• 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

Required Engineering
CHME 2308Conservation Principles in Chemical Engineering4
CHME 2310Transport Processes 14
CHME 2320Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics4
CHME 3305
and CHME 3306		Chemical Engineering Laboratory
and Recitation for CHME 3305		4
CHME 3312Transport Processes 24
CHME 3322Chemical Thermodynamics4
CHME 4510Chemical Engineering Kinetics4
CHME 4512Chemical Engineering Process Control4
CHME 4701Separations and Process Analysis4
PHYS 3600Advanced Physics Laboratory4
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
GE 1501
Cornerstone of Engineering 1 1
3 semester hours from the following course count toward the engineering requirement:3
GE 1502
Cornerstone of Engineering 2 1

Mathematics/Science Requirement

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

Required Mathematics/Science
CHEM 1151
and CHEM 1153		General Chemistry for Engineers
and Recitation for CHEM 1151		4
MATH 1341Calculus 1 for Science and Engineering4
MATH 1342Calculus 2 for Science and Engineering4
MATH 2321Calculus 3 for Science and Engineering4
MATH 2341Differential Equations and Linear Algebra for Engineering4
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
PHYS 1155
and PHYS 1156
and PHYS 1157		Physics for Engineering 2
and Lab for PHYS 1155
and Interactive Learning Seminar for PHYS 1155		5
PHYS 2371
and PHYS 2372		Electronics
and Lab for PHYS 2371		4
PHYS 3601Classical Dynamics4
PHYS 3602Electricity and Magnetism 14
PHYS 5318Principles of Experimental Physics4
Supplemental Credit
1 semester hour from the following course counts toward the mathematics/science requirement:1
GE 1501
Cornerstone of Engineering 1 1

Advanced Science Requirement

CHEM 2311
and CHEM 2312		Organic Chemistry 1
and Lab for CHEM 2311		5
PHYS 2303Modern Physics4
PHYS 4115Quantum Mechanics4
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

Professional Development

Professional Development
GE 1000First-Year Seminar1
ENCP 2000Introduction to Engineering Co-op Education1
ENCP 3000Professional Issues in Engineering1
Additional Required Courses
1 semester hour from the following course counts toward the professional development requirement:1
GE 1501
Cornerstone of Engineering 1 1
1 semester hour from the following course counts toward the professional development requirement:1
GE 1502
Cornerstone of Engineering 2 1

Writing Requirements

A grade of C or higher is required:
ENGW 1111First-Year Writing4
ENGW 3302Advanced Writing in the Technical Professions4
or ENGW 3315 Interdisciplinary Advanced Writing in the Disciplines

Required General Electives

Complete 8 SH of academic, nonremedial, nonrepetitive courses.8
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) . 

Major GPA Requirement

2.000 minimum required in CHME coursework

Program Requirement

135 total semester hours required

Sample Plan of Study

Four Years, One Co-op in Summer 2/Fall

Year 1
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
CHEM 1151
and CHEM 1153 (ND)		4CHME 23084MATH 2321 (FQ)4Vacation
ENGW 1111 (WF)4GE 1502 (ER)4PHYS 1155
and PHYS 1156
and PHYS 1157 (ND)		5 
GE 10001MATH 1342 (FQ)4  
GE 15014PHYS 1151
and PHYS 1152
and PHYS 1153 (ND) 		5  
MATH 1341 (FQ)4   
 17 17 9 0
Year 2
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
CHEM 2311
and CHEM 2312		5CHEM 2313
and CHEM 2314		5VacationVacation
CHME 23204CHME 23104  
MATH 23414CHME 33224  
PHYS 2371
and PHYS 2372 (ND)		4PHYS 2303 (ND)4  
 17 17 0 0
Year 3
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
CHME 33124CHME 45104PHYS 3600 (ND, AD, WI)4Co-op0
ENGW 3302 or 3315 (WD)4CHME 45124General Elective4 
CHME 3305
and CHME 3306		4CHME 47014  
General Elective4ENCP 20001  
 PHYS 3601 (ND)4  
 16 17 8 0
Year 4
FallHoursSpringHours  
Co-op0CHME 4703
and CHME 4705 (EI, CE, WI)		4  
 ENCP 30001  
 PHYS 3602 (ND)4  
 PHYS 4115 (ND, FQ)4  
 PHYS 5318 (ND, AD, WI, CE)4  
 0 17  
Total Hours: 135

