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

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 and CHME 3316	Chemical Engineering Experimental Design 1 and Recitation for CHME 3315 (Chem Eng Lab 1)	4
CHME 3322	Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics 2	4
CHME 4315 and CHME 4316	Chemical Engineering Experimental Design 2 and Recitation for CHME 4315 (Chem Eng Lab 2)	4
CHME 4510	Chemical Engineering Kinetics	4
CHME 4512	Chemical Engineering Process Control	4
Chemical Engineering Capstone
CHME 4701	Capstone Design 1: Process Analysis	4
CHME 4703 and CHME 4705	Capstone Design 2: Chemical Process Design and Recitation for CHME 4703	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
2 semester hours from the following course count toward the engineering requirement:		2
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

Supporting Courses: Mathematics/Science 

Complete all Mathematics/Science courses with a minimum of 30 semester hours.

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:		4-5
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 1501	Cornerstone of Engineering 1

Supporting Courses: Advanced Science 

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Complete one of the following:		5
CHEM 2311 and CHEM 2312	Organic Chemistry 1 and Lab for CHEM 2311
CHEM 2315 and CHEM 2316	Organic Chemistry 1 for Chemistry Majors and Lab for CHEM 2315
Complete one of the following:		5
CHEM 2313 and CHEM 2314	Organic Chemistry 2 and Lab for CHEM 2313
CHEM 2317 and CHEM 2318	Organic Chemistry 2 for Chemistry Majors and Lab for CHEM 2317
Complete one of the following:		4-6
BIOL 2301	Genetics and Molecular Biology
BIOL 2327	Human Parasitology
BIOL 3421 and BIOL 3422	Microbiology and Lab for BIOL 3421
BIOL 3603	Mammalian Systems Physiology
BIOL 3611 and BIOL 3612	Biochemistry and Lab for BIOL 3611
CHEM 2321 and CHEM 2322	Analytical Chemistry and Lab for CHEM 2321
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 and CHEM 3502 and CHEM 3503	Inorganic Chemistry and Lab for CHEM 3501 and Recitation for CHEM 3501
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
EEMB 2302 and EEMB 2303	Ecology and Lab for EEMB 2302
EEMB 3460	Conservation Biology
EEMB 3470 and EEMB 3471	Coastal Ecology and Sustainability and Lab for EEMB 3470
PHYS 1211	Computational Problem Solving in Physics
PHYS 2303	Modern Physics
PHYS 2371 and PHYS 2372	Electronics and Lab for PHYS 2371
PHYS 3601	Classical Dynamics
PHYS 3602	Electricity and Magnetism 1

Professional Development

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Professional Development
GE 1000	Introduction to the Study of Engineering	1
ENCP 2000	Introduction to Engineering Co-op Education	1
ENCP 3000	Professional Issues in Engineering	1
Additional Required Courses
1 semester hour from the following course counts toward the professional development requirement:		1
GE 1501	Cornerstone of Engineering 1
1 semester hour from the following course counts toward the professional development requirement:		1
GE 1502	Cornerstone of Engineering 2

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 24 SH of academic, nonremedial, nonrepetitive courses.		24

Major GPA Requirement

2.000 minimum required in CHME courses

Program Requirement

134 total semester hours required

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

Year 1
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours	Summer 1	Hours	Summer 2	Hours
Students will need to have Advanced Standing Credit (such as AP, IB or college credit) for Math 1341 Calculus 1	4	GE 1502 (ER)	4	CHME 2308	4	Vacation	0
CHEM 1151 (ND)	4	MATH 2321 (FQ)	4	General Elective	4
CHEM 1153	0	PHYS 1151 (ND)	3
ENGW 1111 (WF)	4	PHYS 1152 (AD)	1
GE 1000	1	PHYS 1153	1
GE 1501	4	General Elective	4
MATH 1342 (FQ)	4
	21		17		8		0
Year 2
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours	Summer 1	Hours	Summer 2	Hours
CHEM 2311	4	BIOL 1115 or PHYS 1155 and PHYS 1156 and PHYS 1157 (ND)	4-5	Advanced Science Elective	4	Co-op	0
CHEM 2312	1	CHEM 2313	4	General Elective	4
CHME 2310	4	CHEM 2314	1
CHME 2320	4	CHME 3312	4
MATH 2341	4	CHME 3322	4
		ENCP 2000	1
	17		18-19		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 or 3315 (to be taken online) (WD)	4	CHME 3316	0	General Elective	4
		CHME 4510	4
		CHME 4701	4
		General Elective	4
	4		16		8		0
Year 4
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours
Co-op	0	CHME 4315 (AD, WI)	4
		CHME 4316	0
		CHME 4512	4
		CHME 4703 (EI, CE, WI)	4
		CHME 4705	0
		ENCP 3000	1
		Advanced Engineering Elective	4
	0		17
Total Hours: 134-135

