General Requirements for Chemical Engineering Curriculum

1. Students are required to take six (6) three-credit general education courses as follows:
   1. Three, three-credit courses in the arts and humanities. Either Introduction to Ethics (45.203) or Engineering and Ethics (45.334) must be used to satisfy one of the Arts and Humanities course requirements.
   2. Three, three-credit courses in the social sciences. Either Economics I (49.201) or Economics II (49.202) must be used to satisfy one of the Social Science course requirements.
   3. A general education course that fulfills the Diversity requirement must be taken.
2. Students in the basic chemical engineering curriculum must take three chemical engineering technical electives, two other approved technical electives and an approved advanced chemistry elective or equivalent.
3. Students in the biological engineering option must take one technical elective from the recommended list of courses.
4. Students in the nanomaterials option must take four technical electives from the recommended list of courses and an approved advanced chemistry elective or equivalent. 
5. Students in the nuclear engineering option must take one technical elective from the recommended list of courses, another approved technical elective and an approved advanced chemistry elective or equivalent.
6. Students in the paper engineering option must take one technical elective from the recommended list of courses, another approved technical elective and an approved advanced chemistry elective or equivalent.
7. To qualify for graduation, students are required to obtain an overall GPA of 2.000 or higher in the department courses, in addition to satisfying the general degree requirements of the University.