Chemical Engineering Major, BS in Chemical Engineering

Campus: Knoxville

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.

Term 1

• ENGL 101 - English Composition I 3 Credit Hours * (or equivalent)

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• Choose separate lecture and lab or honors lecture/lab combined:

• CHEM 122 - General Chemistry I 3 Credit Hours * and
• CHEM 123 - General Chemistry I Laboratory 1 Credit Hours *

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• CHEM 128 - Honors: General Chemistry I 4 Credit Hours *

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• Select one course:

• EF 142 - Introduction to Physics and Modeling for Engineers II 4 Credit Hours *
• EF 151 - Physics for Engineers I 4 Credit Hours *
• EF 157 - Honors: Physics for Engineers I 4 Credit Hours *

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• Select one course:

• MATH 132 - Calculus 1B Infused with Precalculus 3 Credit Hours *
• MATH 141 - Calculus I 4 Credit Hours *
• MATH 147 - Honors: Calculus I 4 Credit Hours *

Term 2

• EF 105 - Computer Methods in Engineering Problem Solving 1 Credit Hours
• ENGL 102 - English Composition II 3 Credit Hours * (or equivalent)

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• Choose separate lecture and lab or honors lecture/lab combined:

• CHEM 132 - General Chemistry II 3 Credit Hours * and
• CHEM 133 - General Chemistry II Laboratory 1 Credit Hours *

• or

• CHEM 138 - Honors: General Chemistry II 4 Credit Hours *

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• Select one course:

• EF 152 - Physics for Engineers II 4 Credit Hours *
• EF 158 - Honors: Physics for Engineers II 4 Credit Hours *

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• Select one course:

• MATH 142 - Calculus II 4 Credit Hours *
• MATH 148 - Honors: Calculus II 4 Credit Hours *

Term 3

• Social Sciences  Elective 3 Credit Hours *

• CBE 201 - Material and Energy Balances 4 Credit Hours
• CBE 235 - Fundamentals of Molecular Bioengineering 3 Credit Hours

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• Select one course:

• MATH 231 - Differential Equations I 3 Credit Hours
• MATH 237 - Honors: Differential Equations I 3 Credit Hours

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• Select one course:

• CHEM 260 - Foundations of Organic Chemistry 3 Credit Hours
• CHEM 268 - Honors: Foundations of Organic Chemistry 3 Credit Hours

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• CHEM 269 - Foundations of Organic Chemistry Laboratory 1 Credit Hours

Term 4

• Expanded Perspectives  Elective 3 Credit Hours * (AH, AAH, GCI, GCUS or SS)

• CBE 240 - Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer 4 Credit Hours
• CBE 250 - Application of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Thermodynamics 3 Credit Hours

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• Select one course:

• MATH 241 - Calculus III 4 Credit Hours
• MATH 247 - Honors: Calculus III 4 Credit Hours

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• Science Option (select one course):

• PHYS 231 - Fundamentals of Physics: Electricity and Magnetism 3 Credit Hours *
• BIOL 240 - General Genetics 4 Credit Hours
• CHEM 360 - In-depth Organic Chemistry 3 Credit Hours
• CHEM 368 - Honors: In-depth Organic Chemistry 3 Credit Hours

Term 5

• Global Citizenship - United States (GCUS)  Elective 3 Credit Hours *

• CBE 301 - Application of Numerical and Statistical Techniques in Chemical Engineering 4 Credit Hours
• CBE 330 - Advanced Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics 3 Credit Hours
• CBE 340 - Mass Transfer and Separation Processes 3 Credit Hours

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• Chemistry Option (select one course):

• CHEM 210 - Foundations of Analytical Chemistry 3 Credit Hours
• CHEM 360 - In-depth Organic Chemistry 3 Credit Hours
• CHEM 368 - Honors: In-depth Organic Chemistry 3 Credit Hours
• CHEM 370 - Foundations of Physical Chemistry 3 Credit Hours
• CHEM 380 - Foundations of Chemical Biology 3 Credit Hours

Term 6

• Global Citizenship - International (GCI)  Elective 3 Credit Hours *
• ¹ Technical Elective 6 Credit Hours

• CBE 320 - Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Laboratory 3 Credit Hours *
• CBE 350 - Chemical and Bioengineering Reactor Fundamentals 4 Credit Hours
• CBE 445 - Separation Process Technology for the Pharmaceutical and Chemical Process Industries 3 Credit Hours

Term 7

• Expanded Perspectives  Elective 3 Credit Hours * (AH, AAH, GCI, GCUS or SS)
• ² CBE Elective 3 Credit Hours

• CBE 360 - Process Dynamics and Control 3 Credit Hours
• CBE 415 - Advanced Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Laboratory 3 Credit Hours *
• CBE 480 - Equipment Design, Economic Methods, and Process Safety 4 Credit Hours

Term 8

• Arts and Humanities (AH)  Elective 3 Credit Hours *
• ¹ Technical Elective 3 Credit Hours​​​​​​​
• ² CBE Elective 3 Credit Hours
• ³ Engineering Elective 3 Credit Hours
   

• Select one course:

• CBE 488 - Honors: Design Internship in Green Engineering 3 Credit Hours *
• CBE 490 - Process Design and Economic Analysis 3 Credit Hours *

Total Credit Hours 127-128

Footnotes

1. Technical Electives: CHEM 210 **, CHEM 219 , CHEM 359 , CHEM 360 **, CHEM 370 **, CHEM 379 , CHEM 380 **, CHEM 389 , CHEM 490 ; BCMB 230 , BCMB 311 , BCMB 321 , BCMB 333 , BCMB 401 , BCMB 402 , BCMB 405  ,BCMB 415  ,BCMB 419 , BCMB 422 , BCMB 433 , BCMB 440 , BCMB 459 , BCMB 461 ; BIOL 211 , BIOL 220 , BIOL 229 , BIOL 240 ; MATH 251 , MATH 257 , MATH 300 , MATH 323 , MATH 341 , MATH 371 , MATH 405 , MATH 411 , MATH 421 , MATH 424 , MATH 431 , MATH 435 ; MICR 210 , MICR 321 , MICR 329 , MICR 330 , MICR 411 , MICR 420 , MICR 429 , MICR 431 , MICR 440 ; NUTR 311 ; PHYS 231 **, PHYS 232 **, PHYS 250 , PHYS 311 , PHYS 342 , PHYS 405 ; STAT 251 ; any Tickle College of Engineering course 200-level or higher except AE 201 , BME 201 , CE/ENVE 205, ENVE 200 , ME 331 , ME 344 .
2. CBE Electives: Any CBE course except CBE 457 .  
3. Engineering Elective: Any Tickle College of Engineering course 200-level or higher except AE 201 , BME 201 , CE/ENVE 205, ENVE 200 , ME 331 , ME 344 , MSE 250 , MSE 260 . 

 * Meets Volunteer Core Requirements .

** Course cannot count for a both a Technical Elective and a Science Option (see Term 4) or Chemistry Option (see Term 5).

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.​​​​​​​