Chemical Engineering, BSCHE

Degree Requirements

130 Credits Required

Major Required Courses (46 credits)

• CHE 20000 - Chemical Engineering Seminar
• CHE 20500 - Chemical Engineering Calculations
• CHE 21100 - Introductory Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics
• CHE 30000 - Chemical Engineering Seminar
• CHE 30600 - Design Of Staged Separation Processes
• CHE 32000 - Statistical Modeling And Quality Enhancement
• CHE 34800 - Chemical Reaction Engineering
• CHE 37700 - Momentum Transfer
• CHE 37800 - Heat And Mass Transfer
• CHE 40000 - Chemical Engineering Seminar
• CHE 42000 - Process Safety Management And Analysis
• CHE 43500 - Chemical Engineering Laboratory
• CHE 45000 - Design And Analysis Of Processing Systems
• CHE 45600 - Process Dynamics And Control
• Chemical Engineering Supplemental Selectives - Credit Hours: 3.00

Other Departmental Courses (84 credits)

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(If pursuing Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, CHM 11600 - General Chemistry ♦  is required to graduate, but not required to complete the First Year Engineering program.)

• ChE Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Core

• CHM 26100 - Organic Chemistry ♦
• CHM 26300 - Organic Chemistry Laboratory ♦
• CHM 26200 - Organic Chemistry ♦
• CHM 26400 - Organic Chemistry Laboratory ♦
• CHM 37000 - Topics In Physical Chemistry ♦
• MA 26100 - Multivariate Calculus
• Math Selective I (Supplemental Information)  - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Math Selective II (Supplemental Information)  - Credit Hours: 3.00
• PHYS 24100 - Electricity And Optics ♦
• Technical Selective  (Supplemental Information)   - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Biology Selective (Supplemental Information)  - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Engineering Selective (Supplemental Information)  - Credit Hours: 6.00

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• General Education Selective (Supplemental Information)  - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Upper Level General Education Selective  (Supplemental Information)   - Credit Hours: 6.00
• Human Cultures: Behavioral/ Social Sciences Selective  - Credit Hours: 3.00 (satisfies Human Cultures: Behavioral/Social Science for core)
• Human Cultures: Humanities Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00 (satisfies Human Cultures: Humanities for core)
• Science, Technology & Society Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00 (satisfies Science, Technology, & Society for core)

Optional Concentrations

• Biological Engineering Concentration in Chemical Engineering  
• Data Science Concentration in Chemical Engineering  
• Energy and Environment Concentration in Chemical Engineering  
• Materials and Polymers Concentration in Chemical Engineering  
• Pharmaceutical Engineering Concentration in Chemical Engineering  
• Research in Chemical Engineering Concentration  

University Requirements

First Year Engineering Program Requirements

Chemical Engineering Program Requirements

Notes

• 130 Credits required for graduation.
• 2.0 overall and major (Chemical Engineering Core) GPA required for Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering degree.  

• Students must earn a “C” or better in CHE 20500  to enroll in any other CHE course.
• Students must earn a “C-” or better in all other CHE Major Required Courses (Chemical Engineering Core).  
• Students may take the ChE General Education Selective Core courses for a letter grade or pass/ no pass option.
• 3 credits of CHE 41100 , CHE 41200 , CHE 49800 , or CHE 49900  may be used to complete the Chemical Engineering Selective.
• 3 credits of CHE 41100, 41200, 49800, or 49800 may be used to complete the Engineering or Technical Selective.
• Students may not earn credit in the following courses: ABE 20100, ABE 21000, ABE 30800, ABE 37000, IE 23000, IE 33000, ME 30900 and ME 31500.

Critical Course

The ♦ course is considered critical.

In alignment with the Degree Map Guidance for Indiana’s Public Colleges and Universities, published by the Commission for Higher Education (pursuant to HEA 1348-2013), a Critical Course is identified as “one that a student must be able to pass to persist and succeed in a particular major.  Students who want to be nurses, for example, should know that they are expected to be proficient in courses like biology in order to be successful.  These would be identified by the institutions for each degree program”. 

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