Information for Students at Campus Colleges
In order to be able to graduate in four years you must plan your academic courses carefully. The advising tips on the prerequisite chain apply to you as well. The most important consideration is that you must transfer to University Park for your fourth semester. As you can see from the prerequisite chain, the chemical engineering sequence starts in the fourth semester (spring) and takes five semesters to complete. The entry courses, CH E 210 and 220, are offered once a year in the spring only. If you are not here in the spring to take them, you will be forced to wait a full year before you can catch up with the program.
To avoid such delays you must be at University Park for your fourth semester. If you wish to stay at your campus during your sophomore spring semester you must request special permission, with the understanding that it will take you an additional year to graduate.
Penn State Blue Book Chemical Engineering Course Descriptions.
If you are planning to transfer to UP for your fourth semester, make sure you schedule MATH 251 in the fall semester of your second year. If MATH 251 is not available in your campus in the Fall, then take MATH 230 instead. Upon transferring to University Park in the Spring your schedule should include CH E 210, CH E 220 and MATH 230 (or MATH 251, depending on which course was unavailable at your campus in the fall). Go easy on the credits during your first semester at University Park by keeping the total number between 15 and 17 credits. Doing so will not only give you the time you to do well in CH E 210 and CHE 220 but will also help you adjust to the transition to your new campus.
If you have questions about your academic plan or about your transfer to University Park, please contact the department of Chemical Engineering. Professor Themis Matsoukas, Undergraduate Program Coordinator.
Updated 05/16/08