Chemical Engineering Undergraduate Major (BA, BS, HBA, HBS)
The Bachelor of Science and Honors Bachelor of Science degrees in Chemical Engineering are accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, http://www.ABET.org.
Chemical engineering is the discipline that focuses on the science and engineering of processes to convert raw materials into valued chemicals and products at a manufacturing scale. These include products found in everyday life such as transportation and heating fuels, plastics, pharmaceuticals, household and paper products (soaps, cosmetics, health care and cleaning products, etc.), as well as more advanced products like solar cells, computer chips, and advanced composites for jet aircraft.
Chemical engineers find employment in traditional chemical industries such as pulp and paper manufacturing and petroleum refining, high-tech industries such as semiconductor device manufacturing, biopharmaceutical production, aerospace, and emerging industries, particularly sustainable energy.
Alumni of the chemical engineering program will be work-ready engineers, problem solvers, responsible professionals, and interdisciplinary collaborators. Program educational objectives can be found here.
The chemical engineering undergraduate curriculum is designed to meet the student objectives through relevant course content, structured collaborative learning experiences, and hands-on laboratory and design experiences at the first year through senior levels. The school has a core curriculum where students from all three programs housed within the school (CHE, BIOE, ENVE) take common courses in the areas of first-year engineering, material and energy balances, thermodynamics, transport phenomena, and senior year laboratory.
Chemical engineering students have opportunities to obtain internships offered through the School of CBEE, and through the Multiple Engineering Cooperative Program (MECOP). Many scholarships are available on a competitive basis for chemical engineering undergraduate students. More detailed descriptions of the curriculum and requirements may be viewed here.
Major Code: 303
- Ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics.
- Ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors.
- Ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences.
- Ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts.
- Ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives.
- Ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions.
- Ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies.
| First Year | Credits | |
|---|---|---|
| CBEE 101 | CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL, AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGR ORIENTATION | 3 |
| CBEE 102 | ENGINEERING PROBLEM SOLVING AND COMPUTATIONS | 3 |
| CH 231 & CH 261 | GENERAL CHEMISTRY and *LABORATORY FOR CHEMISTRY 231 | 5 |
| CH 232 & CH 262 | GENERAL CHEMISTRY and *LABORATORY FOR CHEMISTRY 232 | 5 |
| CH 233 & CH 263 | GENERAL CHEMISTRY and *LABORATORY FOR CHEMISTRY 233 | 5 |
| MTH 251 | *DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS | 4 |
| MTH 252 | INTEGRAL CALCULUS | 4 |
| MTH 254 | VECTOR CALCULUS I | 4 |
| PH 211 | *GENERAL PHYSICS WITH CALCULUS | 4 |
| WR 121 | *ENGLISH COMPOSITION | 3 |
| Biological science baccalaureate core lab course + | 4 | |
| HHS 231 | *LIFETIME FITNESS FOR HEALTH + | 2 |
| HHS 241 | *LIFETIME FITNESS (or any PAC course) | 1-2 |
| Credits | 47-48 | |
| Second Year | ||
| CH 331 & CH 332 | ORGANIC CHEMISTRY and ORGANIC CHEMISTRY | 8 |
| CBEE 211 | MATERIAL BALANCES AND STOICHIOMETRY | 3 |
| CBEE 212 | ENERGY BALANCES | 3 |
| CBEE 213 | PROCESS DATA ANALYSIS | 4 |
| COMM 111 or COMM 114 | *PUBLIC SPEAKING or *ARGUMENT AND CRITICAL DISCOURSE | 3 |
| ENGR 201 | ELECTRICAL FUNDAMENTALS I | 3 |
| ENGR 211 | STATICS | 3 |
| MTH 256 | APPLIED DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS | 4 |
| MTH 306 | MATRIX AND POWER SERIES METHODS or INTRODUCTION TO MATRIX ALGEBRA and INTRODUCTION TO SERIES | 4 |
| PH 212 & PH 213 | *GENERAL PHYSICS WITH CALCULUS and *GENERAL PHYSICS WITH CALCULUS | 8 |
| WR 327 | *TECHNICAL WRITING | 3 |
