Chemical Engineering

Study mode:On campus Study type:Full-time Languages: English
Foreign:$ 39.4 k / Year(s) Deadline: Apr 1, 2024
201–250 place StudyQA ranking:2437 Duration:4 years

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It is the versatility of chemical engineers that makes them attractive to so many industries and professions. The current state of the profession is being transformed by the needs of increasingly diverse industries. The companies that have recently hired our undergraduates make diverse products and provide a range of services: medical devices, cement, combustion engineering, energy engineering, semiconductors, personal care products, mineral processing, petroleum refining, oil services, energy production, water purification, environmental engineering, natural gas pipelines, and petrochemicals. A number of recent graduates have been admitted to graduate school, law school, and medical school.

The undergraduate program prepares students in fundamentals while providing exposure in diverse areas of chemical engineering. The core subjects in chemical engineering include fluid mechanics, heat transfer, chemical thermodynamics, reaction engineering, mass transfer, and separations. An Emphasis in Energy Engineering is available.

The Department has a strong record of involving students in research and cooperative education experiences. Roughly 80 % of our graduating seniors have had co-op or research experience and many have had both.

First Year


Fall Semester


  • MATH 1310 - Engineering Calculus I 4 Credit(s)  - Fulfills QR Requirement
  • or

  • MATH 1311 - Accelerated Engineering Calculus I 4 Credit(s) 1
  •  

  • CHEM 1210 - General Chemistry I 4 Credit(s)
  • CHEM 1215 - General Chemistry Laboratory I 1 Credit(s)
  • CH EN 1703 - Introduction to Chemical Engineering 2 Credit(s)
  • WRTG 2010 - Intermediate Writing: Academic Writing and Research 3 Credit(s)  - Fulfills WR2 Requirement
  • General Education (AI) - 3 Credit(s)

Total Hours: 17


Spring Semester


  • MATH 1320 - Engineering Calculus II 4 Credit(s) or
  • MATH 1321 - Accelerated Engineering Calculus II 4 Credit(s) 1
  •  

  • CHEM 1220 - General Chemistry II 4 Credit(s)
  • CHEM 1225 - General Chemistry Laboratory II 1 Credit(s) 2
  • CH EN 1705 - Chemical Engineering Design & Innovation 3 Credit(s)
  • CH EN 4755 - Undergraduate Seminar 0.5 Credit(s)
  • PHYS 2210 - Physics for Scientists and Engineers I 4 Credit(s)

Total Hours: 16.5


Second Year


Fall Semester


  • MATH 2250 - Differential Equations and Linear Algebra 4 Credit(s)
  • PHYS 2220 - Physics for Scientists and Engineers II 4 Credit(s)
  • CH EN 2300 - Thermodynamics I 2 Credit(s)
  • CH EN 2450 - Numerical Methods Applications in Chemical Engineering 2 Credit(s)
  • CH EN 4753 - Undergraduate Seminar 0.5 Credit(s)
  • General Education (HF) - 3 credit(s)

Total Hours: 15.5


Spring Semester


  • MATH 3140 - Vector Calculus and Partial Differential Equations for Engineers 4 Credit(s)
  • CH EN 2800 - Fundamentals of Process Engineering 3 Credit(s)
  • CHEM 2310 - Organic Chemistry I 4 Credit(s)
  • General Education (FF) - 3 Credit(s)
  • Technical Elective (3) Credits / Units: 3

Total Hours: 17


Third Year


Fall Semester


  • CHEM 3060 - Quantum Chemistry and Spectroscopy 4 Credit(s)  - Fulfills QI Requirement
  • CH EN 3353 - Fluid Mechanics 3 Credit(s)
  • CH EN 3453 - Heat Transfer 3 Credit(s)
  • CH EN 3853 - Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics 3 Credit(s)  - Fulfills QI Requirement
  • CH EN 4753 - Undergraduate Seminar 0.5 Credit(s)
  • Technical Elective 3 Credit(s) 3

