The Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering and Environmental Engineering provides expertise in addressing a variety of environmental challenges built on fundamentals in engineering, chemical, biological, and ecological principles. The coursework is designed to prepare students to tackle interconnected challenges in water, energy, air quality, and related fields, through chemical engineering skills in the engineering and control of processes involving chemicals that impact our environment, exploring ways to reduce acid rain and smog; to recycle and reduce wastes; to develop new sources of environmentally clean energy; and to design inherently safe, efficient, and “green” processes.
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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.
Universitywide Requirements
All undergraduate students are required to complete the Universitywide Requirements.
NUpath Requirements
All undergraduate students are required to complete the NUpath Requirements.
NUpath requirements: Interpreting Culture (IC), Understanding Societies and Institutions (SI), Engaging Differences and Diversity (DD), and Integrating Knowledge and Skills Through Experience (EX) are not explicitly satisfied by required engineering coursework. Successful completion of a cooperative education experience fulfills the EX requirement. Students are responsible for satisfying unfulfilled NUpath requirements with general elective coursework.
Chemical Engineering Requirements
Code | Title | Hours |
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Required Engineering | ||
CHME 2308 | Conservation Principles in Chemical Engineering | 4 |
CHME 2310 | Transport Processes 1 | 4 |
CHME 2320 | Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics 1 | 4 |
CHME 3305 and CHME 3306 | Chemical Engineering Laboratory and Recitation for CHME 3305 | 4 |
CHME 3312 | Transport Processes 2 | 4 |
CHME 3322 | Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics 2 | 4 |
CHME 4510 | Chemical Engineering Kinetics | 4 |
CHME 4512 | Chemical Engineering Process Control | 4 |
CHME 4701 | Separations and Process Analysis | 4 |
Supplemental Credit | ||
2 semester hours from the following course count toward the engineering requirement: | 2 | |
Cornerstone of Engineering 1 1 | ||
3 semester hours from the following course count toward the engineering requirement: | 3 | |
Cornerstone of Engineering 2 1 |
Environmental Engineering
Code | Title | Hours |
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Core Environmental Engineering Courses | ||
CIVE 2300 and CIVE 2301 | Environmental Measurements in Natural and Engineered Systems and Lab for CIVE 2300 | 4 |
CIVE 2334 | Environmental Engineering: Principles, Technology, and Sustainability | 4 |
CIVE 3430 | Engineering Microbiology and Ecology | 4 |
CIVE 3435 | Environmental Pollution: Fate and Transport | 4 |
CIVE 3464 | Probability and Engineering Economy for Civil Engineering | 4 |
CIVE 4534 and CIVE 4535 | Water Treatment Systems Design and Lab for CIVE 4534 | 4 |
Environmental Engineering Elective Courses | ||
Complete at least three courses from the following list: | 12 | |
Environmental Engineering Chemistry and Chemical Technologies | ||
Resource Recovery and Waste Treatment Technologies Abroad | ||
Climate Hazards and Resilient Cities Abroad | ||
Dynamic Modeling for Environmental Investment and Policymaking | ||
Solid and Hazardous Waste Management | ||
Life Cycle Assessment of Materials, Products, and Infrastructure | ||
Remote Sensing of the Environment | ||
Coastal Dynamics and Design | ||
Climate Science, Engineering Adaptation, and Policy | ||
Hydrologic and Hydraulic Design |
Capstone
Code | Title | Hours |
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Complete at least one of the core Capstone courses from the following list: | 4-5 | |
Chemical Process Design Capstone and Recitation for CHME 4703 | ||
Senior Design Project—Environmental |
Supporting Courses: Mathematics/Science
Complete all mathematics/science courses with a minimum of 30 semester hours.
