- Concentrations and course offerings may vary by campus and/or by program modality. Please consult with your advisor or admissions coach for the course availability each term at your campus or within your program modality.
- Certain options within the program may be required at certain campuses or for certain program modalities. Please consult with your advisor or admissions coach for requirements at your campus or for your program modality.
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.
Engineering Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| CHME 2308 | Conservation Principles in Chemical Engineering | 4 |
| CHME 2310 | Transport Processes 1 | 4 |
| CHME 2320 | Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics | 4 |
| CHME 3305 and CHME 3306 | Chemical Engineering Laboratory and Recitation for CHME 3305 | 4 |
| CHME 3312 | Transport Processes 2 | 4 |
| CHME 3322 | Chemical Thermodynamics | 4 |
| CHME 4510 | Chemical Engineering Kinetics | 4 |
| CHME 4512 | Chemical Engineering Process Control | 4 |
| CHME 4701 | Separations and Process Analysis | 4 |
| Chemical Engineering Capstone | ||
| CHME 4703 and CHME 4705 | Chemical Process Design Capstone and Recitation for CHME 4703 | 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 | ||
Concentration or Electives Option
A concentration is not required. Students may complete the electives option in lieu of a concentration.
- Biomolecular and Biomedical Systems
- Complex and Computational Systems
- Energy and Sustainability
- Materials and Nanotechnology
- Electives
Supporting Courses: Mathematics/Science
Complete all mathematics/science courses with a minimum of 30 semester hours.
| 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 | |
| General Biology 1 | ||
| 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 | |
| Cornerstone of Engineering 1 1 | ||
Supporting Courses: Advanced Science
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Complete one of the following pairs: | 5-6 | |
| Organic Chemistry 1 and Lab for CHEM 2311 | ||
| Organic Chemistry 1 for Chemistry Majors and Lab for CHEM 2315 | ||
| Complete one of the following pairs: | 5-6 | |
| Organic Chemistry 2 and Lab for CHEM 2313 | ||
| Organic Chemistry 2 for Chemistry Majors and Lab for CHEM 2317 | ||
Professional Development
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Professional Development | ||
| 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 3315 | Interdisciplinary Advanced Writing in the Disciplines | |
Required General Electives
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Complete 24 semester hours of academic, nonremedial, nonrepetitive courses. | 24 | |
Major GPA Requirement
A 2.000 minimum GPA is required in CHME coursework.
Program Requirement
134 total semester hours required
- 1
Students can substitute Engineering Design (GE 1110) and Engineering Problem Solving and Computation (GE 1111) for Cornerstone of Engineering 1 (GE 1501) and Cornerstone of Engineering 2 (GE 1502) .
Concentration in Biomolecular and Biomedical Systems
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Advanced Engineering Electives | ||
| Complete two of the following courses, at least one of which must be a CHME course: | 8 | |
| Dynamical Systems in Biological Engineering | ||
| Regulatory and Quality Aspects of Medical Device Design | ||
| Molecular Bioengineering | ||
| Applied Molecular Bioengineering | ||
| Cellular Engineering | ||
| Principles and Applications of Tissue Engineering | ||
| Drug Delivery: Engineering Analysis | ||
| Design of Experiments and Ethical Research (DOEER) | ||
| Biochemical Engineering | ||
| Biomaterials Principles and Applications | ||
| Advanced Topics in Biomaterials | ||
| Advanced Science Elective | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4-6 | |
