Graduate Programs | Chemical Engineering

Masters of Science in Chemical Engineering

Curriculum

Graduate students must complete 33 credit hours. The thesis option students must complete 24 credit hours of courses and 9 hours of thesis study. The students of the non-thesis option must complete 30 credit hours of courses and 3 hours of project study.

Students enrolled in both thesis and non-thesis options must complete 9 credit hours of core courses. Thermodynamics, reactor design, and transport phenomena are the backbone of the core courses. However, advanced courses in mathematics, heat transfer, fluid mechanics, mass transfer, and process control are also included in the core element and are offered on a frequent basis.

Students enrolled in thesis and non-thesis options must complete 15 and 21 credit hours of elective courses, respectively. The focus areas of the elective courses include 1) water & environment, 2) petroleum and petrochemicals, and 3) economics and systems engineering. A maximum of 3 credit hours (thesis option students) and 6 credits hours (non-thesis option students) can be taken from core engineering, any other engineering, science, computer science, and engineering or joint graduate programs with the approval of the Graduate Program Director and Area Committee Chairman before registering the course. Also, free elective courses can be taken from the same graduate program courses.

 Credit Requirement: 33 (33) TOTAL COURSE CREDITS (non-thesis option in parenthesis)

9 (9) Core Courses (3 credits each)

 9 (9) SUB DISCIPLINE ELECTIVE COURSES (3 credits each) 

I. WATER & ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING 

II. PETROLEUM REFINING AND PETROCHEMICALS: 

III. PROCESS ECONOMICS AND SYSTEMS ENGINEERING 

6 (12) FREE ELECTIVE COURSES 

A maximum of 3 credit hours (thesis students) and 6 credits hours (project students) can be taken from core engineering, any other engineering, science, computer science, and engineering or joint graduate programs with the approval of the Graduate Program Director and Area Committee Chairman before registering the course. Also, courses can be taken from the same graduate program courses.

9 (3) COMPULSORY