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

Year 1
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours	Summer 1	Hours	Summer 2	Hours
Students will need to have Advanced Standing Credit (such as AP, IB or college credit) for Math 1341 Calculus 1	4	GE 1502 (ER)	4	CHME 2308	4	Vacation	0
CHEM 1151 (ND)	4	MATH 2321 (FQ)	4	General Elective	4
CHEM 1153	0	PHYS 1151 (ND)	3
ENGW 1111 (WF)	4	PHYS 1152 (AD)	1
GE 1000	1	PHYS 1153	1
GE 1501	4	General Elective	4
MATH 1342 (FQ)	4
	21		17		8		0
Year 2
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours	Summer 1	Hours	Summer 2	Hours
BIOL 1115 or PHYS 1155 and PHYS 1156 and PHYS 1157 (ND)	4-5	Co-op	0	Co-op	0	CHEM 2313	4
CHEM 2311	4	ENGW 3302 or 3315 (to be taken online) (WD)	4			CHEM 2314	1
CHEM 2312	1					CHME 2320	4
CHME 2310	4
ENCP 2000	1
MATH 2341	4
	18-19		4		0		9
Year 3
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours	Summer 1	Hours	Summer 2	Hours
CHME 3312	4	Co-op	0	Co-op	0	General Elective	4
CHME 3315 (AD)	4					General Elective	4
CHME 3316	0
CHME 3322	4
General Elective	4
	16		0		0		8
Year 4
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours
CHME 4315 (AD, WI)	4	CHME 4512	4
CHME 4316	0	CHME 4703 (EI, CE, WI)	4
CHME 4510	4	CHME 4705	0
CHME 4701	4	Advanced Engineering Elective	4
ENCP 3000	1	General Elective	4
Advanced Science Elective	4
	17		16
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
CHEM 1151 (ND)	4	GE 1502 (ER)	4	Vacation	0	Vacation	0
CHEM 1153	0	MATH 1342 (FQ)	4
ENGW 1111 (WF)	4	PHYS 1151 (ND)	3
GE 1000	1	PHYS 1152 (AD)	1
GE 1501	4	PHYS 1153	1
MATH 1341 (FQ)	4	General Elective	4
	17		17		0		0
Year 2
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours	Summer 1	Hours	Summer 2	Hours
BIOL 1115 or PHYS 1155 and PHYS 1156 and PHYS 1157 (ND)	4-5	CHEM 2313	4	Vacation	0	Co-op	0
CHEM 2311	4	CHEM 2314	1
CHEM 2312	1	CHME 2310	4
CHME 2308	4	CHME 2320	4
MATH 2321 (FQ)	4	ENCP 2000	1
		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)	4	General Elective	4
		CHME 3316	0
		CHME 3322	4
		ENGW 3302 or 3315 (WD)	4
	0		16		8		0
Year 4
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours	Summer 1	Hours	Summer 2	Hours
Co-op	0	CHME 4315 (AD, WI)	4	General Elective	4	Co-op	0
		CHME 4316	0	General Elective	4
		CHME 4510	4
		CHME 4701	4
		ENCP 3000	1
		General Elective	4
	0		17		8		0
Year 5
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours
Co-op	0	CHME 4512	4
		CHME 4703 (EI, CE, WI)	4
		CHME 4705	0
		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
CHEM 1151 (ND)	4	GE 1502 (ER)	4	Vacation	0	Vacation	0
CHEM 1153	0	MATH 1342 (FQ)	4
ENGW 1111 (WF)	4	PHYS 1151 (ND)	3
GE 1000	1	PHYS 1152 (AD)	1
GE 1501	4	PHYS 1153	1
MATH 1341 (FQ)	4	General Elective	4
	17		17		0		0
Year 2
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours	Summer 1	Hours	Summer 2	Hours
BIOL 1115 or PHYS 1155 and PHYS 1156 and PHYS 1157 (ND)	4-5	Co-op	0	Co-op	0	CHEM 2313	4
CHEM 2311	4					CHEM 2314	1
CHEM 2312	1					CHME 2320	4
CHME 2308	4
ENCP 2000	1
MATH 2321 (FQ)	4
	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 3312	4	Co-op	0	Co-op	0	Vacation	0
CHME 3315 (AD)	4
CHME 3316	0
ENCP 3000	1
ENGW 3302 or 3315 (WD)	4
General Elective	4
	17		0		0		0
Year 5
Fall	Hours	Spring	Hours
CHME 4315 (AD, WI)	4	CHME 4512	4
CHME 4316	0	CHME 4703 (EI, CE, WI)	4
CHME 4510	4	CHME 4705	0
CHME 4701	4	Advanced Engineering Elective	4
Advanced Science Elective	4	General Elective	4
	16		16
Total Hours: 134-135