Chemical Engineering, BSCHE

Provides a BS degree in chemical engineering. Upon completion, one can move in several career directions. Traditionally, the degree prepares one for practice in the engineering and the control of processes involving chemicals, biotechnology feedstocks, and pharmaceuticals. The degree can also serve as a springboard to advance study in chemical engineering. Nontraditional postgraduate pathways include obtaining a law school degree related to patent law, an MBA, or a medical degree for a career in the health professions.

Complete all courses listed below unless otherwise indicated. Also complete any corequisite labs, recitations, clinicals, or tools courses where specified and complete any additional courses needed beyond specific college and major requirements to satisfy graduation credit requirements.

University-Wide Requirements

All undergraduate students are required to complete the University-Wide Requirements.

NUpath Requirements

All undergraduate students are required to complete the NUpath Requirements.

NUpath requirements Interpreting Culture (IC), Societies and Institutions (SI), and Differences and Diversity (DD) are not explicitly satisfied by required engineering courses. Students are responsible for satisfying these requirements with general electives.

Engineering

Complete 54 semester hours in engineering as indicated below:

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
CHME 2308	Conservation Principles in Chemical Engineering	4
CHME 2310	Transport Processes 1	4
CHME 2320	Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics 1	4
CHME 3312	Transport Processes 2 and Separations	4
CHME 3315	Chemical Engineering Experimental Design 1 (Chem Eng Lab 1)	4
CHME 3322	Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics 2	4
CHME 4315	Chemical Engineering Experimental Design 2 (Chem Eng Lab 2)	4
CHME 4510	Chemical Engineering Kinetics	4
CHME 4512	Chemical Engineering Process Control	4
CHME 4701	Capstone Design 1: Process Analysis	4
CHME 4703	Capstone Design 2: Chemical Process Design	4
Advanced Engineering Elective
Complete one course numbered between 4000 and 5999 in any of the following subject areas:		4
BIOE, CHME, CIVE, EECE, ME, IE, MEIE, and ENGR
Supplemental Credit
3 semester hours from the following course count toward the engineering requirement:		3
GE 1501	Cornerstone of Engineering 1
3 semester hours from the following course count toward the engineering requirement:		3
GE 1502	Cornerstone of Engineering 2

Professional Development

Complete 4 semester hours in professional development as indicated below:

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Professional Development
GE 1000	Introduction to the Study of Engineering	1
CHME 2000	Introduction to Engineering Co-op Education	1
CHME 3000	Professional Issues in Engineering	1
Additional Required Courses
The remaining credit from the following course will apply to the professional development area:		1
GE 1501	Cornerstone of Engineering 1

Supporting Courses: Mathematics/Science 

Complete 30 semester hours in mathematics and science as indicated below:

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Required Mathematics/Science
CHEM 1151 and CHEM 1153	General Chemistry for Engineers and Recitation for CHEM 1151	4
MATH 1341	Calculus 1 for Science and Engineering	4
MATH 1342	Calculus 2 for Science and Engineering	4
MATH 2321	Calculus 3 for Science and Engineering	4
MATH 2341	Differential Equations and Linear Algebra for Engineering	4
PHYS 1151 and PHYS 1152 and PHYS 1153	Physics for Engineering 1 and Lab for PHYS 1151 and Interactive Learning Seminar for PHYS 1151	5
Complete one of the following:
BIOL 1111	General Biology 1
BIOL 1115	General Biology 1 for Engineers
PHYS 1155 and PHYS 1156 and PHYS 1157	Physics for Engineering 2 and Lab for PHYS 1155 and Interactive Learning Seminar for PHYS 1155
Supplemental Credit
1 semester hour from the following course counts toward the mathematics/science requirement:		1
GE 1502	Cornerstone of Engineering 2

Supporting Courses: Advanced Science 

Complete 14 semester hours in advanced science as indicated below.

