Chemical Engineering, B.S.Ch.E.

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Chemical Engineering

CRITICAL REQUIREMENTS

SEMESTER 1: MATH 1022 or MATH 1023 .
SEMESTER 2: “C” or better in CHEM 1201 , “C” or better in MATH 1550 .
SEMESTER 3: “C” or better in PHYS 2110
SEMESTER 4: 2.00 GPA in CHE courses
SEMESTER 5: 2.00 GPA in CHE courses

Chemistry, Physics, Life Sciences and Mathematics Proficiency • A grade of “C” or better in each of the basic sciences preparatory courses–BIOL 1201 ; CHEM 1201 and CHEM 1202 ; PHYS 2110 and PHYS 2113 ; MATH 1550 , MATH 1552 , and MATH 2090 –is required before students may register for any chemical engineering course other than CHE 1100 and CHE 2171 .

In addition, students must earn a “C” or better in CHE 2171 , CHE 2176 , CHE 3101 , CHE 3102 , CHE 3104 , CHE 3171 , CHE 3172 , and CHE 3173 before registering for any subsequent course that requires one or more of these as a prerequisite.

Semester 1

CRITICAL: MATH 1022 or MATH 1023
CHEM 1201 General Chemistry I (3)
ENGL 1001 English Composition (3)
MATH 1550 Analytic Geometry and Calculus I (5)
General Education course - Humanities (3)
CHE 1100 Introduction to Chemical Engineering (1)
BIOL 1201 Biology for Science Majors I (3)

Total Semester Hours: 18

Semester 2

CRITICAL: “C” or better in CHEM 1201 and “C” or better in MATH 1550
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 - Arts (3)

Total Semester Hours: 15

Semester 3

Total Semester Hours: 17

Semester 4

CRITICAL: 2.0 GPA in CHE courses
CHE 2176 Numerical Methods and Programming for Chemical Engineers (4)
CHEM 2262 Organic Chemistry (3)
CHEM 2364 Organic Chemistry Laboratory (2)
ECON 2030 Economic Principles (3)
General Education course - Social Sciences (3)

Total Semester Hours: 15

Semester 5

CRITICAL: 2.0 GPA in CHE courses
CHE 3101 Transport Sciences: Momentum Transfer (3)
CHE 3172 Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics (3)
CHEM 3491 Physical Chemistry I (3)
ME 2733 Materials of Engineering (3)
General Education course - Humanities (3)

Total Semester Hours: 15

Semester 6

CHE 3102 Transport Sciences: Heat and Mass Transfer (4)
CHE 3104 Engineering Measurements Laboratory (3)
CHE 3171 Introduction to Design and Process Safety (3)
CHE 3173 Heterogeneous Equilibrium (3)
Approved Elective/Area of Concentration course (3)

Total Semester Hours: 16

Semester 7

CHE 4151 Unit Operations Design (4)
CHE 4162 Unit Operations Laboratory (3)
CHE 4190 Chemical Reaction Engineering (3)
CHE 4198 Process Dynamics (3)
Approved Elective/Area of Concentration course (3)

Total Semester Hours: 16

Semester 8

CHE 4172 Process Design (4)
Approved Electives/Area of Concentration courses (9)
General Education course - Humanities (3)

Total Semester Hours: 16

128 Total Sem. Hrs.

Areas of Concentration

Lists of approved area electives approved for the chemical engineering concentrations are available from the department. Depending on the particular area electives selected, students may be required to take one or more additional prerequisite course(s).

Biomolecular

CRITICAL REQUIREMENTS

SEMESTER 1: MATH 1022 or MATH 1023 .
SEMESTER 2: “C” or better in CHEM 1201 , “C” or better in MATH 1550 .
SEMESTER 3: “C” or better in PHYS 2110 .
SEMESTER 4: 2.00 GPA in CHE courses
SEMESTER 5: 2.00 GPA in CHE courses