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Bachelor's

BS in Chemical Engineering

University of Illinois Chicago College of Engineering 85 courses 8 total credits

About This Program

To earn a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering degree from UIC, students need to complete university, college, and department degree requirements. The Department of Chemical Engineering degree requirements are outlined below. Students should consult the College of Engineering (p. 237) section for additional degree requirements and college academic policies.

Degree Requirements

Nonengineering and General Education Requirements: Required Courses

Code Course Title Credits
ENGL 160 Academic Writing I: Writing in Academic and Public Contexts 3
ENGL 161 Academic Writing II: Writing for Inquiry and Research 3
MATH 180 Calculus I 4
MATH 181 Calculus II 4
MATH 210 Calculus III 3
MATH 220 Introduction to Differential Equations 3
PHYS 141 General Physics I (Mechanics) 4
PHYS 142 General Physics II (Electricity and Magnetism) 4
CHEM 122 Matter and Energy 3
CHEM 123 or CHEM 116 Foundations of Chemical Inquiry I or Honors and Majors General and Analytical Chemistry I 2
CHEM 124 Chemical Dynamics 3
CHEM 125 or CHEM 118 Foundations of Chemical Inquiry II or Honors and Majors General and Analytical Chemistry II 2
CHEM 222 Analytical Chemistry 4
CHEM 232 Structure and Function 3
CHEM 233 Synthesis Techniques Laboratory 2
CHEM 234 Chemical Synthesis 3
CHEM 342 Physical Chemistry I 3
Total 68 credits

Required in the College of Engineering: Required Courses

Code Course Title Credits
ENGR 100 or ENGR 101 Engineering Success Seminar for Freshmen or Engineering Success Seminar for Transfer Students 1
CHE 201 Introduction To Thermodynamics 3
CHE 205 Computational Methods in Chemical Engineering 3
CHE 210 Material and Energy Balances 4
CHE 230 Molecular Systems in Chemical Engineering 3
CHE 301 Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics 3
CHE 311 Transport Phenomena I 3
CHE 312 Transport Phenomena II 3
CHE 313 Transport Phenomena III 3
CHE 321 Chemical Reaction Engineering 3
CHE 341 Chemical Process Control 3
CHE 381 Chemical Engineering Laboratory I 2
CHE 382 Chemical Engineering Laboratory II 2
CHE 396 Senior Design I 3-4
CHE 397 Senior Design II 4
CME 260 Properties of Materials 3
ECE 210 Electrical Circuit Analysis 3
CHE 499 Professional Development Seminar 0
CS 109 Programming for Engineers with MatLab 3
Total Required in the College of Engineering: Required Courses 51 credits

Selective: Courses

Select one of the following:

Code Course Title Credits
CHE 330 Polymer Science 3
CHEM 346 Physical Chemistry II 3

Technical Elective: Courses

Select one of the following: a

Code Course Title Credits
CHE 392 Undergraduate Research 1-3
CHE 413 Introduction to Flow in Porous Media 3-4
CHE 421 Combustion Engineering 3-4
CHE 422 Biochemical Engineering 3-4
CHE 423 Catalytic Reaction Engineering 3-4
CHE 425 Nanotechnology for Pharmaceutical Applications 3-4
CHE 433 Process Simulation With Aspen Plus 3-4
CHE 438 Computational Molecular Modeling 3-4
CHE 440 Non-Newtonian Fluids 3-4
CHE 441 Computer Applications in Chemical Engineering 3-4
CHE 450 Air Pollution Engineering 3-4
CHE 451 Renewable Energy Technologies 3-4
CHE 453 Fundamentals of Electrochemistry 3-4
CHE 454 Molecular and Macromolecular Engineering 3-4
CHE 455 Nanoscale Systems in Chemical Engineering 3-4
Total Technical Elective: Courses 3 credits

Required Courses a

Code Course Title Credits
CHE 422 Biochemical Engineering 3-4
Total Required Courses a 8-10 credits

Select two electives in nonmajor rubric category from the following:

Code Course Title Credits
BIOS 350 General Microbiology 3
BIOS 351 Microbiology Laboratory 2
CHEM 352 Introductory Biochemistry 3
CHEM 452 Biochemistry I 4

Required Courses a

Code Course Title Credits
CHE 230 Molecular Systems in Chemical Engineering 3
CHE 330 Polymer Science 3
CHE 451 Renewable Energy Technologies 3-4
Total Required Courses a 15 credits

Elective outside the Major Rubric

Code Course Title Credits
CME 322 Environmental Engineering 3

Select one of the following:

Code Course Title Credits
CHE 392 Undergraduate Research 1-3
CHE 450 Air Pollution Engineering 3-4
CHE 453 Fundamentals of Electrochemistry 3-4

Required Course a

Code Course Title Credits
CHE 427 Entrepreneurship in Engineering 0-4
Total Required Course a 9 credits

Title Entrepreneurship in Engineering b

Code Course Title Credits
ENTR 200 Survey of Entrepreneurship 3
ENTR 310 Introduction to Entrepreneurship 3
ENTR 445 New Venture Planning 3

Required Courses a

Code Course Title Credits
CHE 230 Molecular Systems in Chemical Engineering 3
CHE 330 Polymer Science 3
CHE 455 Nanoscale Systems in Chemical Engineering 3-4
Total Required Courses a 15-16 credits

Required Courses a

Code Course Title Credits
CHE 230 Molecular Systems in Chemical Engineering 3
CHE 330 Polymer Science 3
CHE 454 Molecular and Macromolecular Engineering 3-4
Total Required Courses a 15-16 credits

Required Courses a

Code Course Title Credits
CHE 433 Process Simulation With Aspen Plus 3-4
Total Required Courses a 9 credits

Electives outside the Major Rubric

Select two of the following:

Code Course Title Credits
ECON 120 Principles of Microeconomics 0-4
IE 201 Financial Engineering 3
MATH 218 Applied Linear Algebra 3
MATH 419 Models in Applied Mathematics 3-4

Select one of the following:

Code Course Title Credits
CHE 312 Transport Phenomena II 3
ME 321 Heat Transfer 4
CHE 313 Transport Phenomena III 3

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