Students graduating from the BS program in chemical engineering will have a firm and practical grasp of engineering principles and underlying science associated with traditional chemical engineering applications, and will also learn to tie together phenomena at the nano-scale with the behavior of systems at the macro-scale. While chemical engineers have always excelled at analyzing and designing processes with multiple length scales, modern chemical engineering applications require this knowledge to be extended to the nano-scale, and our program addresses this emerging need.
Chemical Engineering, BS degree, typical course sequence (total semester credit hours: 129)
First Year
- Chemical Engineering Insights I & II
- General and Analytical Chemistry I & II
- General and Analytical Chemistry Lab I & II
- Project-based Calculus I & II
- Writing Seminar
- First Year Seminar
- University Physics I
- LAS Perspective 1
- LAS Foundation Elective
- Wellness Education
Second Year
- Chemical Process Analysis
- Comprehensive Organic Chemistry I
- Comprehensive Organic Chemistry I Lab
- Differential Equations
- LAS Perspective 2, 3
- Applied Thermodynamics
- Continuum Mechanics I
- Chemical Engineering Principles Lab
- Inorganic Chemistry I
- Multivariable and Vector Calculus
- Engineering Co-op Preparation
- Wellness Education*
Third Year
- Cooperative Education (fall)
- Mass Transfer Operations
- Continuum Mechanics II
- Analytical Tech. for Chemical Engineers I
- Instrumental Analysis
- LAS Perspective 4
- LAS Immersion 1
Fourth Year
- Material Science
- Reaction Engineering
- Analytical Techniques for Engineers II
- Chemical Engineering Processes Lab (WI)
- LAS Immersion 2, 3
- Cooperative Education (spring)
Fifth Year
- Multidisciplinary Senior Design I & II
- Analysis of Multi-Scale Processes
- Design With Constraint
- Professional Technical Electives (two courses)
- University Physics II
- System Dynamics and Control
- Free Electives (two courses)
LAS-Liberal Arts and Sciences
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