Basic Chemical Engineering Curriculum


Freshman Year /Fall Semester Cr.   Freshman Year/Spring Semester Cr.
25.107 Intro to Eng I 2   25.108 Intro to Eng II 2
42.101 College Writing I 3   42.102 College Writing II 3
84.121 Chemistry I 3   84.122 Chemistry II 3
84.123 Chemistry Lab I 1   84.124 Chemistry Lab II 1
92.131 Calculus I 4   92.132 Calculus II 4
General Education Elective(1) 3   95.141 Physics I 3
        96.141 Fund Exp Physics I 1
 
TOTAL
16    
TOTAL
17

Sophomore Year /Fall Semester Cr.   Sophomore Year/Spring Semester Cr.
10.201 Material Balances 3   10.202 Energy Bal. & Intro. to Thermo 3
10.205 Fundamentals of Electricity 3   84.205 Organic Chemistry Lab 1
84.221 Organic Chemistry I (2) 3   84.222 Organic Chemistry II(2) 3
92.231 Calculus III 4   92.236 Eng. Differential Equations 3
General Education Elective(1) 3   92.385 Applied Statistics 3
        General Education Elective(1) 3
 
TOTAL
16    
TOTAL
16

Junior Year /Fall Semester Cr.   Junior Year/Spring Semester Cr.
10.303 Fluid Mechanics 3   10.304 Heat Transfer 3
10.311 Thermodynamics 3   10.310

Separation Proc. w/ Mass Transfer

3
10.315 Unit Operations Lab I 2   10.308 Intro to Materials Sci. and Eng. 3
10.317 Appl Eng Problem Solving/Matlab 3   10.316 Unit Operations Lab II 2
84.344 Physical Chemistry I(3) 3   84.347 Physical Chemistry Lab 1
General Education Elective(1) 3   General Education Elective(1) 3
  General Education Elective(1) 3
 
TOTAL
17    
TOTAL
18

Senior Year /Fall Semester Cr.   Senior Year/Spring Semester Cr.
10.403 Chemical Reaction Engineering 3   10.410 Plant Design 3
10.409 Engineering Economics 3   10.XXX Chemical Eng. Technical Elective 3
10.413 Process Dynamics and Control 3   10.XXx Chemical Eng. Technical Elective 3
10.415 Processes and Controls Lab 2   Technical Elective 3
Chemical Eng Technical Elective 3   Adv. Chem. Elective or Equiv. 3
Technical Elective 3      
 
TOTAL
17    
TOTAL
15

Total Minimum Credits = 132
(1) The University General Education requirements must be satisfied. Either Economics I (49.201) or II (49.202) must be used to satisfy one of the Social Science requirements. Either Introduction to Ethics (45.203) or Engineering and Ethics (45.334) must be used to satisfy one of the Arts and Humanities requirements. A General Education course that fulfills the Diversity requirement must be taken.
(2) Listed co-requisite, 84.229 or 84.230, Organic Chemistry Laboratory is not required for Chem. Eng. (CN) majors
(3) Listed co-requisite, 84.346, Physical Chemistry Lab, is not required for Chem. Eng. (CN) majors.

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