Major in Specialized Curriculum in Chemical Engineering
The chemical engineering curriculum is designed to prepare students
for careers in the chemical, food, energy, pharmaceutical, semiconductor
processing, personal care, fiber and materials industries where chemical
processes are coupled with heat, mass, and momentum transfer. The
curriculum is arranged in a flexible manner to permit students to
use their elective hours and to substitute courses in order to arrange
programs incorporating various specific areas of chemical engineering
or interdisciplinary areas. For example, sequences can be set up in
conjunction with the student's adviser to emphasize environmental
engineering, bioengineering, food science, computer science, or one
of many other options. It will be advantageous to the student to plan
course sequences with an adviser as early in the student's academic
career as possible.
The program emphasizes fundamentals required to develop models
for the design, control, and operation of chemical processes. Students
entering without adequate preparation in mathematics and chemistry
may find it difficult to complete the chemical engineering curriculum
in four years. A typical program, including all required courses
and electives, is shown below. Individual students may vary the
order in which the various courses are taken to suit their individual
needs. However, care must be exercised in scheduling to ensure that
necessary course prerequisites are met.
Students in the curriculum of chemical engineering must maintain
a 2.5 general average, excluding military training in order to be
accepted by the department as juniors and seniors.
For information regarding the cooperative education program and
internships in the School of Chemical Sciences, see the Chemistry
major in the Science and Letters curriculum.
E-mail: chemeng@uiuc.edu
Degree title: Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering
General education: All campus general
education requirements must be satisfied.
Minimum hours required for graduation: 129 hours including 16
hours of approved general education courses. This must include at
least six hours in Social or Behavioral Sciences and at least six
hours in Literature and the Arts or Historical and Philosophical
Perspectives. Students must satisfy the distribution requirements
in Western and Non-Western Cultures.
Departmental distinction: A student is recommended for departmental
distinction on the basis of grade point average and work presented
in CHBE 499-Senior Thesis.
First Year
Hours |
First Semester
|
3 |
CHEM 2021–Accelerated
Chemistry I |
1 |
CHEM 203–Accelerated Chemistry
Lab I |
5 |
MATH 220–Calculus I |
4 |
RHET 105 or 108–Composition
I writing requirement |
3 |
Elective2,3,4
|
16 |
Total |
Hours |
Second Semester
|
1 |
CHBE 121–CHBE Profession |
3 |
CHEM 204–Accelerated Chemistry
II |
2 |
CHEM 205–Accelerated Chemistry
Lab II |
3 |
CS 101–Intro to Computing,
Eng & Sci |
3 |
MATH 230–Calculus II |
4 |
PHYS 211–Univ Physics, Mechanics
|
16 |
Total |
Second Year
Hours |
First Semester
|
3 |
CHBE 221–Principles of CHE
|
4 |
CHEM 236–Fundamental Organic
Chem I |
2 |
CHEM 237–Structure and Synthesis
|
3 |
MATH 242–Calculus of Several
Variables5 |
4 |
PHYS 212–Univ Physics, Elec
& Mag |
16 |
Total |
Hours |
Second Semester
|
4 |
CHBE 321–Thermodynamics |
3 |
CHEM 4366–Fundamental
Organic Chem II |
2 |
MATH 2257–Introductory
Matrix Theory |
3 |
MATH 3858–Intro
Differential Equations |
2 |
PHYS 214–Univ Physics, Quantum
Phys |
3 |
Electives2,3,4
|
17 |
Total |
Third Year
Hours |
First Semester
|
4 |
CHBE 421–Momentum and Heat
Transfer |
2 |
CHEM 315–Instrumental Chem
Systems Lab |
2 |
CHEM 420–Instrumental Characterization
|
4 |
CHEM 442–Physical Chemistry
I |
3 |
Electives2,3,4
|
15 |
Total |
Hours |
Second Semester
|
4 |
CHBE 422–Mass Transfer Operations
|
4 |
CHEM 444–Physical Chemistry
II |
3 |
CHBE 424–Chemical Reaction
Engineering |
6 |
Electives2,3.4
|
17 |
Total |
Fourth Year
Hours |
First Semester
|
4 |
CHBE 430–Unit Operations Laboratory
|
4 |
CHBE 440–Process Control and
Dynamics |
9 |
Electives2,3,4
|
17 |
Total |
Hours |
Second Semester
|
4 |
CHBE 431–Process Design |
11 |
Electives2,3,4
|
15 |
Total |
|
|