Chemical Engineering Major Electives
(at least 6 credits)

Course Code	Course Title	Pre- requisite	Co- requisite	Hour a week		Credit Hour
				Lecture	Lab
CHEG325	Fundamentals of Nanotechnology	CHEG301 CHEG322	None	3	0	3
CHEG380	Introduction to Polymer Science & Engineering	CHEM101 PHYS191	None	2	3	3
CHEG381	Polymer Chemistry and Reaction Engineering	CHEG380	None	3	0	3
CHEG415	Combustion and Air Pollution Control	CHEG351 CHEG361	None	3	0	3
CHEG416	Corrosion Engineering	CHEM181	None	3	0	3
CHEG440	Separation Processes	CHEG351	None	3	0	3
CHEG470	Industrial Catalysis	CHEM241 CHEM301 CHEG411	None	3	0	3
CHEG472	Water Treatment and Membrane Processes	CHEG301 CHEG351 MATH261	None	3	0	3
CHEG488	Polymer Properties	CHEG380	None	3	0	3
CHEG293/393/493	Special Topics in Chemical Engineering	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	1-4
CHEG394/494	Research Topics in Chemical Engineering	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	1-4
CHEG396/496	Independent Study in Chemical Engineering	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	1-6

Remarks

Only Junior year standing students (≥60 credit hours) and above are allowed to take major electives

Minimum of 2 major electives should be from the Chemical Engineering Program

Additional major electives could be taken with the permission of the program chair (or designee)

Chemical Engineering Technical Electives
(up to 3 credits)

Course Code	Course Title	Pre- requisite	Co- requisite	Hour a week		Credit Hour
				Lecture	Lab
HSEG401	Introduction to HSE Engineering	Senior year standing	None	3	0	3
HSEG405	System Safety Engineering	Senior year standing	None	3	0	3
MEEG334	Materials Science	CHEM131	None	3	3	4
MEEG454	Refrigeration/air conditioning and cryogenics	MEEG385 or its equivalent	None	3	0	3
MEEG459	Turbo Machinery	MEEG354 or its equivalent	None	3	0	3
MEEG479	Engineering Project Management	Senior year standing	None	3	0	3
MEEG480	Renewable Energy Technologies	MEEG365 or its equivalent	None	3	0	3
MATH361	Advanced Engineering Mathematics	MATH261	None	3	0	3
MATH461	Linear Algebra	MATH212	None	3	0	3
PEEG342	Production Facilities	None	CHEG302 or CHEG351 or MEEG354	3	0	3
PHYS341	Modern Physics with Applications	PHYS241	None	3	0	3

Remarks

Only Junior year standing students (≥60 credit hours) and above are allowed to take technical electives

Students are required to take up to 3 credits as a technical elective

Additional technical electives could be taken with the permission of student’s advisor and program chair (or designee)

Students taking courses, such as MATH 241: Probability & Statistics and MATH 365: Numerical Methods, will not earn any credit towards their graduation since similar courses are already taught in the Chemical Engineering Program

Humanities and Social Science (H&SS) Electives*

Course Code	Course Title	Pre- requisite	Co- requisite	Hour a week		Credit Hour
				Lecture	Lab
H&SS111	Islamic Studies	COMM101	COMM151	3	0	3
H&SS121	German Language I	Permission of instructor	None	3	0	3
H&SS171	German Language II	H&SS121	None	3	0	3
H&SS201	The West in the Middle East	COMM151	None	3	0	3
H&SS221	Introduction to Political Science	COMM151	None	3	0	3
H&SS222	The UAE before and since oil	COMM151	None	3	0	3
H&SS251	Principles of Economics	COMM151	None	3	0	3
H&SS253	Topics in Quranic and Hadith Studies	COMM151 or ENGL151	None	3	0	3
H&SS311	Leadership	COMM151 & Junior year standing	None	3	0	3
H&SS321	The Political Economy of Japan	COMM151	None	3	0	3
H&SS333	History and Politics of Middle East Oil	COMM151	None	3	0	3
H&SS348	Corporate Finance	H&SS251	None	3	0	3
H&SS351	World Petroleum Markets	H&SS251	None	3	0	3
H&SS373	Personal Financial Management	H&SS251 & Junior year standing	None	3	0	3
H&SS375	The Economics of Money, Banking and Financial Markets	H&SS251	None	3	0	3

*Additional H&SS electives could be taken with the permission of student’s advisor and program chair (or designee)