| Current Topics in Cell and Molecular Biology | ||
| Cell and Molecular Biology | ||
| Cell and Molecular Biology of Aging | ||
| Cell and Molecular Neuroscience | ||
| Foundations in Nanomedicine: Therapeutics | ||
| Foundations in Nanomedicine: Diagnostics | ||
| Nanomedicine Research Techniques | ||
| Nano/Biomedical Commercialization: Concept to Market | ||
| Preclinical and Clinical Study Design | ||
| Students may petition for additional science and/or engineering courses to be counted towards the electives if the course content falls within the concentration focus. Students may also petition for independent research to be counted towards the non-CHME engineering elective. | ||
Concentration in Complex and Computational Systems
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Advanced Engineering Electives | ||
| Complete two of the following courses, at least one of which must be a CHME course: | 8 | |
| Dynamical Systems in Biological Engineering | ||
| Computational Modeling in Chemical Engineering | ||
| Numerical Strategies and Data Analytics for Chemical Sciences | ||
| Fundamentals of Computer Science 1 | ||
| Fundamentals of Computer Science 2 | ||
| Mathematics of Data Models | ||
| Artificial Intelligence | ||
| Design Analysis and Innovation | ||
| Computer Vision | ||
| Parallel Processing for Data Analytics | ||
| Advanced Science Elective | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4-6 | |
| Quantum Chemistry and Spectroscopy | ||
| Computational Chemistry | ||
| Population Dynamics | ||
| Mathematical and Computational Methods for Physics | ||
| Quantum Computation and Information | ||
| Students may petition for additional science and/or engineering courses to be counted towards the electives if the course content falls within the concentration focus. Students may also petition for independent research to be counted towards the non-CHME engineering elective. | ||
Concentration in Energy and Sustainability
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Advanced Engineering Electives | ||
| Complete two of the following courses, at least one of which must be a CHME course: | 8 | |
| Computational Modeling in Chemical Engineering | ||
| Electrochemical Engineering | ||
| Life Cycle Assessment of Materials, Products, and Infrastructure | ||
| Climate Technologies for Decarbonization, Mitigation, and Adaptation | ||
| Sustainable Rehabilitation of Structures | ||
| Advanced Science Elective | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4-6 | |
| Materials Chemistry of Renewable Energy | ||
| Ecosystems Ecology | ||
| Conservation Biology | ||
| Sustainability of the Land-Sea Interface | ||
| Food Security and Sustainability | ||
| Sustainable Agriculture | ||
| Sustainable Energy and Climate Solutions | ||
| Climate Adaptation and Nature-Based Solutions | ||
| Students may petition for additional science and/or engineering courses to be counted towards the electives if the course content falls within the concentration focus. Students may also petition for independent research to be counted towards the non-CHME engineering elective. | ||
Concentration in Materials and Nanotechnology
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Advanced Engineering Electives | ||
| Complete two of the following courses, at least one of which must be a CHME course: | 8 | |
| Materials Characterization Techniques | ||
| Complex Fluids and Everyday Materials | ||
| Advanced Topics in Biomaterials | ||
| Introduction to Polymer Science | ||
| Particulate Materials Processing | ||
| Ceramic Science and Engineering | ||
| Materials Processing and Process Selection | ||
| Fundamentals of Advanced Materials | ||
| Nano- and Microscale Manufacturing | ||
| Composite Materials | ||
| Advanced Science Elective | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4-6 | |