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Complete one of the following:		5
CHEM 2311 and CHEM 2312 and CHEM 2319	Organic Chemistry 1 and Lab for CHEM 2311 and Recitation for CHEM 2311
CHEM 2315 and CHEM 2316 and CHEM 2324	Organic Chemistry 1 for Chemistry Majors and Lab for CHEM 2315 and Recitation for CHEM 2315
Complete one of the following:		5
CHEM 2313 and CHEM 2314 and CHEM 2320	Organic Chemistry 2 and Lab for CHEM 2313 and Recitation for CHEM 2313
CHEM 2317 and CHEM 2318 and CHEM 2325	Organic Chemistry 2 for Chemistry Majors and Lab for CHEM 2317 and Recitation for CHEM 2317
Complete one of the following:		4-6
BIOL 2301 and BIOL 2302	Genetics and Molecular Biology and Lab for BIOL 2301
BIOL 2321 and BIOL 2322	Microbiology and Lab for BIOL 2321
BIOL 2327	Human Parasitology
BIOL 3611 and BIOL 3612	Biochemistry and Lab for BIOL 3611
BIOL 3603	Mammalian Systems Physiology
EEMB 2302 and EEMB 2303	Ecology and Lab for EEMB 2302
CHEM 2331 and CHEM 2332	Bioanalytical Chemistry and Lab for CHEM 2331
CHEM 3403 and CHEM 3404	Quantum Chemistry and Spectroscopy and Lab for CHEM 3403
CHEM 3501	Inorganic Chemistry
CHEM 4621 and CHEM 4622	Introduction to Chemical Biology and Lab for CHEM 4621
CHEM 4628 and CHEM 4629	Introduction to Spectroscopy of Organic Compounds and Identification of Organic Compounds
PHYS 2303	Modern Physics
PHYS 3601	Classical Dynamics

Writing Requirements

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
A grade of C or higher is required:
ENGW 1111	First-Year Writing	4
ENGW 3302	Advanced Writing in the Technical Professions	4
or ENGW 3315	Interdisciplinary Advanced Writing in the Disciplines

Required General Electives

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Complete six academic, nonremedial, nonrepetitive courses, each equivalent to 4 semester hours.		24

Major GPA Requirement

2.000 minimum required in CHME courses

Course Work That Does Not Count Toward the Engineering Degree

Students in engineering are allowed to count a maximum of two pass/fail courses toward their degree program. Only general electives outside the College of Engineering may be taken on a pass/fail grading basis. A maximum of one pass/fail course is allowed per semester.

Program Requirement

134 total semester hours required

Four Years, Two Co-ops in Spring/Summer 1

Year 1
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours	Summer 1	Hours	Summer 2	Hours
MATH 1342	4	MATH 2321	4	CHME 2308	4	Vacation	0
Students will need to have AP credit for Calc. AB (MATH1341-Calculus 1–4 SH)	4	PHYS 1151 (ND)	3	General elective	4
CHEM 1151	4	PHYS 1152 (AD)	1
CHEM 1153	0	PHYS 1153	1
GE 1000	1	GE 1502 (ER)	4
GE 1501	4	General elective	4
ENGW 1111 (WF)	4
	21		17		8		0
Year 2
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours	Summer 1	Hours	Summer 2	Hours
CHME 2000	1	Co-op	0	Co-op	0	CHEM 2313	4
MATH 2341	4	ENGW 3302 (To be taken online)	4			CHEM 2314	1
CHEM 2311	4					CHEM 2320	0
CHEM 2312	1					CHME 2320	4
CHEM 2319	0
CHME 2310	4
BIOL 1115 or PHYS 1155 and PHYS 1156 and PHYS 1157	4-5
	18-19		4		0		9
Year 3
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours	Summer 1	Hours	Summer 2	Hours
CHME 3315 Lab 1 (AD, WI)	4	Co-op	0	Co-op	0	General elective	4
CHME 3312	4					General elective	4
CHME 3322	4
General elective	4
	16		0		0		8
Year 4
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours
CHME 3000	1	CHME 4512	4
CHME 4510	4	CHME 4703	4
CHME 4701	4	Advanced engineering elective	4
CHME 4315 Lab 2 (AD, WI)	4	General elective	4
Advanced science elective	4
	17		16
Total Hours: 134-135

