PROGRAM OBJECTIVES AND GOALS
   As has been done since we awarded the nation’s first degree in chemical engineering in 1889, the undergraduate program in chemical engineering undertakes to prepare individuals for careers in the chemical process industries.
   The curriculum covers a breadth of fundamental principles so that the chemical engineering graduates have a working knowledge of advanced chemistry, material and energy balances applied to chemical processes; thermodynamics; heat, mass, and momentum transfer; chemical reaction engineering; separation operations, process design and control. The program provides students with appropriate modern experimental and computing techniques in unit operation laboratory and requires them to work in teams and submit written and oral reports on their laboratory
projects. A capstone experience in senior year gives students an opportunity to integrate their knowledge. Also included is the study of health, safety, environmental and ethical issues in the chemical engineering profession. A chemical engineering graduate is expected to demonstrate ability to model chemical engineering problems, design and conduct experiments and use knowledge and skills to solve real world chemical engineering problems.
   Our mission statement is “To provide a balanced education to enable our students to practice in the dynamic and progressive chemical engineering profession and appreciate their responsibility to their colleagues in industry, the community and the world.”

Area Minor in Chemical Engineering
   The area minor in chemical engineering is designed to introduce principles of chemical engineering to students majoring in other disciplines. Participation in this area minor will help students to understand chemical engineering aspects of industrial processes and enter a graduate program in chemical engineering if they desire.
   Students who complete the area minor in chemical engineering during their sophomore and junior years open the possibility of taking some chemical engineering electives during their senior years.
The area minor in chemical engineering has the following requirements:
    CHE 201  Conservation Principles and Balances or equivalent
    CHE 202  Basic Chemical Process Calculations
    CHE 301  Fluid Mechanics or equivalent
    CHE 303  Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics or equivalent
    CHE 304  Multi-Component Thermodynamics
    CHE 325  Mass Transfer
    CHE 314  Heat Transfer or equivalent

   Completion of a minimum of 12 credit hours of courses with prefix CHE at 300 level or above is required toward the minor. Students interested in the CHE area minor should consult the CHE Department Head and receive approval for equivalent courses to be considered.

Area Minor in Biochemical Engineering
   The biochemical engineering minor is designed to allow students to concentrate in an area of study that will give them a solid foundation for further work in the pharmaceutical or biotechnology process industry.
   To successfully complete a minor in Biochemical Engineering, a student must take six courses as follows:

	Four required courses:
		AB110 - Biology I AB421 - Microbial Biotechnology CHE545 - Introduction to Biochemical Engineering CHEM330 - Biochemistry
	And then choose two courses from the following:
		AB220 - Prokaryotic Cell and Molecular Biology      or AB230 - Eukaryotic Cell and Molecular Biology AB411 - Genetic Engineering AB431 - Genomics and Proteomics CHE385/MA385 - Quality Methods      or MA487 - Design of Experiments CHE546 - Bioseparations CHEM430 - Advanced Biochemistry CHEM433 - Biochemistry Lab (recommended but not required)

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
Approximately one-half of the students will follow schedule A1, and one-half will follow schedule A2. Depending on the students’ schedules, elective courses may be taken in terms other than the ones designated.

Freshman Year (A1 Schedule) Fall Term Credit CHEM CLSK EM RH MA 111 100 104 131 111 General Chemistry I........... College & Life Skills ......... Graphical Communications. Rhetoric  Composition ..... Calculus I ........................... 4 1 2 4 5       16          Winter Term Credit CHEM PH MA 113 111 112 General Chemistry II ......... Physics I.............................. Elective (HSS)..................... Calculus II .......................... 4 4 4 5       17         Spring Term Credit CHE   CHEM EM MA PH 110   115 103 113 112 Programming & Computation     for Chemical Engineers...... General Chemistry III ......... Introduction to Design ..... Calculus III.......................... Physics II............................. 2 4 2 5 4       17 Summer Intern/Co-op	Freshman Year (A2 Schedule) Fall Term Credit CHEM CLSK EM RH MA 111 100 104 131 111 General Chemistry I........... College & Life Skill .......... Graphical Communications. Rhetoric and Composition . Calculus I ........................... 4 1 2 4 5       16          Winter Term Credit CHEM PH MA 113 111 112 General Chemistry II........... Physics I.............................. Elective (HSS)..................... Calculus II........................... 4 4 4 5       17         Spring Term Credit CHE   CHEM EM MA PH 110   115 103 113 112 Programming & Computation     for Chemical Engineers...... General Chemistry III ........ Introduction to Design ..... Calculus III.......................... Physics II............................. 2 4 2 5 4       17 Summer Intern/Co-op
Sophomore Year (A1 Schedule) Fall Term Credit CHE CHE CHEM MA 200 201 251 221 Career Preparation I........... Conservation Principles    and Balances.................... Organic Chemistry I .......... Differential Equations I ..... Elective (HSS)..................... 0   4 4 4 4       16          Winter Term Credit CHE   CHEM MA EM 202   252 222 101 Basic Chemical Process     Calculations .................... Organic Chemistry II ......... Differential Equations II ... Statics I ...............................   4 4 4 2       14         Spring Term Credit CHE CHE 301 303 Fluid Mechanics................. Chemical Engineering     Thermodynamics............ Elective (Approved) .......... Elective (HSS)..................... 4 4 4 4       16 Summer Intern/Co-op	Sophomore Year (A2 Schedule) Fall Term Credit CHE CHE CHEM MA 200 201 251 221  Career Preparation I........... Conservation Principles     and Balances................... Organic Chemistry I .......... Differential Equations I .... Elective (HSS)..................... 0   4 4 4 4       16          Winter Term Credit CHE   CHEM MA EM 202   252 222 101 Basic Chemical Process     Calculations .................... Organic Chemistry II ......... Differential Equations II ... Statics I ...............................   4 4 4 2       14         Spring Term Credit MA CHEM 223 225 Engineering Statistics I...... Analytical Chemistry I....... Elective (Approved) .......... Elective (HSS)..................... 4 4 4 4       16 Summer Intern/Co-op

