Chemical Engineering Major, BS in Chemical Engineering

PROGRESSION POLICIES AND REQUIREMENTS

Progression to Upper-Division

Progression of students in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering to departmental courses numbered 310 and above is competitive and is based on capacity. Factors considered include overall grade point average, performance in selected lower-division courses, and evidence of satisfactory and orderly progress through the prescribed curriculum.

Upper-Division Status

A lower-division student must apply for progression to upper-division status after completing CBE 201 , CBE 235 , CBE 240 , and CBE 250 with a grade of C– or better in each course and an overall GPA of 2.3 or higher.

Provisional Status

Students who have completed CBE 201 , CBE 235 , CBE 240 , and CBE 250 with an overall GPA of at least 2.3 may apply for provisional status. The granting of provisional upper-division status is based on availability of space in the departmental programs after upper-division status students have been accommodated. Provisional students are required to demonstrate the ability to perform satisfactorily in upper-division courses by completing a total of seven departmental courses with a grade of C– or better in each course (including the four required for upper-division status). Permission to continue with upper-division classes depends on this minimum level of performance.

Any student with an overall GPA below 2.1 will not be admitted to upper-division chemical and biomolecular engineering courses. Students who have not been admitted to upper-division or provisional status will be dropped from upper-division departmental classes.

uTrack Requirements

Universal Tracking (uTrack) is an academic monitoring system designed to help students stay on track for timely graduation. In order to remain on track, students must complete the minimum requirements for each tracking semester, known as milestones. Milestones include successful completion of specified courses and/or attainment of a minimum GPA. uTrack requirements only affect full-time, degree-seeking students.

Requirements for the Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering

Term 1	Hours	Milestone Notes
CHEM 122 * and CHEM 123 , or CHEM 128	4	MATH 130 or MATH 131 or higher or one Arts and Humanities Elective, Global Citizenship – US or Global Citizenship – International Elective, or Social Sciences Elective*
EF 105	1
EF 142 * or EF 151 * or EF 157 *	4
ENGL 101 * or ENGL 118 ⁴* or ENGL 131 * or ENGL 198 *	3
MATH 132 * or MATH 141 * or MATH 147 *	3-4
Term 2
CHEM 132 * and CHEM 133 , or CHEM 138	4	MATH 130 or MATH 131 or higher
EF 152 * or EF 158 *	4
ENGL 102 * or ENGL 132 * or ENGL 290 * or ENGL 298 *	3
MATH 142 * or MATH 148 *	4
Term 3
CHEM 210	3	EF 141 * and EF 142 , or EF 151 , or EF 157 * or PHYS 135 , or PHYS 137
CHEM 219	1
CBE 201	4
CBE 235	3
Social Sciences Elective*	3
MATH 231 or MATH 237	3
Term 4
CBE 240	4	EF 152 * or EF 158 * or PHYS 136 * or PHYS 138 *
CBE 250	4
PHYS 231 *	3
MATH 241 or MATH 247	4
Expanded Perspectives Elective (AH, AAH, GCI, GCUS or SS)*	3
Term 5
Arts and Humanities Elective*	3	CBE 201 or COSC 101 or COSC 102 or COSC 111 * or ME 202 or MSE 201
CBE 301	4
CBE 350	4
CHEM 260 or CHEM 268	3
Term 6
²Bio Option I	3	No milestones
CBE 320 *	3
CBE 340	3
CBE 360	3
³Technical Elective	3
Term 7
CBE 415 *	3	No milestones
CBE 445	3
CBE 480	4
Global Citizenship – US Elective*	3
Expanded Perspectives Elective (AH, AAH, GCI, GCUS or SS)*	3
³Technical Elective	3
Term 8
CBE 488 * or CBE 490 *	3	No milestones
Global Citizenship – International Elective*	3
¹Chem Option I	3
³Technical Elective	5
TOTAL	127-128

¹	Chem Option I: Any 200-level or above BCMB courses; any 200-level or above CHEM courses; Environmental Engineering 554, 562; MSE 201 or MSE 207 , MSE 340 or MSE 347 , MSE 360 or MSE 367 , any 200-level or above MICR courses.
²	Bio Option I: BCMB 230 , BCMB 311 , BCMB 321 , BCMB 401 , BCMB 402 , BCMB 412 , BCMB 415 ; BIOL 220 -BIOL 229 , BIOL 240 , BIOL 260 -BIOL 269 ; BIOL 280 ; MICR 210 *, MICR 321 , MICR 329 .
³	One technical elective must be a chemical and biomolecular engineering course. CBE 457 may not count as the one CBE course. MSE 201 or MSE 207 can be used as technical elective if not used to satisfy Chem Option I.
⁴	ENGL 118 - Students receiving a passing grade below B in ENGL 118 * will complete the English Composition requirement by taking ENGL 102 . Students receiving a grade of B or above will complete their freshman English requirements by choosing ENGL 102 , a sophomore-level course in the English Department, or ENGL 355 *.
*	Meets Volunteer Core Requirements .

Chemical Engineering – Honors Concentration

In addition to satisfying the requirements for the chemical engineering major, candidates for the honors chemical engineering concentration must also complete the following requirements.

Maintain a 3.4 cumulative GPA and an average 3.4 GPA in all CBE courses.
Four 100- or 200-level honors courses** (14 hours minimum, at least two courses must be from Materials Science and Engineering, Engineering Fundamentals, Physics, Math, Chemistry, Biology, Statistics, or MSE 117 - Honors: Materials Chemistry or MSE 207 ).
Two upper-division honors courses in chemical engineering (CBE 408 , CBE 447 , CBE 458 , CBE 488 *, CBE 498 , or a CBE honors-by-contract course).
Satisfy the Breadth Requirements for the Cook Grand Challenge Honors Program.

*	Meets Volunteer Core Requirements .
**	While most students fulfill this requirement with 100- and 200-level courses, students may substitute upper level courses on approval of the Honors faculty.

Undergraduates

Graduate Students