Four Years, Two Co-ops in Summer 2/Fall

Year 1
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours	Summer 1	Hours	Summer 2	Hours
MATH 1342	4	MATH 2321	4	CHME 2308	4	Vacation	0
Students will need to have AP credit for Calc. AB (MATH1341-Calculus 1–4 SH)	4	PHYS 1151 (ND)	3	General elective	4
CHEM 1151	4	PHYS 1152 (AD)	1
CHEM 1153	0	PHYS 1153	1
GE 1000	1	GE 1502 (ER)	4
GE 1501	4	General elective	4
ENGW 1111 (WF)	4
	21		17		8		0
Year 2
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours	Summer 1	Hours	Summer 2	Hours
MATH 2341	4	CHEM 2313	4	Advanced science elective	4	Co-op	0
CHEM 2311	4	CHEM 2314	1	General elective	4
CHEM 2312	1	CHEM 2320	0
CHEM 2319	0	CHME 2000	1
CHME 2310	4	CHME 2320	4
BIOL 1115 or PHYS 1155 and PHYS 1156 and PHYS 1157	4-5	CHME 3312	4
		General elective	4
	17-18		18		8		0
Year 3
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours	Summer 1	Hours	Summer 2	Hours
Co-op	0	CHME 3315	4	General elective	4	Co-op	0
ENGW 3302 (To be taken online)	4	CHME 3322	4	General elective	4
		CHME 4510	4
		CHME 4701	4
	4		16		8		0
Year 4
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours
Co-op	0	CHME 3000	1
		CHME 4315	4
		CHME 4512	4
		CHME 4703	4
		Advanced engineering elective	4
	0		17
Total Hours: 134-135

Five Years, Three Co-ops in Summer 2/Fall

Year 1
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours	Summer 1	Hours	Summer 2	Hours
MATH 1341 (FQ)	4	MATH 1342 (FQ)	4	Vacation	0	Vacation	0
CHEM 1151	4	PHYS 1151 (ND)	3
CHEM 1153	0	PHYS 1152 (AD)	1
GE 1000	1	PHYS 1153	1
GE 1501	4	GE 1502 (ER)	4
ENGW 1111	4	General elective	4
	17		17		0		0
Year 2
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours	Summer 1	Hours	Summer 2	Hours
CHEM 2311	4	CHEM 2313	4	Vacation	0	Co-op	0
CHEM 2312	1	CHEM 2314	1
CHEM 2319	0	CHEM 2320	0
CHME 2308	4	CHME 2000	1
MATH 2321 (FQ)	4	CHME 2310	4
BIOL 1115 or PHYS 1155 and PHYS 1156 and PHYS 1157	4-5	CHME 2320	4
		MATH 2341	4
	17-18		18		0		0
Year 3
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours	Summer 1	Hours	Summer 2	Hours
Co-op	0	CHME 3312	4	General elective	4	Co-op	0
		CHME 3315 (AD, WI)	4	General elective	4
		CHME 3322	4
		ENGW 3302	4
	0		16		8		0
Year 4
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours	Summer 1	Hours	Summer 2	Hours
Co-op	0	CHME 3000	1	General elective	4	Co-op	0
		CHME 4315 (AD, WI)	4	General elective	4
		CHME 4510	4
		CHME 4701	4
		General elective	4
	0		17		8		0
Year 5
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours
Co-op	0	CHME 4512	4
		CHME 4703 (EI, CE)	4
		Advanced engineering elective	4
		Advance science elective	4
	0		16
Total Hours: 134-135

Five Years, Three Co-ops in Spring/Summer 1

Year 1
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours	Summer 1	Hours	Summer 2	Hours
MATH 1341 (FQ)	4	MATH 1342 (FQ)	4	Vacation	0	Vacation	0
CHEM 1151	4	PHYS 1151 (ND)	3
CHEM 1153	0	PHYS 1152 (AD)	1
GE 1000	1	PHYS 1153	1
GE 1501	4	GE 1502 (ER)	4
ENGW 1111 (WF)	4	General elective	4
	17		17		0		0
Year 2
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours	Summer 1	Hours	Summer 2	Hours
MATH 2321 (FQ)	4	Co-op	0	Co-op	0	CHEM 2313	4
CHEM 2311	4					CHEM 2314	1
CHEM 2312	1					CHEM 2320	0
CHEM 2319	0					CHME 2320	4
CHME 2000	1
CHME 2308	4
BIOL 1115 or PHYS 1155 and PHYS 1156 and PHYS 1157	4-5
	18-19		0		0		9
Year 3
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours	Summer 1	Hours	Summer 2	Hours
CHME 2310	4	Co-op	0	Co-op	0	General elective	4
CHME 3322	4					General elective	4
MATH 2341	4
General elective	4
	16		0		0		8
Year 4
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours	Summer 1	Hours	Summer 2	Hours
CHME 3000	1	Co-op	0	Co-op	0	Vacation	0
CHME 3312	4
General elective	4
CHME 3315 (AD, WI)	4
ENGW 3302	4
	17		0		0		0
Year 5
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours
CHME 4315 (AD, WI)	4	CHME 4512	4
CHME 4510	4	CHME 4703 (EI, CE)	4
CHME 4701	4	General elective	4
Advanced science elective	4	Advanced engineering elective	4
	16		16
Total Hours: 134-135