Bachelor of Arts in Chemical Engineering

The Bachelor of Arts program is flexible and allows a student to pursue other areas of interest with or without a double major. This degree requires a total of 132 semester hours.

Students seeking a B.A. degree must satisfy the following departmental requirements (77 credits):

• Foundation: mathematics, physics and chemistry courses (40 credits);
  
  
• Core: chemical and biomolecular engineering courses (34 credits) plus MECH 211 (3 credits).

The following requirements must also be satisfied for the BA degree:

• Humanities and Social Sciences course to satisfy the University Distribution requirements (24 credits), and
  
  
• No fewer than 31 semester hours of free electives for a total of at least 132 semester hours.

Upon completion of the B.A. program, a student is eligible to apply for a fifth year of specialized study leading to the non-thesis degree of Master of Chemical Engineering (M.Ch.E.). The undergraduate curriculum is designed so that outstanding students interested in careers in research and teaching may enter graduate school after receiving either the B.A. or the B.S. degree in chemical engineering.

The detailed course requirements and a suggested timetable for the B.A. degree are given below.

NOTE:
** Any two of CHEM 212, 311 or 312 required for B.S. or B.A. degree.

Computer Programming: Matlab, Maple and FORTRAN are taught in CHBE 303 and 305. Computer programming is vertically integrated throughout the chemical engineering curriculum.

Modified 7/24/2008

CHEMICAL & BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING DEPT. MS-362
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