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Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering

Degree Requirements

The B.S.Ch.E. requires successful completion of 132 credit hours. The Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering requires 96 - 100 credits in General Math and Science courses and Chemical Engineering Core and focus area courses. Electives may be chosen from the Course Catalog to satisfy the additional department requirements for breadth or focus area. The General Announcements identify the University Distribution Requirements.

Detailed course descriptions and prerequisites for each class are available through the online course schedule.


General Math and Science Courses

Chemistry (18 hours required)

CHEM 121 - General Chemistry I with Laboratory
CHEM 122 - General Chemistry II with Laboratory
CHEM 211 - Organic Chemistry

CHEM 215 - Organic Chemistry Lab OR
CHEM 217 - Organic Chemistry Lab for Engineers

Students must select two of the following:

CHEM 212 - Organic Chemistry II OR
CHEM 310 - Physical Chemistry OR
CHEM 330 - Analytical Chemistry OR
CHEM 360 - Inorganic Chemistry


Math (15 hours required)

MATH 101 - Single Variable Calculus I
MATH 102 - Single Variable Calculus II
MATH 211- Ordinary Differential Equations and Linear Algebra
MATH 212 - Multivariable Calculus

MATH 381 - Introduction to Partial Differential Equations OR
CAAM 336 - Differential Equations in Science and Engineering


Physics (7 hours required)

PHYS 101 OR PHYS 111 - Mechanics with Laboratory
PHYS 102 OR PHYS 112 - Electricity and Magnetism with Laboratory


Mechanics (3 hours required)

MECH 211 - Engineering Mechanics


Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Core Courses

Students must complete the following core courses. (41 credit hours required)

CHBE 301 - Chemical Engineering Fundamentals
CHBE 303 - Computer Programming in Chemical Engineering
CHBE 305 - Computational Methods in Chemical Engineering
CHBE 310 - Fundamentals of Biomolecular Engineering
CHBE 343 - Chemical Engineering Lab I
CHBE 390 - Chemical Kinetics and Reactor Design
CHBE 401 - Transport Phenomena I
CHBE 402 - Transport Phenomena II
CHBE 403 - Design Fundamentals
CHBE 404 - Product and Process Design
CHBE 411 - Thermodynamics I
CHBE 412 - Thermodynamics II
CHBE 443 - Chemical Engineering Lab II
CHBE 470 - Process Dynamics and Control


Breadth and Specialization Areas

Click on the desired breadth or specialization area to be taken to a list of required and approved courses.

 

Breadth (12 credit hours required)

Students who select this option will be required to take course electives in at least two other engineering disciplines to satisfy this requirement. Click here to see approved courses for this option.

 

Specialization Areas (15 credit hours required)

Instead of the engineering breadth option, students may use their electives to create a focus, or concentration, area in one of the following disciplines:

Click on the name of a specialization area to see the requirements for that option.

 

 

CHEMICAL & BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING DEPT. MS-362
Rice University PO Box 1892
Houston, Texas 77251-1892
E-mail: chbe@rice.edu
Phone: (713) 348-4902
FAX:(713) 348-5478
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