Total Hours: 16.5


Spring Semester


  • CH EN 3603 - Mass Transfer and Separations 3 Credit(s)
  • CH EN 3253 - Chemical Process Safety 3 Credit(s)
  • CH EN 3553 - Chemical Reaction Engineering 3 Credit(s)
  • CH EN 5103 - Biochemical Engineering 3 Credit(s)
  • General Education (BF)/Bachelor Degree (DV) - 3 Credit(s)
  • CH EN 3255 - Communication and Chemical Process Safety 1 Credit(s)

Total Hours: 16


Fourth Year


Fall Semester


  • CH EN 4903 - Projects Laboratory I 4 Credit(s)
  • CH EN 4253 - Process Design 3 Credit(s)
  • CH EN 4203 - Process Dynamics and Control 3 Credit(s)
  • CH EN 4753 - Undergraduate Seminar 0.5 Credit(s)
  • Technical Elective 3 Credit(s) 3
  • General Education (HF)/Bachelor Degree (IR) - 3 Credit(s)

Total Hours: 16.5


Spring Semester


  • CH EN 4905 - Projects Laboratory II 3 Credit(s) 5  - Fulfills CW Requirement
  • CH EN 5253 - Process Design II 3 Credit(s)
  • Technical Elective 6 Credit(s) 3
  • General Education (BF) - 3 Credit(s)
  • General Education (FF) 3 Credit(s)

Total Hours: 12


Total Hours: 127

  1. Students with adequate AP scores may wish to take the MATH 1311 & MATH 1321 calculus series in place of MATH 1310 and MATH 1320.
  2. Students who qualify may wish to take CHEM 1221 - Honors General Chemistry II, and CHEM 1241 - Honors General Chemistry Laboratory II, instead of CHEM 1220 - General Chemistry II, and CHEM 1240 - Honors General Chemistry Laboratory I.
  3. A total of 15 credit hours of technical elective courses are required.
  4. Students who qualify may wish to take CHEM 2311 - Honors Organic Chemistry I, instead of CHEM 2310 - Organic Chemistry I.
  5. CH EN 4905 fulfills the upper division writing/communication requirement

Chemical Engineering Electives


Complete 6 credit(s)

  • CH EN 4973 - Thesis Research: Undergraduate 1 - 3 Credit(s)
  • CH EN 4975 - Chemical Engineering Clinic 1 - 3 Credit(s)
  • CH EN 4977 - Cooperative Education Work Period 1 - 3 Credit(s)
  • CH EN 4980 - Undergraduate Research 3 Credit(s)
  • CH EN 5153 - Fundamentals of Combustion 3 Credit(s)
  • CH EN 5203 - State Space Control 3 Credit(s)
  • CH EN 5305 - Air Pollution Control Engineering 3 Credit(s)
  • CH EN 5307 - Green Engineering 3 Credit(s)
  • CH EN 5810 - Nanoscience: Where Biology, Chemistry and Physics Intersect 3 Credit(s)
  • CH EN 5950 - Independent Study 1 - 5 Credit(s)
  • CH EN 5960 - Special Topics .5 - 5 Credit(s)
  • NUCL 3000 - Nuclear Principles in Engineering and Science 3 Credit(s)
  • NUCL 3100 - Introduction to Neutron-Based Engineering 3 Credit(s)
  • NUCL 3200 - Radiochemistry with Laboratory I 3 Credit(s)
  • NUCL 4000 - Nuclear Engineering & Science Using TRIGA 3 Credit(s)
  • CH EN 5151 - Combustion Engineering 3 Credit(s)
  • CH EN 5310 - Concepts and Applications in Renewable Energy 3 Credit(s)

Other Technical Elective Courses


MATH 2210 cannot count if you have already taken MATH 1260 OR MATH 1280.

