Chemical Engineering, BSCH
Requirements for Students Matriculating in or before Academic Year 2024-2025. Learn more about University Academic Regulation 3.1.
Minimum Overall Grade Point Average: 2.00
Total Hours: 123
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| General Education Requirements | ||
| All General Education coursework requirements are satisfied upon completion of this degree plan | ||
| English Composition | ||
| See Academic Regulation 3.5 | ||
| ENGL 1113 | Composition I | 3 |
| or ENGL 1313 | Critical Analysis and Writing I | |
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Composition II | ||
| Critical Analysis and Writing II | ||
| Technical Writing | ||
| American History & Government | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Survey of American History | ||
| American History to 1865 (H) | ||
| American History Since 1865 (DH) | ||
| POLS 1113 | American Government | 3 |
| Analytical & Quantitative Thought (A) | ||
| MATH 2144 | Calculus I (A) | 4 |
| MATH 2153 | Calculus II (A) | 3 |
| MATH 2163 | Calculus III | 3 |
| Humanities (H) | ||
| Courses designated (H) | 6 | |
| Natural Sciences (N) | ||
| Must include one Laboratory Science (L) course | ||
| CHEM 1314 | Chemistry I (LN) | 4 |
| CHEM 1515 | Chemistry II (LN) | 5 |
| PHYS 2014 | University Physics I (LN) | 4 |
| Social & Behavioral Sciences (S) | ||
| Select 3 hours of any course designated (S) | 3 | |
| Hours Subtotal | 44 | |
| Diversity (D) & International Dimension (I) | ||
| May be completed in any part of the degree plan | ||
| Select at least one Diversity (D) course | ||
| Select at least one International Dimension (I) course | ||
| College/Departmental Requirements | ||
| UNIV 1111 | First Year Seminar (or other approved first year seminar course) | 1 |
| Engineering | ||
| ENGR 1412 | Introductory Engineering Computer Programming | 2 |
| ENGR 2421 | Engineering Data Acquisition Controls Lab | 1 |
| Engineering Science | ||
| ENSC 2113 | Statics | 3 |
| ENSC 2613 | Introduction to Electrical Science | 3 |
| ENSC 3231 | Fluids and Hydraulics Lab | 1 |
| ENSC 3233 | Fluid Mechanics | 3 |
| ENSC 3313 | Materials Science | 3 |
| Mathematics | ||
| Chemistry | ||
| CHEM 3053 | Organic Chemistry I | 3 |
| Select one of the following: | 5 | |
| Organic Chemistry II and Organic Chemistry Laboratory | ||
| Survey of Biochemistry and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Laboratory | ||
| Hours Subtotal | 25 | |
| Major Requirements | ||
| Mathematics | ||
| MATH 2233 | Differential Equations | 3 |
| or MATH 3263 | Linear Algebra and Differential Equations | |
| Chemical Engineering | ||
| CHE 2023 | Introduction to Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics | 3 |
| CHE 2033 | Introduction to Chemical Process Engineering | 3 |
| CHE 2581 | Chemical Engineering Seminar I | 1 |
| CHE 3013 | Rate Operations I | 3 |
| CHE 3113 | Rate Operations II | 3 |
| CHE 3123 | Chemical Reaction Engineering | 3 |
| CHE 3333 | Introduction to Transport Phenomena | 3 |
| CHE 3473 | Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics | 3 |
| CHE 3543 | Introduction to Chemical Process Analytics | 3 |
| CHE 3581 | Chemical Engineering Seminar II | 1 |
| CHE 4002 | Chemical Engineering Laboratory I | 2 |
| CHE 4112 | Chemical Engineering Laboratory II | 2 |
| CHE 4124 | Chemical Engineering Design I | 4 |
| CHE 4224 | Chemical Engineering Design II | 4 |
| CHE 4581 | Chemical Engineering Seminar III | 1 |
| CHE 4843 | Chemical Process Instrumentation and Control | 3 |
| Hours Subtotal | 45 | |
| Controlled Electives | ||
| Advanced Chemical Engineering Elective | ||
| Select 3 hours of the following: | 3 | |
| Interdisciplinary Design and Build for Chemical Systems I and Interdisciplinary Design and Build for Chemical Systems II | ||
| Introduction to Tissue Engineering | ||
| Introduction to Catalysis and Photocatalysis | ||
| Drug Delivery | ||
| Bioprocess Engineering | ||
| Biomedical Engineering | ||
| Electrochemical Engineering | ||
| Environmental Engineering | ||
| Introduction to Molecular Modeling and Simulation | ||
| Introduction to Colloid Processing | ||
| Machine Learning for Chemical Processes | ||
| Introduction to Membrane Separations | ||
| Introduction to Applied Numerical Computing for Scientists and Engineers | ||
| Introduction to Computational Fluid-Particle Dynamics | ||
| Nanomaterial Synthesis and Characterization | ||
| Restricted Electives | ||
| Select 6 hours of upper-level course credit meeting School objectives 1, 2 | 6 | |
| Hours Subtotal | 9 | |
| Total Hours | 123 | |
- 1
Cannot use both ANSI 3423 Animal Genetics & BIOL 3023 General Genetics or BIOC 3653 Survey of Biochemistry & BIOC 3713 Biochemistry I.
- 2
Must be 3000 level or higher. Must meet requirements for professional development, technical knowledge, or life balance. May be fulfilled by upper-division coursework as part of the pursuit of a minor at OSU.
Graduation Requirements
- A minimum GPA of 2.00 is required in all CHE coursework.
- Must Receive a "C" or better in the following CHE courses: CHE 2023, CHE 2033, CHE 3013, CHE 3113, CHE 3123, CHE 3333, CHE 3473, and CHE 4002.
- The major engineering design experience, capstone course, is satisfied by CHE 4124 Chemical Engineering Design I and CHE 4224 Chemical Engineering Design II.
Additional State/OSU Requirements
- At least: 60 hours at a four-year institution; 30 hours completed at OSU; 15 of the final 30 or 50% of the upper-division hours in the major field completed at OSU.
- Limit of: one-half of major course requirements as transfer work; one-fourth of hours earned by correspondence; 8 transfer correspondence hours.
- Students will be held responsible for degree requirements in effect at the time of matriculation and any changes that are made, so long as these changes do not result in semester credit hours being added or do not delay graduation.
- Degrees that follow this plan must be completed by the end of Summer 2030.