Chemical Engineering, M.S.CHE

(MCHE)

The departmental-level academic course plan for each student will be developed in consultation with and approved by the student’s graduate advisory committee. The committee will include the student’s major advisor and at least two additional members of the graduate faculty such that the LSU Graduate School’s requirements for graduate committees are satisfied.

This department offers both the thesis and non-thesis master’s programs. Students are encouraged to elect the thesis option, if possible. This is a thesis degree requiring a thesis/special project. Thirty hours of credit at the graduate level must be earned including a maximum of six hours of credit for the thesis/special project. The curricular requirements include:

• A minimum core requirement of 12 credit hours in the chemical engineering core courses must be earned. The core courses are: CHE 7110 Mathematical Methods in Chemical Engineering (3) , CHE 7120 Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics (3) ,
  CHE 7130 Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transport (3)
   , and CHE 7140 Chemical Reactor Design Methods (3) .
• At least six hours of thesis credit (CHE 8000 ) must be earned.

The student must pass a final exam consisting of a comprehensive oral exam.

In the non-thesis option, 36 semester hours of credit at the graduate level must be earned. The curricular requirements include:

• A minimum core requirement of 12 credit hours in the chemical engineering core courses must be earned. The core courses are: CHE 7110 Mathematical Methods in Chemical Engineering (3) , CHE 7120 Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics (3) ,
  CHE 7130 Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transport (3)
   , and CHE 7140 Chemical Reactor Design Methods (3) .
• The student must pass a written comprehensive examination for the non-thesis option.