  • ATMOS 5200 - Physical Meteorology III: Cloud Physics 1.5 Credit(s)
  • BIOL 2020 - Principles of Cell Biology 3 Credit(s)
  • BIOL 2030 - Genetics 3 Credit(s)
  • BIOL 3510 - Biological Chemistry I 3 Credit(s)
  • BIOL 3520 - Biological Chemistry II 3 Credit(s)
  • BIOL 5495 - Biophysical Ecology 3 Credit(s)
  • CHEM 2315 - Organic Chemistry Laboratory I 2 Credit(s)
  • CHEM 2320 - Organic Chemistry II 4 Credit(s)
  • CHEM 2321 - Honors Organic Chemistry II 4 Credit(s)
  • CHEM 2325 - Organic Chemistry Laboratory II 2 Credit(s)
  • CHEM 3070 - Thermodynamics and Chemical Kinetics 4 Credit(s)
  • CHEM 3090 - Physical Chemistry for Life Sciences 4 Credit(s)
  • CHEM 3100 - Inorganic Chemistry 5 Credit(s)
  • CHEM 5720 - Advanced Physical Chemistry Laboratory 2 Credit(s)
  • CHEM 5730 - Advanced Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory 2 Credit(s)
  • CH EN 4978 - Cooperative Education Work Period 1 - 3 Credit(s)
  • CVEEN 3610 - Introduction to Environmental Engineering I 3 Credit(s)
  • CVEEN 5605 - Water and Wastewater Treatment Design 3 Credit(s)
  • ECON 3500 - International Economics 3 Credit(s)
  • ENTP 3700 - Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship 3 Credit(s)
  • ENTP 4560 - Small Business Management 3 Credit(s)
  • ENTP 5770 - Business Discovery & Creation 3 Credit(s)
  • ENTP 5780 - Managing the Growing Business 3 Credit(s)
  • GEO 5350 - Groundwater 3 Credit(s)
  • MATH 3070 - Applied Statistics I 4 Credit(s)
  • MATH 3080 - Applied Statistics II 3 Credit(s)
  • MATH 3160 - Applied Complex Variables 2 Credit(s)
  • ME EN 5050 - Fundamentals of Micromachining Processes 3 Credit(s)
  • ME EN 5620 - Fundamentals of Microscale Engineering 3 Credit(s)
  • MATH 5600 - Survey of Numerical Analysis 4 Credit(s)
  • MATH 5620 - Introduction to Numerical Analysis II 4 Credit(s)
  • ME EN 5000 - Engineering Law and Contracts 3 Credit(s)
  • MET E 5260 - Physical Metallurgy I 3 Credit(s)
  • MET E 5690 - Process Engineering Statistics 2 Credit(s)
  • MGT 3000 - Principles of Management 3 Credit(s)
  • MGT 3680 - Human Behavior in Organizations 3 Credit(s)
  • MGT 5510 - Principles of Human Resource Management 3 Credit(s)
  • MKTG 4840 - International Marketing 3 Credit(s)
  • MSE 3210 - Electronic Properties of Solids 3 Credit(s)
  • MSE 3061 - Transport Phenomena in Materials Science and Engineering 3 Credit(s)
  • MSE 3310 - Introduction to Ceramics 3 Credit(s)
  • MSE 3410 - Introduction to Polymers 3 Credit(s)
  • MSE 5040 - Introduction to Modern Biomaterials 4 Credit(s)
  • MSE 5475 - Introduction to Composites 3 Credit(s)
  • PHIL 4540 - Engineering, Ethics, and Society 3 Credit(s)
  • PHYS 2215 - Physics Laboratory for Scientists and Engineers I 1 Credit(s)
  • PHYS 2225 - Physics Laboratory for Scientists and Engineers II 1 Credit(s)
  • PHYS 3150 - Energy and Sustainability: A Global Perspective 3 Credit(s)
  • PHYS 3610 - Electronics for Scientific Instrumentation 3 Credit(s)
  • PHYS 3740 - Introduction to Quantum Theory and Relativity 3 Credit(s)
  • PHYS 3760 - Principles of Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics 3 Credit(s)
  • POLS 3320 - Introduction to Public Policy and Analysis 3 Credit(s)
  • POLS 5211 - Constitutional Law 3 Credit(s)
  • POLS 5322 - Environmental & Sustainability Policy 3 Credit(s)
  • STRAT 3410 - Business Law: The Commercial Environment 3 Credit(s)
  • STRAT 4900 - International Management 3 Credit(s)
  • Transcripts (mark sheets, school records, grades) for secondary school (9-12). Official English translations must be provided if the transcripts are only in the native language.
  • TOEFL: 80 (Internet-based test), 550 (paper-based test), or 213 (computer-based test)*
  • IELTS: An overall band of 6.5 on the Academic Examination International English Language Testing System (IELTS) score report demonstrating an adequate knowledge of English*
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