Junior Year (A1 Schedule) Fall Term Credit CHE CHE CHE CHEM 304 314 315 225 Multi-Component     Thermodynamics .......... Heat Transfer...................... Materials Science .............. Analytical Chemistry I....... 4 4 4 4       16         Winter Term Credit CHE CHE CHEM MA RH 300 325 360 223 330 Career Preparation II ......... Mass Transfer.................... Intro Physical Chemistry... Engineering Statistics I...... Technical Communications 0 4 4 4 4       16         Spring Term Credit CHE CHE   CHE ECE   404 410 411 206   Kinetics & Reactor Design Data Collection, Analysis     and Interpretation............ Chemical Engineering Lab I.. Elements of Electrical     Engineering I................... Elective (HSS)..................... 4   2 1 4 4       15 Summer Intern/Co-op	Junior Year (A2 Schedule) Fall Term Credit CHE CHE CHE RH 301 303 315 330 Fluid Mechanics................. Chemical Engineering      Thermodynamics .......... Materials Science .............. Elective (HSS)    or Technical Communications 4 4 4 4       16         Winter Term Credit CHE CHE CHE ECE RH 300 304 314 206 330 Career Preparation II ......... Multi-Component     Thermodynamics........... Heat Transfer...................... Elements of Electrical      Engineering I................. Elective (HSS)    or Technical Communications 0 4 4 4 4       16          Spring Term Credit CHE CHE   CHE CHEM 325 410   411 360 Mass Transfer..................... Data Collection, Analysis      and Interpretation.......... Chemical Engineering Lab I. Intro Physical Chemistry... Elective (HSS)..................... 4   2 1 4 4       15 Summer Intern/Co-op
Senior Year (A1 Schedule) Fall Term Credit CHE CHE CHE   409 412 416   Professional Practice ......... Chemical Engineering Lab II Design I .............................. Elective (Free)..................... Elective (ChE Design) ....... 1 2 4 4 4       15         Winter Term Credit CHE CHE CHE 413 417 440   Chemical Eng. Lab III ........ Design II ............................. Process Control.................. Elective (HSS)..................... Elective (ChE Design) ....... 2 4 4 4 4       18         Spring Term Credit CHE   418   Design III............................. Elective (HSS)..................... Elective (free)...................... Elective (HSS)..................... Elective (Approved) .......... 2 4 4 4 4       18        Total credits required:  194 Senior Year (A2 Schedule) Fall Term Credit CHE CHE CHE CHE 404 409 412 416 Kinetics & Reactor Design. Professional Practice ......... Chemical Engineering Lab II Design I .............................. Elective (Free)..................... 4 1 2 4 4       15         Winter Term Credit CHE CHE CHE 413 417 440   Chemical Eng. Lab III ........ Design II ............................. Process Control.................. Elective (HSS)..................... Elective (ChE Design) ....... 2 4 4 4 4       18         Spring Term Credit CHE   418   Design III............................. Elective (HSS)..................... Elective (free)...................... Elective (HSS)..................... Elective (Approved) ......... 2 4 4 4 4       18        Total credits required:  194

Electives
   Chemical Engineering students must complete 32 credits of electives in humanities and social sciences in addition to RH 131. They are also required to take 24 credits of electives in addition to the humanities and social sciences mentioned above. A minimum of eight credits must be selected from courses that qualify as CHE design electives. The courses listed below qualify for CHE design elective. In very specific circumstances, independent projects that include design elements may qualify as CHE design elective if approved by the department.

   CHE 441 Polymer Engineering
   CHE 450 Air Pollution Control
   CHE 461 Unit Operations in Environmental Engineering
   CHE 470 Safety, Health, and Loss Prevention
   CHE 504 Advanced Reactor Design
   CHE 512 Petrochemical Processes
   CHE 540 Advanced Process Control
   CHE 545 Introduction to Biochemical Engineering
   CHE 546 Bioseparations
   PH 406 Semiconductor Materials and Devices II

   A minimum of eight credits, designated as approved electives, must be taken in an area of concentration of the student's choice. Approved electives can be chosen from economics, engineering, management, mathematics, or science courses. For example, a student may be interested in environmental area. The student should inform her/his academic advisor of the choice of the area of concentration and receive the advisor’s approval. Then the student must take at least eight credit hours of technical courses in environmental area. Some areas of concentration are Engineering Analysis (for students who would like to pursue a graduate degree), Chemistry and Life Sciences, Biotechnology, Material Science, Mathematical Modeling and Simulation, Computer Applications, Semiconductor Materials and Devices, and Environmental Management.
   The chemical engineering profession is rapidly changing and knowledge of specialty areas has become essential in the real world. Technical elective courses are intended to provide an opportunity to introduce students to a specialty area in science and engineering and help them to expand their knowledge and expertise in new areas of chemical engineering. Although a minimum of eight credit hours are required in an area of concentration, students are encouraged to take all the 24 credit hours of electives in an area of concentration. In many cases students can use their electives to take a package of courses toward an area minor such as, biochemical engineering, applied biology, biomedical engineering, chemistry, environmental engineering or toward a certificate in semiconductor materials and devices.
   Undergraduate students have the opportunity to work on a research project under the guidance of one of the departmental faculty members. Students who are interested in learning about research should talk to members of the faculty to define a project of mutual interest and then enroll in CHE499, Directed Research. Credit hours of CHE499 can count toward a technical elective.