Suggested Degree Pathway for Chemical Engineering - Paper Option

For students who entered fall 2012 to spring 2015.

Freshman Year

Fall Semester
Course#Course NameCr.
CHEN.1070Intro to Chemical Engin.
2
ENGL.1010
College Writing I5
3
CHEM.1210
Chemistry I5
3
CHEM.1230L
Chemistry I Lab1
MATH.1310Calculus I4/54
xxxx.xxxx(Gen. Ed.) SS (Social Science)3
Total16


Spring Semester
Course#Course NameCr.
ENGN.1080Intro to Engineering II2
ENGL.1020
College Writing II5
3
CHEM.1220
Chemistry II5
3
CHEM.1240L
Chemistry II Lab
1
MATH.1320Calculus II54
PHYS.1410Physics I53
PHYS.1410LPhysics I Lab51
Total17

Sophomore Year

Fall Semester
Course#Course NameCr.
CHEN.2010
Material Balances3
CHEN.2050
Fundamentals of Electricity3
CHEM.2210
Organic Chemistry I1/5
3
MATH.2310
Calculus III5
4
BIOL.2100Biology for Engineers3
BIOL.2120LBiology for Engineers Lab1
Total17


Spring Semester
Course#Course NameCr.
CHEN.2020
Energy Balances & Intro to Thermodynamics
3
CHEM.2050L
Organic Chemistry Lab
1
CHEM.2220
Organic Chemistry II1/53
MATH.2340/2360
Differential Equations53
MATH.3850/3860
Applied Statistics/Probability & Statistics
3
ECON.2010/2020(Gen. Ed.) SS Economics I/II3
Total16

Junior Year

Fall Semester
Course#Course NameCr.
CHEN.3030
Fluid Mechanics
3
CHEN.3110
Thermodynamics
3
CHEN.3150
Unit Operations Lab 
2
CHEN.3170
Appl. Eng. Prob. Solving/Matlab
3
CHEM.3440Physical Chemistry I23
xxxx.xxxx(Gen. Ed.) AH(Arts/Humanities)3
Total17


Spring Semester
Course#Course NameCr.
CHEN.3040
Heat Transfer3
CHEN.3080
Intro to Material. Sci. & Eng
3
CHEN.3100
Separation Processes w/ Mass Transfer
3
CHEN.3160
Unit Operations Lab II
2
CHEM.3470LPhysical Chemistry Lab II
1
xxxx.xxxxGen. Ed. AH (Arts/Humanities)3
xxxx.xxxxGen. Ed. SS (Social Science)3
Total18

Senior Year

Fall Semester
Course#Course NameCr.
CHEN.4030
Chemical Reactor Design
3
CHEN.4090
Engineering Economics
3
CHEN.4130Process Dynamics & Control
3
CHEN.4150Processes & Controls Lab
2
xxxx.xxxxChemical Eng Tech Elective33
xxxx.xxxxGen. Ed. AH (Arts/Humanities)
3
Total17


Spring Semester
Course#Course NameCr.
CHEN.4100
Plant Design
3
CHEN.xxxx
Chemical Eng. Tech. Elective3
3
CHEN.xxxxChemical Eng. Tech. Elective
3
xxxx.xxxxChemical Eng. Tech. Elective
3
xxxx.xxxxAdvanced Chemical Elective or Equivalent
3
Total15
Total Minimum Credits = 133

Current UMass Lowell students should use their Advisement Report in SIS. If you need assistance, please contact your advisor. 

The University General Education requirements must be satisfied. Either Economics I (ECON.2010) or II (ECON.2020) must be used to satisfy one of the Social Science requirements. Either Intro. to Ethics (PHIL.2030) or Engineering and Ethics (PHIL.3340) must be used to satisfy one of the Arts & Humanities requirements. A Gen. Ed. course that fulfills the Diversity requirement must be taken. No more than two Gen. Ed. courses can be taken from the same department. Refer to the General Education website.

1The listed co-requisite, CHEM.2290L or CHEM.2300L, Organic Chemistry Lab, is not required for Chemical Engineering majors.
2The listed co-requisite, CHEM.3460L, Physical Chemistry Lab, is not required for Chemical Engineering majors. CHEM.3470L is the required lab.
3Students must take two of the following:

  • CHEN.4050 Design of Papers
  • CHEN.5010 Paper Industry Processes
  • CHEN.4940/4960 Selected Topics in Paper Engineering

The remainder of the option courses must be approved by the Paper Engineering Program Coordinator.

4Calculus I A, and Calculus I B instead of Calculus I, will be required for students who do not pass the Calculus Readiness Test.

5Honors Level courses may be taken instead.

Restriction on off-campus study:

Be advised that any course taken at another institution must be formally approved prior to enrollment. See the catalog policy for details.

 

Last Updated: 10/13/2017