Curriculum Course Guide - Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
The B.S. in Chemical Engineering degree offered by the School of Engineering is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, 111 Market Place, Suite 1050, Baltimore, MD 21202-4012 - telephone: (410) 347-7700.
The Chemical Engineering curriculum presented below meets both the general graduation requirements as outlined in the Undergraduate Catalog and those of the School of Engineering.
New General Education Requirements went into effect in fall 2005. Every enrolled undergraduate at the University must meet them. Additional requirements for the Chemical Engineering major are listed in the next section below.
The General Education Requirements consist of four Content Areas and five Competencies.
- Content Area 1 - Arts and Humanities: six credits from two different departments
- Content Area 2 - Social Sciences: six credits taken from two different departments
- Content Area 3 - Science and Technology: engineers far exceed this requirement so it is not discussed
- Content Area 4 - Diversity and Multiculturalism: six credits including three credits in International courses
- Courses in Content Areas 1, 2 and 3 must be taken in six different departments
- Within Content Area 4, at least three credits shall address issues of diversity outside the USA and one course may also count as a Content Area 1, 2 or 3 course.
Four of the five Competencies are fulfilled by our listed curriculum, including: Computer Technology, Information Literacy, Quantitative (Q), and Writing (W). Information on the fifth competency, Second Language, can be found in the Academic Regulations section of the Undergraduate Catalog (search for "foreign language" on that site).
Course selections for the above Content Areas and more details regarding the Competencies are available in the General Education Requirements site.
Chemical Engineering Curriculum
All engineers have a common first semester and the disciplines diverge as the years progress. You may learn more
about curriculum requirements of the School of Engineering in the Engineering Section of the Undergraduate Catalog.
It is important to work with your advisor to ensure you stay on track and so you may learn more about the flexibility and options inherent in our program. Existing students should be tracking their progress with a formal Plan of Study document.
Our curriculum offers the flexibility for students to include a minor course of study (pdf), often with few additional credits. Choose from a minor in molecular and cell biology, pre-med, materials engineering, math, environmental engineering, chemistry and more.
| First Semester | Credits | Second Semester | Credits |
| Freshman Year | |||
| CHEM 127Q General Chemistry | 4 | CHEM 128Q General Chemistry | 4 |
| MATH 115Q Calculus I | 4 | MATH 116Q Calculus II | 4 |
| ENGR 100 Orientation to Engineering | 1 | ENGR 166 Foundations of Engr | 3 |
| CSE 123 Intro to Computing | 2 | Arts & Humanities (Content Area 1)* | 3 |
| ENGL 110 or 111 Academic Writing | 4 | Social Sciences (Content Area 2) * | 3 |
| 15 | 17 | ||
| Sophomore Year | |||
| PHYS 151Q Eng Physics I | 4 | PHYS 152Q Eng Physics II | 4 |
| CHEM 243 Organic Chemistry I | 3 | CHEM 240 Organic Chem Lab | 1 |
| MATH 210Q Multivariable Calculus | 4 | CHEM 244 Organic Chemistry II | 3 |
| CHEG 203 Intro to Chem Engineering | 3 | MATH 211Q Diff Equations | 3 |
| PHIL 104 Ethics (Content Area 1)* | 3 | CHEG 211 Thermodynamics I | 3 |
| Free Elective | 2 | ||
| 17 | 16 | ||
| Junior Year | |||
| CHEG 214 Thermodynamics II | 4 | CHEG 226 Transfer Operations II | 4 |
| CHEG 223 Transfer Operations I | 3 | CHEG 251 Process Kinetics | 3 |
| CHEM 263Q Physical Chemistry | 4 | Engineering Requirement*** | 3 |
| CHEM 256 Physical Chem Lab | 1 | MCB/CHEM Requirement** | 4 |
| Diversity & MultiCulture (Content Area 4)* | 3 | Social Sciences (Content Area 2)* | 3 |
| 15 | 17 | ||
| Senior Year | |||
| CHEG 237W Chem Engineering Lab | 3 | CHEG 239W Chem Engineering Lab | 3 |
| CHEG 247 Process Dynamics & Control | 3 | CHEG 243 Process Design & Econ. | 4 |
| CHEG Requirement*** | 3 | CHEG Requirement*** | 3 |
| Engineering Requirement*** | 3 | Professional Requirement*** | 3 |
| Diversity & MultiCulture (Content Area 4)* | 3 | Free Elective | 3 |
| 15 | 16 | ||
* University General Education Requirements: Courses selected for Content Areas 1 & 2 must be in four different departments. One course in Content Area 4 must be an international course. One course in Content Area 4 may also satisfy a Content Area 1 or 2 requirement.
**MCB / CHEM requirement may be satisfied by the following courses: Introduction to Biochemistry (MCB 203 - 4 cr), Biochemistry (MCB 204 - 5 cr) or Fundamentals of Microbiology (MCB 229 - 4 cr), Physical Chemistry (Chem 264Q - 4 cr), Analytical Chemistry (Chem 232Q - 4 cr).
*** CHEG Requirements are satisfied by any 200 level chemical engineering course; Engineering Requirements are satisfied by any 200 level engineering course; Professional Requirements are satisfied by any 200 level engineering, science or math courses.