Petroleum Engineering, B.S.P.E.

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Petroleum Engineering

CRITICAL REQUIREMENTS

SEMESTER 1: MATH 1022  or MATH 1023
SEMESTER 2: “C” or better in MATH 1550 ;
SEMESTER 3: ”C” or better in PHYS 2110 ; GEOL 1001 ,
SEMESTER 4: “C” or better in PETE 2031  and “C” or better in CE 2450
SEMESTER 5: CE 2200

MATH 1550 , MATH 1552 , PHYS 2110 , PHYS 2113 , PETE 2031 , and CE 2450 each require a grade of “C” or better before a student may register for any 3000 level petroleum engineering course. PHYS 2112 requires a “C” or better for completion of the major.

Registration for 3000 and 4000 level petroleum engineering courses is only available to students admitted to the department.

Semester 1

CRITICAL: MATH 1022 or MATH 1023
CHEM 1201 General Chemistry I (3)
ENGL 1001 English Composition (3)
PETE 1010 Introduction to Petroleum Engineering (2)
MATH 1550 Analytic Geometry and Calculus I (5)
General Education course - Life Science (3)

Total Semester Hours: 16

Semester 2

Total Semester Hours: 16

Semester 3

Total Semester Hours: 17

Semester 4

CRITICAL: “C” or better in PETE 2031 and “C” or better in CE 2450
PETE 3025 Economic Aspects of Petroleum Production (3)
PHYS 2112 Fluids, Thermodynamics, Waves, and Modern Physics (3)
PETE 3036 Well Logging (3)
CE 2200 Fluid Mechanics (3)
PETE 2032 Reservoir Fluid Properties (3)

Total Semester Hours: 15

Semester 5

Total Semester Hours: 16

Semester 6

CE 3400 Mechanics of Materials (3)
PETE 3037 Petroleum Field Operations (1)
PETE 4045 Drilling Engineering (3)
General Education course - Arts (3)
Approved Geology Elective (3)¹
PETE 3061 Computational Methods and Data Analytics in Petroleum Engineering (3)

Total Semester Hours: 16

Semester 7

PETE 4051 Reserve Estimation and Reservoir Management (3)
Approved Technical Elective (3)²
PETE 4059 Drilling Fluids Laboratory (1)
PETE 4998 Senior Project I (1)
General Education course - Humanities (3)
PETE Design Course (6)³

Total Semester Hours: 17

Semester 8

PETE 4058 Reservoir Mechanics Laboratory (1)
PETE 4060 Prevention of Oil and Gas Well Blowouts (1)
PETE 4999 Senior Project II (1)
General Education course - Humanities (6)
PETE Design Courses (3)³
General Education course - Social Sciences (3)

Total Semester Hours: 15

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: EE 2950 , CE 2460 , ME 3133 or one of the following PETE 4083 , PETE 4084 , PETE 4085 , PETE 4086 , PETE 4087 , PETE 4088 , PETE 4089 , PETE 4090 , PETE 4241 .

^{3 -}Students must take PETE 4046 and PETE 4056 . In addition, students must take one additional course (if they select a PETE course for their Technical Elective) from the following courses: PETE 4083 , PETE 4084 , PETE 4085 , PETE 4086 , PETE 4087 , PETE 4088 , PETE 4089 , PETE 4090 , PETE 4241 .