| Credits | 46 | |
| Third Year | ||
| CH 440 & CH 441 & CH 442 | PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY and PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY and PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY | 9 |
| CHE 311 | THERMODYNAMICS | 3 |
| CHE 312 | CHEMICAL ENGINEERING THERMODYNAMICS | 3 |
| CHE 320 | SAFETY, ENGINEERING ETHICS AND PROFESSIONALISM | 3 |
| CHE 331 | TRANSPORT PHENOMENA I | 4 |
| CHE 332 | TRANSPORT PHENOMENA II | 3 |
| CHE 333 | TRANSPORT PHENOMENA III | 3 |
| CHE 334 | TRANSPORT PHENOMENA LABORATORY | 3 |
| CHE 361 | CHEMICAL PROCESS DYNAMICS AND SIMULATION | 3 |
| CHE 461 | PROCESS CONTROL | 3 |
| *Perspectives + | 6 | |
| Advanced Chemistry | 3 | |
| Engineering elective | 3 | |
| Credits | 49 | |
| Fourth Year | ||
| CHE 411 | MASS TRANSFER OPERATIONS | 4 |
| CBEE 414 | ^PROCESS ENGINEERING LABORATORY | 3 |
| CHE 415 | CHEMICAL ENGINEERING LABORATORY I | 3 |
| CHE 431 & CHE 432 | CHEMICAL PLANT DESIGN I and CHEMICAL PLANT DESIGN II | 6 |
| CHE 443 | CHEMICAL REACTION ENGINEERING | 4 |
| Elective | 4 | |
| Advanced Chemistry with lab | 4 | |
| Engineering elective | 8 | |
| *Perspectives + | 3 | |
| Difference, Power, and Discrimination + | 3 | |
| *Synthesis + | 6 | |
| Credits to meet 192 graduation requirement | 2 | |
| Credits | 50 | |
| Total Credits | 192-193 | |
| * | Baccalaureate Core Course (BCC) |
| ^ | Writing Intensive Course (WIC) |
| + | Must be selected to satisfy the requirements of the baccalaureate core |
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Advanced Chemistry | ||
| CH 411 | INORGANIC CHEMISTRY | 3 |
| CH 412 | INORGANIC CHEMISTRY | 3 |
| CH 418 | NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY | 3 |
| CH 421 | ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY | 3 |
| CH 422 | ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY | 3 |
| CH 424 | BIOANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY | 3 |
| CH 435 | STRUCTURE DETERMINATION BY SPECTROSCOPIC METHODS | 3 |
| CH 450 | INTRODUCTORY QUANTUM CHEMISTRY | 3 |
| WSE 321 | CHEMISTRY OF RENEWABLE MATERIALS | 3 |
| ATS 413 | ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY | 3 |
| BB 350 | ELEMENTARY BIOCHEMISTRY | 4 |
| BB 450 | GENERAL BIOCHEMISTRY | 4 |
| OEAS 540 | THE BIOGEOCHEMICAL EARTH | 4 |
| Advanced Chemistry with Lab | ||
| OC 450 & OC 499 | CHEMICAL OCEANOGRAPHY and SPECIAL TOPICS IN OCEANOGRAPHY | 8 |
| CH 324 | QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS | 4 |
| CH 337 | ORGANIC CHEMISTRY LABORATORY | 4 |
| CHE 417 | INSTRUMENTATION IN CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL, AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING | 4 |
| Engineering Electives | ||
| CHE 444 | THIN FILM MATERIALS PROCESSING | 4 |
| CHE 445 | POLYMER ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE | 4 |
| CHE 450 | CONVENTIONAL AND ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SYSTEMS | 3 |
| CHE 451 | SOLAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES | 3 |
| CHE 499 | SPECIAL TOPICS | 4 |
| CHE 514 | FLUID FLOW | 4 |
| CHE 520 | MASS TRANSFER I | 4 |
| CHE 525 | CHEMICAL ENGINEERING ANALYSIS | 4 |
| CHE 537 | CHEMICAL ENGINEERING THERMODYNAMICS I | 4 |
| BIOE 351 | BIOMATERIALS AND BIOINTERFACES | 3 |
| BIOE 440 | BIOCONJUGATION | 3 |
| BIOE 445 | SURFACE ANALYSIS | 3 |
| BIOE 457 | BIOREACTORS | 3 |
| BIOE 459 | CELL ENGINEERING | 3 |
| BIOE 462 | BIOSEPARATIONS | 3 |
| ENVE 322 | FUNDAMENTALS OF ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING | 4 |
| ENVE 421 | DRINKING WATER TREATMENT PROCESSES | 4 |
| ENVE 422 | WASTEWATER TREATMENT PROCESSES | 4 |
| ENVE 425 | AIR POLLUTION CONTROL | 3 |
| ENVE 431 | FATE AND TRANSPORT OF CHEMICALS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS | 4 |
| ENVE 456 | SUSTAINABLE WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT | 3 |
| CE 412 | HYDROLOGY | 4 |
| ECE 415 | MATERIAL SCIENCE OF NANOTECHNOLOGY | 3 |
| ECE 416 | ELECTRONIC MATERIALS AND DEVICES | 4 |
| ECE 417 | BASIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES | 4 |
| ECE 418 | SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESSING | 4 |