| Polymer Chemistry | ||
| Mechanistic and Physical Organic Chemistry | ||
| Particle Physics | ||
| Introduction to Nanoscience and Nanotechnology | ||
| Students may petition for additional science and/or engineering courses to be counted towards the electives if the course content falls within the concentration focus. Students may also petition for independent research to be counted towards the non-CHME engineering elective. | ||
Electives Option
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Advanced Engineering Electives | ||
| Complete any two advanced elective courses in engineering, at least one of which must be a CHME course (level 2000+), while the other can also be CHME or any engineering elective (level 4000+). Students may petition for independent research to be counted towards the non-CHME course. | 8 | |
| Advanced Science Elective | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4-6 | |
| Genetics and Molecular Biology | ||
| Human Parasitology | ||
| Microbiology and Lab for BIOL 3421 | ||
| Mammalian Systems Physiology | ||
| Biochemistry and Lab for BIOL 3611 | ||
| Analytical Chemistry and Lab for CHEM 2321 and Recitation for CHEM 2321 | ||
| Quantum Chemistry and Spectroscopy and Lab for CHEM 3403 | ||
| Physical Chemistry and Lab for CHEM 3431 | ||
| Inorganic Chemistry and Lab for CHEM 3501 and Recitation for CHEM 3501 | ||
| Introduction to Spectroscopy of Organic Compounds and Identification of Organic Compounds | ||
| Ecology and Lab for EEMB 2302 | ||
| Conservation Biology | ||
| Computational Problem Solving in Physics | ||
| Modern Physics | ||
| Electronics and Lab for PHYS 2371 | ||
| Classical Dynamics | ||
| Electricity and Magnetism 1 | ||
Sample Plans of Study
Four Years, Two Co-ops in Summer 2/Fall
| Year 1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| CHEM 1151 and CHEM 1153 (ND) | 4 | GE 1502 (ER) | 4 | CHME 2308 | 4 | CHME 2320 | 4 |
| ENGW 1111 (WF) | 4 | MATH 1342 (FQ) | 4 | MATH 2321 (FQ) | 4 | General elective | 4 |
| GE 1000 | 1 | PHYS 1151 and PHYS 1152 and PHYS 1153 (ND) | 5 | ||||
| GE 1501 | 4 | General elective | 4 | ||||
| MATH 1341 (FQ) | 4 | ||||||
| 17 | 17 | 8 | 8 | ||||
| Year 2 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| CHEM 2311 or 2315 | 4 | BIOL 1111 or PHYS 1155 and PHYS 1156 and PHYS 1157 (ND) | 4 | Advanced science elective | 4 | Co-op | 0 |
| CHEM 2312 or 2316 | 1 | CHEM 2313 or 2317 | 4 | General elective | 4 | ||
| CHME 2310 | 4 | CHEM 2314 or 2318 | 1 | ||||
| MATH 2341 | 4 | CHME 3312 | 4 | ||||
| General elective | 4 | CHME 3322 | 4 | ||||
| ENCP 2000 | 1 | ||||||
| 17 | 18 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 3 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| Co-op | 0 | ENGW 3302 or 3315 (WD) | 4 | General elective | 4 | Co-op | 0 |
| CHME 3305 and CHME 3306 | 4 | General elective | 4 | ||||
| CHME 4510 | 4 | ||||||
| CHME 4701 | 4 | ||||||
| ENCP 3000 | 1 | ||||||
| 0 | 17 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 4 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
| Co-op | 0 | CHME 4512 | 4 | ||||
| CHME 4703 and CHME 4705 (EI, CE, WI) | 4 | ||||||
| Advanced CHME elective | 4 | ||||||
| Advanced engineering elective | 4 | ||||||
| 0 | 16 | ||||||
| Total Hours: 134 | |||||||
Four Years, Two Co-ops in Spring/Summer 1
| Year 1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| CHEM 1151 and CHEM 1153 (ND) | 4 | GE 1502 (ER) | 4 | CHME 2308 | 4 | CHME 2320 | 4 |
| ENGW 1111 (WF) | 4 | MATH 1342 (FQ) | 4 | MATH 2321 (FQ) | 4 | General elective | 4 |
| GE 1000 | 1 | PHYS 1151 and PHYS 1152 and PHYS 1153 (ND) | 5 | ||||
| GE 1501 | 4 | General elective | 4 | ||||
| MATH 1341 (FQ) | 4 | ||||||
| 17 | 17 | 8 | 8 | ||||
