Curriculum Leading to the
Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering
Beginning Catalog Year: 2007
The Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemical Engineering
requires a total of 134 semester credit hours of courses as listed
below.
| Pre-Professional
Courses |
CREDITS |
| CHM 2045 |
General Chemistry (GE-P) |
3 |
| CHM 2045L |
General Chemistry Lab (GE-P) |
1 |
| CHM 2046 |
General Chemistry (GE-P) |
3 |
| CHM 2046L |
General Chemistry Lab (GE-P) |
1 |
| MAC 2311 |
Analytical Geometry and Calculus l
(GE-M) |
4 |
| MAC 2312 |
Analytical Geometry and Calculus 2
(GE-M) |
4 |
| MAC 2313 |
Analytical Geometry and Calculus 3
(GE-M) |
4 |
| MAP 2302 |
Elementary Differential Equations
(GE-M) |
3 |
| PHY 2048 |
Physics with Calculus 1 (GE-P) |
3 |
| PHY 2048L |
Physics with Calculus 1 Lab (GE-P) |
1 |
| PHY 2049 |
Physics with Calculus 2 (GE-P) |
3 |
| PHY 2049L |
Physics with Calculus 2 Lab (GE-P) |
1 |
| Total |
31 |
| General Education
Courses |
CREDITS |
| Gen Ed-H |
Humanities (GE-H) (NOTE 1) |
6-9 |
| Gen Ed-S |
Social and Behavioral Science (GE-S)
(NOTE 1) |
6-9 |
| ENC 3254 |
Professional Writing for Discipline
(GE-C) or
ENC 2210 Technical Writing (GE-C)
|
3 |
| Total |
18 |
| Engineering Core
Courses |
CREDITS |
| ABE 2026 |
Biology for Engineers (GE-B) (NOTE 2) |
3 |
| STA 3032 |
Engineering Statistics (GE-M) |
3 |
| CGN 3710 |
Experimentation and Instrumentation in
Civil Engineering (NOTE 3) |
3 |
| COT3502 |
Computer Model Formulation |
4 |
| Total |
13 |
| Advanced Chemistry
Courses |
CREDITS |
| CHM 2210 |
Organic Chemistry 1 |
3 |
| CHM 2211 |
Organic Chemistry 2 |
3 |
| CHM 2211L |
Organic Chemistry Lab |
2 |
| CHM 3120 |
Introduction to Analytical Chemistry |
3 |
| CHM 4411 |
Physical Chemistry |
4 |
| Total |
15 |
| Chemical
Engineering Science and Design Courses |
CREDITS |
| ECH 3023 |
Material and Energy
Balances |
5 |
| ECH 3101 |
Process Thermodynamics |
3 |
| ECH 3203 |
Fluids and Solids
Operations |
3 |
| ECH 3223 |
Energy Transfer Operations |
3 |
| ECH 3264 |
Elementary Transport
Phenomena |
3 |
| ECH 4123 |
Phase and Chemical
Equilibria |
3 |
| ECH 4224L |
Fluids and Energy Transfer
Operations Lab |
2 |
| ECH 4323 |
Process Control Theory |
3 |
| ECH 4323L |
Process Control Laboratory |
1 |
| ECH 4403 |
Separations and Mass
Transfer Operations |
3 |
| ECH 4404L |
Separations and Mass
Transfer Operations Lab |
2 |
| ECH 4504 |
Chemical Kinetics and
Reactor Design |
4 |
| ECH 4604 |
Process Economics and
Synthesis |
3 |
| ECH 4644 |
Process Design (NOTE
4) |
3 |
| ECH 4714L |
Safety and Experimental
Evaluation Laboratory |
1 |
| ECH 4824 |
Materials of Chemical
Engineering |
2 |
| ECH 4934 |
Chemical Engineering
Professional Seminar |
1 |
| Total |
45 |
| Technical Elective (NOTE
5) |
CREDITS |
| ECH EL |
Chemical Engineering Elective |
3 |
| TECH EL |
Technical Electives |
9 |
| Total |
12 |
| BSCHE Curriculum Total |
134 |
NOTE 1: Take a total of 15 credit hours of Humanities
and Social and Behavioral Sciences courses - 6 credit hours must be
Humanities and 6 credit hours must be Social and Behavioral Sciences
NOTE 2: Or complete the introductory biology series
culminating in BSC 2011.
NOTE 3: Or take CGN 3710 Experimentation and
Instrumentation in Civil Engineering.
NOTE 4: The Integrated Product and Process Design program
(ECH 4912 and ECH 4913) is offered as a sequence of two three-credit courses
during fall and spring of the senior year. These two courses are pre-approved
substitutes for ECH 4644 (Process Design) and three credits of technical
electives.
NOTE 5: Take a total of 12 credit hours of Technical
Electives - 3 credit hours must be in Chemical Engineering.
