DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

Curriculum:

The DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING requires 136 credits for graduation distributed as follows:

• 25 credits in General Education requirement

• 8 credits in communications
• 12 credits of humanity and social sciences courses
• 3 credits dedicated to introducing students to the oil and gas industry (PEEG151 overview of petroleum Industry)
• 1 credit of engineering seminar
• 1 credit of health and fitness courses

• 42 credits of Math and Basic Sciences

• 20 credit of chemistry
• 14 credits of math
• 8 credits of physics

• 69 credits in Engineering Topics

• 54 credits of chemical engineering required courses/labs
• 9 credits in Technical Electives (at least 6 credits in Major Electives)
• 6 credits of engineering design experience (STPS201 and STPS251)

Elective Course

Chemical Engineering students are required to take 3 technical elective courses for a minimum of 9 credit hours. Two of these elective must be program elective. Program electives include the following courses:

• CHEG 325: Introduction to Nanotechnology
• CHEG 380: Introduction to Polymer Science & Engineering
• CHEG 381: Polymer Chemistry
• CHEG 415: Combustion and Air Pollution Control
• CHEG 416: Corrosion Engineering
• CHEG 420: Polymer Properties and Processing
• CHEG 470: Industrial Catalysis
• CHEG 472: Water Treatment and Membrane Processes
• CHEG 488: Polymer Properties
• CHEG 4XX: Separation Processes

The department also recommends number of courses to be taken as out of the program technical elective. This list includes the following course:

• MEEG 324: Engineering Dynamics
• MEEG 334: Materials Science
• MEEG 344: Mechanics of Materials
• MEEG 459: Turbo Machinery
• MATH 361: Advanced Engineering Mathematics
• MATH 461: Linear Algebra
• PEEG 339:  Overview of Petroleum Reservoir Engineering
• PEEG 342:  Production Facilities
• PHYS 341:  Modern Physics
• HSEG 401:  Introduction to HSE Engineering
• HSEG 405:  System Safety Engineering

In addition to courses in this list, student can take other courses with approval of their academic advisor and the department chair

Course Plan