Code | Title | Hours |
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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 |
Science Elective (Earth) | ||
Complete one of the following: | 4-5 | |
Dynamic Earth | ||
Earth's Changing Cycles | ||
Global Oceanic Change | ||
Water Resources | ||
Oceanography | ||
Geologic Field Seminar | ||
Supplemental Credit | ||
1 semester hour from the following course counts toward the mathematics/science requirement: | 1 | |
Cornerstone of Engineering 1 1 |
Professional Development
Code | Title | Hours |
---|---|---|
GE 1000 | First-Year Seminar | 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 | |
Cornerstone of Engineering 1 1 | ||
1 semester hour from the following course counts toward the professional development requirement: | 1 | |
Cornerstone of Engineering 2 1 |
Writing Requirements
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 3307 | Advanced Writing in the Sciences | |
or ENGW 3315 | Interdisciplinary Advanced Writing in the Disciplines |
Required General Electives
Code | Title | Hours |
---|---|---|
Complete 8 semester hours of academic, nonremedial, nonrepetitive courses. | 8 |
Integrative Course
Code | Title | Hours |
---|---|---|
This course is already required above and also fulfills the integrative requirement: | ||
CHME 2310 | Transport Processes 1 | 4 |
Major GPA Requirement
2.000 minimum GPA required in CHME coursework
2.000 minimum GPA required in all CIVE coursework
Program Requirement
132 total semester hours required
Sample Plans of Study
Four Years, One Co-op in Summer 2/Fall
Year 1 | |||||||
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Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
CHEM 1151 (ND) | 4 | CHME 2308 | 4 | MATH 2321 (FQ) | 4 | Vacation | |
CHEM 1153 | 0 | GE 1502 (ER) | 4 | Science Elective (Earth) | 4 | ||
ENGW 1111 (WF) | 4 | MATH 1342 (FQ) | 4 | ||||
GE 1000 | 1 | PHYS 1151 (ND) | 3 | ||||
GE 1501 | 4 | PHYS 1152 (AD) | 1 | ||||
MATH 1341 (FQ) | 4 | PHYS 1153 | 1 | ||||
17 | 17 | 8 | 0 | ||||
Year 2 | |||||||
Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
CHME 2310 | 4 | CHME 3312 | 4 | General elective | 4 | Vacation | |
CHME 2320 | 4 | CIVE 3430 | 4 | General elective | 4 | ||
CIVE 2334 | 4 | CIVE 3435 | 4 | ||||
MATH 2341 | 4 | CIVE 3464 | 4 | ||||
16 | 16 | 8 | 0 | ||||
Year 3 | |||||||
Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
CHME 3305 | 4 | CHME 4510 | 4 | Vacation | Co-op | ||
CHME 3306 | 0 | CHME 4701 | 4 | ||||
CHME 3322 | 4 | CIVE 5300 | 2 | ||||
CIVE 4534 (WI) | 3 | CIVE 5301 | 2 | ||||
CIVE 4535 | 1 | ENCP 2000 | 1 | ||||
ENGW 3302, 3307, or 3315 (WD) | 4 | Environmental engineering elective | 4 | ||||
16 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Year 4 | |||||||
Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
Co-op | CHME 4512 | 4 | |||||
CHME 4703 (EI, CE, WI) | 4 | ||||||
CHME 4705 | 0 | ||||||
ENCP 3000 | 1 | ||||||
Environmental engineering elective | 4 | ||||||
Environmental engineering elective | 4 | ||||||
0 | 17 | ||||||
Total Hours: 132 |
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 | CHME 2308 | 4 | MATH 2321 (FQ) | 4 | Vacation | |
CHEM 1153 | 0 | GE 1502 (ER) | 4 | Science Elective (Earth) | 4 | ||
ENGW 1111 (WF) | 4 | MATH 1342 (FQ) | 4 | ||||
GE 1000 | 1 | PHYS 1151 (ND) | 3 | ||||
GE 1501 | 4 | PHYS 1152 (AD) | 1 | ||||
MATH 1341 (FQ) | 4 | PHYS 1153 | 1 | ||||
17 | 17 | 8 | 0 | ||||
Year 2 | |||||||
Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
CHME 2310 | 4 | CHME 3312 | 4 | Vacation | 0 | Co-op | |
CHME 2320 | 4 | CIVE 2335 | 4 | ||||
CIVE 2334 | 4 | CIVE 3430 | 4 | ||||
MATH 2341 | 4 | CIVE 3435 | 4 | ||||
ENCP 2000 | 1 | ||||||
16 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Year 3 | |||||||
Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
Co-op | CHME 3315 (AD) | 4 | Vacation | Co-op | |||
CHME 3316 | 0 | ||||||
CHME 3322 | 4 | ||||||
ENGW 3302, 3307, or 3315 (WD) | 4 | ||||||
CIVE 4534 (WI) | 3 | ||||||
CIVE 4535 | 1 | ||||||
0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Year 4 | |||||||
Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
Co-op | CHME 4315 (AD, WI) | 4 | General elective | 4 | Co-op | ||
CHME 4316 | 0 | General elective | 4 | ||||
CHME 4510 | 4 | ||||||
CHME 4701 | 4 | ||||||
CIVE 5300 | 2 | ||||||
CIVE 5301 | 2 | ||||||
ENCP 3000 | 1 | ||||||
0 | 17 | 8 | 0 | ||||
Year 5 | |||||||
Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
Co-op | CHME 4512 | 4 | |||||
CHME 4703 (EI, CE, WI) | 4 | ||||||
CHME 4705 | 0 | ||||||
Environmental engineering elective | 4 | ||||||
Environmental engineering elective | 4 | ||||||
0 | 16 | ||||||
Total Hours: 132 |