Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering University of Illinois University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign
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Undergraduate Program

SUGGESTED FOUR-YEAR PROGRAM

Chemical Engineering Concentration
for students entering as freshman in Fall 2007

The chemical engineering concentration 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 Biomolecular Engineering concentration builds upon the traditional principles of chemical engineering, but specializes in biological and biotechnological systems in order to better prepare students who seek employment in the food, pharmaceutical, and biotechnology industries.

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 concentrations. 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 (Frequency of Courses Listing).

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Degree title: Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering

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 http://www.chemeng.uiuc.edu/coop.php.

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. Departmental distinction: A student is recommended for departmental distinction on the basis of grade point average and work presented in CHBE 499-Senior Thesis.

Students will have the choice of selecting the Biomolecular Engineering concentration at any time.

UIUC Courses Catalog     >   Schedule

First Year

Hours FIRST SEMESTER   Hours SECOND SEMESTER
3 CHEM 2021 Accelerated Chemistry I   3 CHEM 204 Accelerated Chemistry II
2 CHEM 203 Accelerated Chemistry Lab I   2 CHEM 205 Accelerated Chemistry Lab II
4 MATH 221 Calculus I2   3 MATH 231 Calculus II
4 RHET 105 or 108 Composition   3 CS 101 Introduction to Computing for Engineering & Science
3 Elective3, 4, 5   4 PHYS 211 Univ Physics, Elec & Mag
16 Total   1 CHBE 121 ChBE Profession
      16 Total

Second Year

Hours FIRST SEMESTER   Hours SECOND SEMESTER
3 CHBE 221 Principles of Chemical Engineering   4 CHBE 321 Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics
4 CHEM 236 Fundamental Organic Chemistry I   3 CHEM 4367 Fundamental Organic Chemistry II
2 CHEM 237 Structure and Synthesis   3 MATH 415 8 Introductory Matrix Theory
4 MATH 2416 Calculus of Several Variables   2 PHYS 214 Univ Physics, Quantum Physics
4 PHYS 212 General Physics (Electricity and Magnetism)   3 MATH 3859 Differential Equations
17 Total   3 Electives3,4,5
      18 Total

Third Year

Hours FIRST SEMESTER   Hours SECOND SEMESTER
4 CHBE 421 Momentum and Heat Transfer   4 CHBE 422 Mass Transfer Operations
4 CHEM 442 Physical Chemistry I   4 CHEM 444 Physical Chemistry II
2 CHEM 315 Instrumental Characterization of Chemical Systems Laboratory   3 CHBE 424 Chemical Reaction Engineering
2 CHEM 420 Instrumental Characterizational of Chemical Systems   6 Electives3,4,5
3 Electives3,4,5   17 Total
15 Total      

Fourth Year

Hours FIRST SEMESTER   Hours SECOND SEMESTER
3 CHBE 440 Process Control and Dynamics   4 *CHBE 431 Process Design
4 *CHBE 430 Unit Operations Laboratory   11 Electives3,4,5
8 Electives3,4,5   15 Total
16 Total      

*NOTE: Enrollment in CHBE 430 is limited. Thus you may need to take CHBE 430 in the Second Semester and instead take CHBE 431 and/or additional electives in the First Semester. Students in their final semester will have priority for getting into CHBE 430 and CHBE 431.

NOTES:

  1. Students who do not place into Chem 202, or who do not satisfy the mathematics prerequisite for Chem 202, may substitute the sequence Chem 102, 103, 104, 105, 223 and 224 for Chem 202, 203, 204, and 205.
  2. MATH 220-Calculus may be substituted, with four of the five credit hours applying toward the degree. Math 220 is appropriate for students with no background in calculus.
  3. Sixteen hours of approved general education electives are required. This must include at least six hours in social perspectives or behavioral sciences and at least six hours in literature and the arts or historical and philosophical perspectives. A current list of approved courses that may be used to satisfy this requirement is available in Room 209 RAL. If you have more than 6 hours in either category, the excess will be counted as other Humanities or Social Science hours. Students entering college in Fall 1995 or later must satisfy the distribution requirements in Western and Non-Western Cultures. See General Education Handout for details.
  4. Three years of high school credit or 3 semesters of college credit in one foreign language is required.
  5. Students must take at least 18 hours of approved technical electives in areas of engineering science. A current list of courses that may be used to satisfy this requirement in Room 209 RAL. Distribution requirements for these 18 hours are:
    1. At least 9 hours must be in 400-level courses.
    2. At least 6 hours must be in 400-level courses chemical engineering.
    3. At least 3 hours must be in 300-level chemical engineering courses other than CHBE 499.
    4. One course must be IE 300 or STAT 400.
  6. MATH 242-Calculus of Several Variables (3 hours) will be offered for the last time for continuing students in Fall 2006. Students who have taken MATH 220 and 230 may complete the calculus sequence by taking MATH 242 in Fall 2006. Those who choose to take MATH 241 (4 hours), will earn an additional credit hour that will be counted as a technical elective hour.
  7. MCB 450 may be substituted for Chem 436.
  8. Students who have taken MATH 225 (2 hours) and will take CHBE 440 (3 hours), will need to take an additional hour from Technical Elective list. Credit for MATH 225 will only be given if you have approval prior to taking the course.
  9. MATH 441 may be substituted for MATH 385. MATH 386 (4 hours) may be substituted for MATH 385 (3 hours). The additional credit hour earned for MATH 386 will be counted as a technical elective hour. In Spring 2008, MATH 385 is being renumbered to MATH 285.