Common Requirements for All Options
All options share a common core of 116 credits. The remaining 18 credits consist of technical and professional electives, to be chosen from special lists depending on the option. The curriculum is summarized below:
General & Other Requirements (34 credits)
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Arts (G.A.)/Humanities (G.H.)/Social Studies (G.S.) (18 credits)
Must include 3 credits of US and 3 credits of IL. If a course carries the double designation US; IL, it can be counted as either US or IL but not as both. -
ECON 2, 4 or 14 (counts as G.S.)
http://www.psu.edu/bulletins/bluebook/ - Economics Section - English 15 (3 cr)
- English 202C (3 cr)
- CAS 100A/B (3 cr)
- ESACT/B.B.E. (3 cr)
- Engineering Design (E.D.S.G.N.) 100 (3 cr)
- Freshman Seminar (1 cr)
Mathematics (16 credits)
- MATH 140 (G.Q.) Calculus with analytic geometry I (4)
- MATH 141 (G.Q.) Calculus with analytic geometry II (4)
- MATH 230 Calculus and vector analysis (4)
- MATH 251 Ordinary and partial differential equations (4)
Chemical Sciences (24 credits)
- CHEM 110 (G.N.) Chemical principles I (3)
- CHEM 112 (G.N.) Chemical principles II (3)
- CHEM 111 (G.N.) Experimental chemistry I (1)
- CHEM 113 (G.N.) Experimental chemistry II (1)
- CHEM 213 Laboratory in organic chemistry (2)
- CHEM 210 Organic Chemistry I (3)
- CHEM 212 Organic Chemistry II (3)
- CHEM 466 Molecular Thermodynamics (3)
- CHEM 457 Experimental Physical Chemistry (2)
- B M B 251 (MICRB) Molecular And Cell Biology I (3)
Physics (8 credits)
- PHYS 211 (G.N.) General Physics: Mechanics (4)
- PHYS 212 (G.N.) General Physics: Electricity And Magnetism (4)
Chemical Engineering (34 credits)
- CH E 210 Introduction to material balances (3)
- CH E 220 Chemical engineering thermodynamics (3)
- CH E 300 Professional development seminar (1)
- CH E 320 Phase and chemical equilibria (3)
- CH E 330 Process fluid mechanics (3)
- CH E 340 Introduction to biomolecular engineering (3)
- CH E 350 Process heat transfer (3)
- CH E 360 Mathematical modeling in chemical engineering (3)
- CH E 410 Mass transfer operations (3)
- CH E 430 Chemical reaction engineering (3)
- CH E 470 Process design (3)
- CH E 480W Chemical engineering laboratory (3)
Technical & Professional Electives (18 credits)
These electives are chosen from special lists and are different in each of the four options.
Updated 05/16/08