| ENGR 221 | THE SCIENCE, ENGINEERING AND SOCIAL IMPACT OF NANOTECHNOLOGY | 3 |
| IE 355 | STATISTICAL QUALITY CONTROL | 4 |
| IE 356 | EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN FOR INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES | 4 |
| MATS 321 | INTRODUCTION TO MATERIALS SCIENCE | 4 |
| MATS 322 | MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS | 3 |
| CBEE 416 | CBEE LABORATORY II | 3 |
Major Code: 303
| First Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | |
| CBEE 101 | CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL, AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGR ORIENTATION | 3 |
| CH 231 & CH 261 | GENERAL CHEMISTRY and *LABORATORY FOR CHEMISTRY 231 | 5 |
| MTH 251 | *DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS | 4 |
| WR 121 | *ENGLISH COMPOSITION | 3 |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Winter | ||
| *Biological Science with Lab + | 4 | |
| CBEE 102 | ENGINEERING PROBLEM SOLVING AND COMPUTATIONS | 3 |
| CH 232 & CH 262 | GENERAL CHEMISTRY and *LABORATORY FOR CHEMISTRY 232 | 5 |
| MTH 252 | INTEGRAL CALCULUS | 4 |
| Credits | 16 | |
| Spring | ||
| CH 233 & CH 263 | GENERAL CHEMISTRY and *LABORATORY FOR CHEMISTRY 233 | 5 |
| COMM 111 or COMM 114 | *PUBLIC SPEAKING or *ARGUMENT AND CRITICAL DISCOURSE | 3 |
| MTH 254 | VECTOR CALCULUS I | 4 |
| PH 211 | *GENERAL PHYSICS WITH CALCULUS | 4 |
| Credits | 16 | |
| Second Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| CBEE 211 | MATERIAL BALANCES AND STOICHIOMETRY | 3 |
| CH 331 | ORGANIC CHEMISTRY | 4 |
| MTH 256 | APPLIED DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS | 4 |
| PH 212 | *GENERAL PHYSICS WITH CALCULUS | 4 |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Winter | ||
| CBEE 212 | ENERGY BALANCES | 3 |
| CH 332 | ORGANIC CHEMISTRY | 4 |
| MTH 306 | MATRIX AND POWER SERIES METHODS or INTRODUCTION TO MATRIX ALGEBRA and INTRODUCTION TO SERIES | 4 |
| PH 213 | *GENERAL PHYSICS WITH CALCULUS | 4 |
| Perspective + | 3 | |
| Credits | 18 | |
| Spring | ||
| CBEE 213 | PROCESS DATA ANALYSIS | 4 |
| ENGR 201 | ELECTRICAL FUNDAMENTALS I | 3 |
| ENGR 211 | STATICS | 3 |
| HHS 231 | *LIFETIME FITNESS FOR HEALTH | 2 |
| HHS 241 | *LIFETIME FITNESS (or any PAC course) + | 1-2 |
| WR 327 | *TECHNICAL WRITING | 3 |
| Credits | 16-17 | |
| Third Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| CH 440 | PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY | 3 |
| CHE 311 | THERMODYNAMICS | 3 |
| CHE 331 | TRANSPORT PHENOMENA I | 4 |
| CHE 320 | SAFETY, ENGINEERING ETHICS AND PROFESSIONALISM | 3 |
| Credits | 13 | |
| Winter | ||
| CH 441 | PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY | 3 |
| CHE 361 | CHEMICAL PROCESS DYNAMICS AND SIMULATION | 3 |
| CHE 312 | CHEMICAL ENGINEERING THERMODYNAMICS | 3 |
| CHE 332 | TRANSPORT PHENOMENA II | 3 |
| Perspective + | 3 | |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| CH 442 | PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY | 3 |
| CHE 461 | PROCESS CONTROL | 3 |
| CHE 333 | TRANSPORT PHENOMENA III | 3 |
| CHE 334 | TRANSPORT PHENOMENA LABORATORY | 3 |
| Perspective + | 3 | |
| Advanced Chemistry Elective | 3 | |
| Credits | 18 | |
| Fourth Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| CBEE 414 | ^PROCESS ENGINEERING LABORATORY | 3 |
| CHE 443 | CHEMICAL REACTION ENGINEERING | 4 |
| CHE 411 | MASS TRANSFER OPERATIONS | 4 |
| Advanced Chemistry Laboratory | 4 | |
| Perspective + | 3 | |
| Credits | 18 | |
| Winter | ||
| CHE 415 | CHEMICAL ENGINEERING LABORATORY I | 3 |
| CHE 431 | CHEMICAL PLANT DESIGN I | 3 |
| Difference, Power, Discrimination + | 3 | |
| Engineering Elective | 4 | |
| Free Elective | 4 | |
| Credits | 17 | |
| Spring | ||
| CHE 432 | CHEMICAL PLANT DESIGN II | 3 |
| Engineering Elective | 4 | |
| Synthesis + | 3 | |
| Synthesis + | 3 | |
| Credits to meet 192 graduation requirement | 2 | |
| Credits | 15 | |
| Total Credits | 192-193 | |
| * | Baccalaureate Core Course (BCC) |
| ^ | Writing Intensive Course (WIC) |
| + | Must be selected to satisfy the requirements of the baccalaureate core |