE 4056 . In addition, students must take one of the following:

PETE 4083 , PETE 4084 , PETE 4085 , PETE 4086 , PETE 4087 , PETE 4088 , PETE 4089 , PETE 4090 , PETE 4241 .