Chemical Engineering with a Materials Engineering Concentration

If you choose to add a Materials Engineering Concentration to your Chemical Engineering major, your course schedule will look like this:

 Freshman Year

 Fall

 Spring

Course Credits  Course Credits
CM131 (or CM103/105) General Chemistry I  4 (or 5) CM132 (or CM104) General Chemistry II  4 (or 3)
PH131 Physics I  4 PH132 Physics II  4
MA131 Calculus I  3 MA132 Calculus II  3
UNIV190 Clarkson Seminar  3 ES100 Intro to Engineering Computer Use  2
FY100 First Year Seminar  1 Knowledge Area Elective  3

Semester Total 

 15 (16)

Semester Total 

 16 (15)
 

 Sophomore Year

 Fall

Spring

 CH250 Chemical Process Calculations  3  CH272 Phase & Chemical Equilibria  3 
 CH271 Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics  3  CH372 Physical Chemistry II  OR 
BY160 Biology II--Cellular and Molecular Biology
 3
 CM371 Physical Chemistry I  3  ES360 Materials Science & Engineering II  3
 MA231 Calculus III  3  MA232 Differential Equations  3
 ES360 Materials Science & Engineering I  3  Knowledge Area Elective  3

 Semester Total  

15 

 Semester Total  

 15
 

 Junior Year

 Fall

 Spring

 CH301 Fluid Mechanics  3  CH302 Heat Transfer  3
 CH351 Mass Transfer  3  CH310 Chemical Engineering Lab I  1
 CM241 Organic Chemistry I  3  CM242 Organic Chemistry II  3
 EC350  Micro and Engineering Economics*  3  CM244 Organic Chemistry Lab  3
 Materials or Math Elective  3  Materials or Math Elective  3
 Knowledge Area Elective  3   Knowledge Area Elective  3

Semester Total 

 18

Semester Total 

 16
 

 Summer

 Professional Experience

 

Senior Year

 Fall

 Spring

 CH410 Chemical Engineering Lab II  2  CH481 Design II  3
 CH445 Chemical Reactor Analysis I  3  CH485 Process Dynamics and Control  3
 CH480 Design I  3  Technical Elective  3
 ES or Materials Elective  3  ES or Materials Elective  3
 Materials Elective  3  Undesignated Elective  3

Semester Total 

 14

Semester Total 

 15


* Satisfies the Knowledge Area “Economics and Organizations” requirement.


The Department offers several other professional concentrations, including biomolecular engineering, biomedical and rehabilitation engineering, and environmental engineering.


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