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CHEN Curriculum
The chemical engineering curriculum is designed to prepare the students for the full range of career opportunities that the field offers. It provides a balanced education in virtually all aspects of chemical engineering principles and practice and includes education in economics, humanities and communication. Chemical engineering courses emphasize fundamentals and methods that are applicable to the analysis, development, design and operation of a wide variety of chemical engineering systems and processes, thereby providing the necessary background for entry into a wide array of activities. To supplement course work, well-equipped laboratories provide our students with experiences in operating and analyzing a variety of equipment and in the use of the modern computational tools and software used in chemical engineering. The chemical engineering degree plan is shown below:
| FRESHMAN YEAR | ||||||
| First Semester | (Th-Pr) | Cr | Second Semester | (Th-Pr) | Cr | |
| ENGL 104 Comp. and Rhetoric | (3-0) | 3 | CHEM 102 Fund. of Chemistry II1 | (3-0) | 3 | |
| ENGR 111 Foundations in Engineering I | (1-3) | 2 | CHEM 112 Fund. of Chemistry Lab. II | (0-3) | 1 | |
| MATH 151 Engineering Mathematics I1 | (3-2) | 4 | ENGR 112 Foundations in Engineering II | (1-3) | 2 | |
| PHYS 218 Mechanics | (3-3) | 4 | MATH 152 Engineering Mathematics II | (3-2) | 4 | |
| University Core Curriculum Elective2 | 3 | PHYS 208 Electricity and Optics | (3-3) | 4 | ||
| KINE 198 Health and Fitness Activity | (0-2) | 1 | University Core Curriculum Elective2 | 3 | ||
| KINE 199 Required Physical Activity | (0-2) | 1 | ||||
| 17 | 18 | |||||
| SOPHOMORE YEAR | ||||||
| First Semester | (Th-Pr) | Cr | Second Semester | (Th-Pr) | Cr | |
| CHEM 227 Organic Chemistry I | (3-0) | 3 | CHEM 228 Organic Chemistry II | (3-0) | 3 | |
| CHEM 237 Organic Chemistry Lab. I | (0-3) | 1 | CHEM 238 Organic Chemistry Lab. II | (0-3) | 1 | |
| CHEN 204 Elem. Chemical Engineering | (2-3) | 3 | CHEN 205 Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics I | (3-0) | 3 | |
| MATH 251 Engineering Mathematics III | (3-0) | 3 | MATH 308 Differential Equations | (3-0) | 3 | |
| Science Elective5 | 3 | University Core Curriculum Elective2 | 6 | |||
| University Core Curriculum Elective2 | 3 | |||||
| 16 | 16 | |||||
| JUNIOR YEAR | ||||||
| First Semester | (Th-Pr) | Cr | Second Semester | (Th-Pr) | Cr | |
| CHEM 316 Quantitative Analysis | (2-0) | 2 | CHEM 322 Physical Chemistry for Engineers | (3-0) | 3 | |
| CHEM 318 Quantitative Analysis Lab. | (0-3) | 1 | CHEM 325 Physical Chemistry Lab. I | (0-3) | 1 | |
| CHEN 304 Chemical Engineering Fluid Operations | (3-0) | 3 | CHEN 323 Chemical Engineering Heat Transfer Operations | (3-0) | 3 | |
| CHEN 313 Chemical Engineering Materials | (3-0) | 3 | CHEN 354 Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics II | (3-0) | 3 | |
| CHEN 320 Chemical Engineering Analysis | (3-0) | 3 | ENGL 210 Scientific and Technical Writing or ENGL 301 Technical Writing |
(3-0) | 3 | |
| University Core Curriculum Elective2 | 3 | Technical Elective6 | 3 | |||
| Elective3 | 3 | |||||
| 18 | 16 | |||||
| SENIOR YEAR | ||||||
| First Semester | (Th-Pr) | Cr | Second Semester | (Th-Pr) | Cr | |
| CHEM 326 Physical Chemistry Lab. II | (0-3) | 1 | CHEN 426 Chemical Engineering Plant Design | (1-6) | 3 | |
| CHEN 414 Chemical Engineering Lab. I | (0-3) | 1 | CHEN 433 Chemical Engineering Lab. II | (0-3) | 1 | |
| CHEN 424 Chemical Engineering Mass Transfer Operations | (3-0) | 3 | CHEN 464 Chemical Engineering Kinetics | (3-0) | 3 | |
| CHEN 425 Process Integration, Simulation and Economics | (2-3) | 3 | CHEN Specialty Electives4 | 6 | ||
| CHEN 455 Process Safety Engineering | (3-0) | 3 | University Core Curriculum Elective2 | 3 | ||
| CHEN 461 Process Dynamics and Control | (3-0) | 3 | ||||
| CHEN 481 Seminar | (0-2) | 1 | ||||
| 15 | 16 | |||||
| Degree plan is subject to approval. | ||||||
NOTES
1 Entering students will normally given placement tests in chemistry, mathematics, and English. Test results will be used to select the appropriate starting courses, which may be at a higher or lower level. CHEN requires 8 hours of freshman chemistry which may be satisfied by CHEM 101/111 (4 hr) or 107 (4 hr) and CHEM 102 (4 hr). Credit for CHEM 101/111 (or CHEM 107) by placement exam is possible for those with adequate background in chemistry.
2 To be selected from the University Core Curriculum, of the 18 hours shown as University Core Curriculum electives, must be from visual and performing arts, 3 from social and behavioral sciences, 6 from U.S. history, and 6 from POLS 206 and 207. The required 6 hours from international and cultural diversity may be met by courses satisfying the visual and performing arts, social and behavioral sciences, and the political science and history requirements if they are also on the approved list of international and cultural diversity courses. In addition, ENGR 482/PHIL 482 must be taken.
3 To be selected from courses at 300-level or above; or any 100–400 level CPSC course (others by petition).
4 To be selected from CHEN 409, 440, 451, 458, 459, 471, 474, 475, 489; ENGR 385; MEEN 455 and 458 (others by petition).
5 To be selected from BICH 303, BIOL 213.
6 To be selected from ECEN 215, MEEN 221.
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