Catalog Navigator : Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

Four-Year Curriculum Code 155

The chemical engineering curriculum includes two options: chemical and biochemical. The degree awarded upon completion of either option is the B.S. in chemical engineering which is professionally accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET.

First Year

See First-Year Program (35)

Sophomore Year

(common to both options)

First Semester

01:160:307 Organic Chemistry I* (4)

01:640:251 Multivariable Calculus (4)

01:750:227 Analytical Physics II (3)

01:750:229 Analytical Physics II Laboratory (1)

14:155:201 Chemical Engineering Analysis I (3)

Second Semester

01:160:308 Organic Chemistry II* (4)

01:220:200 Economic Principles and Problems** (3)

01:640:244 Differential Equations for Engineering and Physics (4)

14:155:208 Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics I (3)

humanities/social sciences elective (3)

Chemical Option

Junior Year

First Semester

01:160:311 Organic Chemistry Laboratory*** (2)

01:640:421 Advanced Calculus for Engineering (3)

14:155:309 Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics II (3)

14:155:303 Transport Phenomena in Chemical Engineering I (3)

14:155:307 Chemical Engineering Analysis II (3)

humanities/social sciences elective (3)

Second Semester

01:160:328 Physical Chemistry II (4)

14:155:304 Transport Phenomena in Chemical Engineering II (3)

14:155:324 Design of Separation Processes (4)

general elective (3)

Senior Year

First Semester

14:155:411 Introduction to Biochemical Engineering (3)

14:155:415 Process Engineering I (4)

14:155:427 Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Design and Economics I (3)

14:155:441 Chemical Engineering Kinetics (3)

technical elective (3)

Second Semester

14:155:407 Processing and Properties of Materials (3)

14:155:416 Process Engineering II (4)

14:155:422 Process Simulation and Control (3)

14:155:428 Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Design and Economics II (4)

Total Credits = 131.0

Biochemical Option

Junior Year

First Semester

01:447:390 General Microbiology**** (4)

01:640:421 Advanced Calculus for Engineering (3)

14:155:303 Transport Phenomena in Chemical Engineering I (3)

14:155:307 Chemical Engineering Analysis II (3)

14:155:309 Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics II (3)

Second Semester

01:160:328 Physical Chemistry II (4)

01:694:301 Introductory Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (3)

01:694:313 Introductory Biochemistry Laboratory (1)

14:155:304 Transport Phenomena in Chemical Engineering II (3)

14:155:324 Design of Separation Processes (4)

humanities/social sciences elective (3)

Senior Year

First Semester

14:155:411 Introduction to Biochemical Engineering (3)

14:155:415 Process Engineering I (4)

14:155:427 Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Design and Economics I (3)

14:155:441 Chemical Engineering Kinetics (3)

general elective (3)

Second Semester

14:155:407 Processing and Properties of Materials (3)

14:155:416 Process Engineering II (4)

14:155:422 Process Simulation and Control (3)

14:155:428 Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Design and Economics II (4)

Total Credits = 131.0

*01:160:315,316 are accepted in place of 01:160:307,308.
**Students are permitted to take 220:200 OR 220:102 Micro AND 103 Macro separately, in any sequence. First course counts as humanities/social science elective or general elective. The second counts as 220:200 equivalent.
***01:160:309 is accepted in place of 01:160:311, and may be taken with 01:160:308.
****The official prerequisite (01:119:101,102 General Biology) is waived if 01:160:307,308 OR 01:160:315,316 Organic Chemistry has been completed. See associate dean of academic affairs for prerequisite override. Students may register for 11:680:390 OR 01:447:390. They are the same course offered by different departments on different campuses.