Four Years, One Co-op in Spring/Summer 1

Year 1
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
CHEM 1151
and CHEM 1153 (ND)		4CHME 23084MATH 2321 (FQ)4Vacation
ENGW 1111 (WF)4GE 1502 (ER)4PHYS 1155
and PHYS 1156
and PHYS 1157 (ND)		5 
GE 10001MATH 1342 (FQ)4  
GE 15014PHYS 1151
and PHYS 1152
and PHYS 1153 (ND) 		5  
MATH 1341 (FQ)4   
 17 17 9 0
Year 2
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
CHEM 2311
and CHEM 2312		5CHEM 2313
and CHEM 2314		5VacationVacation
CHME 23204CHME 23104  
MATH 23414CHME 33224  
PHYS 2371
and PHYS 2372 (ND)		4PHYS 2303 (ND)4  
 17 17 0 0
Year 3
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
CHME 33124Co-op0Co-op0PHYS 36004
ENGW 3302 or 3315 (WD)4  General elective4
CHME 3305
and CHME 3306		4   
General Elective4   
ENCP 20001   
 17 0 0 8
Year 4
FallHoursSpringHours  
CHME 45104CHME 4703
and CHME 4705 (EI, CE, WI)		4  
CHME 45124ENCP 30001  
CHME 47014PHYS 3602 (ND)4  
PHYS 36014PHYS 4115 (ND, FQ)4  
 PHYS 5318 (ND, AD, WI, CE)4  
 16 17  
Total Hours: 135

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

Year 1
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
CHEM 1151
and CHEM 1153 (ND)		4CHME 23084MATH 2321 (FQ)4Vacation
ENGW 1111 (WF)4GE 1502 (ER)4PHYS 1155
and PHYS 1156
and PHYS 1157 (ND)		5 
GE 10001MATH 1342 (FQ)4  
GE 15014PHYS 1151
and PHYS 1152
and PHYS 1153 (ND)		5  
MATH 1341 (FQ)4   
 17 17 9 0
Year 2
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
CHEM 2311
and CHEM 2312		5CHEM 2313
and CHEM 2314		5VacationCo-op0
CHME 23204CHME 23104  
MATH 23414CHME 33224  
PHYS 2371
and PHYS 2372 (ND)		4ENCP 20001  
 PHYS 2303 (ND)4  
 17 18 0 0
Year 3
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
Co-op0CHME 33124PHYS 3600 (ND, AD, WI)4Co-op0
 ENGW 3302 or 3315 (WD)4General Elective4 
 CHME 3305
and CHME 3306		4  
 PHYS 3601 (ND)4  
 0 16 8 0
Year 4
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
Co-op0CHME 45104VacationCo-op0
 CHME 45124  
 CHME 47014  
 ENCP 30001  
 PHYS 3602 (ND)4  
 0 17 0 0
Year 5
FallHoursSpringHours  
Co-op0CHME 4703
and CHME 4705 (EI, CE, WI)		4  
 PHYS 4115 (ND, FQ)4  
 PHYS 5318 (ND, AD, WI, CE)4  
 General Elective4  
 0 16  
Total Hours: 135

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

Year 1
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
CHEM 1151
and CHEM 1153 (ND)		4CHME 23084MATH 2321 (FQ)4Vacation
ENGW 1111 (WF)4GE 1502 (ER)4PHYS 1155
and PHYS 1156
and PHYS 1157 (ND)		5 
GE 10001MATH 1342 (FQ)4  
GE 15014PHYS 1151
and PHYS 1152
and PHYS 1153 (ND)		5  
MATH 1341 (FQ)4   
 17 17 9 0
Year 2
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
CHEM 23114Co-op0Co-op0Vacation
CHEM 23121   
CHME 23204   
MATH 23414   
PHYS 2371 (ND)3   
PHYS 2372 (EI)1   
ENCP 20001   
 18 0 0 0
Year 3
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
CHEM 2313
and CHEM 2314		5Co-op0Co-op0PHYS 36004
CHME 23104  General elective4
CHME 33224   
PHYS 23034   
 17 0 0 8
Year 4
FallHoursSpringHoursSummer 1HoursSummer 2Hours
CHME 33124Co-op0Co-op0Vacation
ENGW 33024   
CHME 3305
and CHME 3306		4   
PHYS 36014   
 16 0 0 0
Year 5
FallHoursSpringHours  
CHME 45104CHME 4703
and CHME 4705 (EI, CE, WI)		4  
CHME 45124PHYS 4115 (ND, FQ)4  
CHME 47014PHYS 5318 (ND, AD, WI, CE)4  
ENCP 30001General Elective4  
PHYS 36024   
 17 16  
Total Hours: 135

Notes

Physics Course Offering Schedule

PHYS 2303 offered every fall, spring, and summer 2

PHYS 2371/PHYS 2372 offered every fall

PHYS 3600 offered every summer 1 and summer 2

PHYS 3601 offered every fall and spring

PHYS 3602 offered every fall and spring

PHYS 3603 offered fall, spring all years, and summer 1 (odd years)

PHYS 4115 offered every fall and spring

PHYS 4305 offered fall, spring all years, and summer 2 (even years)

PHYS 4621 offered fall (even years) and spring (odd years)

PHYS 4623 offered fall (even years) and summer 1 (even years)

PHYS 4651 offered fall (odd years) and spring (odd years)

PHYS 4652 offered every spring

PHYS 5318 offered every spring