| Year 2 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| BIOL 1111 or PHYS 1155 and PHYS 1156 and PHYS 1157 (ND) | 4 | Co-op | 0 | Co-op | 0 | CHEM 2313 or 2317 | 4 |
| CHEM 2311 or 2315 | 4 | CHEM 2314 or 2318 | 1 | ||||
| CHEM 2312 or 2316 | 1 | General elective | 4 | ||||
| CHME 2310 | 4 | ||||||
| MATH 2341 | 4 | ||||||
| ENCP 2000 | 1 | ||||||
| 18 | 0 | 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 3322 | 4 | General elective | 4 | ||||
| CHME 3305 and CHME 3306 | 4 | ||||||
| ENGW 3302 or 3315 (WD) | 4 | ||||||
| 16 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Year 4 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
| CHME 4510 | 4 | CHME 4512 | 4 | ||||
| CHME 4701 | 4 | CHME 4703 and CHME 4705 (EI, CE, WI) | 4 | ||||
| ENCP 3000 | 1 | Advanced engineering elective | 4 | ||||
| Advanced CHME elective | 4 | Advanced science elective | 4 | ||||
| General elective | 4 | ||||||
| 17 | 16 | ||||||
| Total Hours: 134 | |||||||
Five Years, Three Co-ops in Summer 2/Fall
| Year 1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| CHEM 1151 and CHEM 1153 (ND) | 4 | GE 1502 (ER) | 4 | Vacation | Vacation | ||
| ENGW 1111 (WF) | 4 | MATH 1342 (FQ) | 4 | ||||
| GE 1000 | 1 | PHYS 1151 and PHYS 1152 and PHYS 1153 (ND) | 5 | ||||
| GE 1501 | 4 | General elective | 4 | ||||
| MATH 1341 (FQ) | 4 | ||||||
| 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Year 2 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| BIOL 1111 or PHYS 1155 and PHYS 1156 and PHYS 1157 (ND) | 4 | CHEM 2313 or 2317 | 4 | Vacation | Co-op | 0 | |
| CHEM 2311 or 2315 | 4 | CHEM 2314 or 2318 | 1 | ||||
| CHEM 2312 or 2316 | 1 | CHME 2310 | 4 | ||||
| CHME 2308 | 4 | CHME 2320 | 4 | ||||
| MATH 2321 (FQ) | 4 | ENCP 2000 | 1 | ||||
| MATH 2341 | 4 | ||||||
| 17 | 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 3322 | 4 | General elective | 4 | ||||
| CHME 3305 and CHME 3306 | 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 4510 | 4 | General elective | 4 | Co-op | 0 |
| CHME 4701 | 4 | General elective | 4 | ||||
| ENCP 3000 | 1 | ||||||
| Advanced engineering elective | 4 | ||||||
| General elective | 4 | ||||||
| 0 | 17 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 5 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
| Co-op | 0 | CHME 4512 | 4 | ||||
| CHME 4703 and CHME 4705 (EI, CE, WI) | 4 | ||||||
| Advanced CHME elective | 4 | ||||||
| Advance science elective | 4 | ||||||
| 0 | 16 | ||||||
| Total Hours: 134 | |||||||
Five Years, Three Co-ops in Spring/Summer 1
| Year 1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| CHEM 1151 and CHEM 1153 (ND) | 4 | GE 1502 (ER) | 4 | Vacation | Vacation | ||
| ENGW 1111 (WF) | 4 | MATH 1342 (FQ) | 4 | ||||
| GE 1000 | 1 | PHYS 1151 and PHYS 1152 and PHYS 1153 (ND) | 5 | ||||
| GE 1501 | 4 | General elective | 4 | ||||
| MATH 1341 (FQ) | 4 | ||||||
| 17 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Year 2 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| BIOL 1111 or PHYS 1155 and PHYS 1156 and PHYS 1157 | 4 | Co-op | 0 | Co-op | 0 | CHEM 2313 or 2317 | 4 |
| CHEM 2311 or 2315 | 4 | CHEM 2314 or 2318 | 1 | ||||
| CHEM 2312 or 2316 | 1 | CHME 2320 | 4 | ||||
| CHME 2308 | 4 | ||||||
| ENCP 2000 | 1 | ||||||
| MATH 2321 (FQ) | 4 | ||||||
| 18 | 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 3305 and CHME 3306 | 4 | Co-op | 0 | Co-op | 0 | Vacation | |
| CHME 3312 | 4 | ||||||
| ENGW 3302 or 3315 (WD) | 4 | ||||||
| General elective | 4 | ||||||
| 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Year 5 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
| CHME 4510 | 4 | CHME 4512 | 4 | ||||
| CHME 4701 | 4 | CHME 4703 and CHME 4705 (EI, CE, WI) | 4 | ||||
| ENCP 3000 | 1 | Advanced engineering elective | 4 | ||||
| Advanced CHME elective | 4 | General elective | 4 | ||||
| Advanced science elective | 4 | ||||||
| 17 | 16 | ||||||
| Total Hours: 134 | |||||||