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Chemical Engineering (BESA Concentration)

Nora Siewiorek, BESA ChemE Concentration Advisor (DH 1111)

BESA Chemical Engineering Concentration

(99 units minimum)

Mathematics & Science Prerequisites
Units
21-120Differential and Integral Calculus -(Gen Ed; prerequisite: 21-090)10
21-122Integration and Approximation -(Gen Ed)10
21-254Linear Algebra and Vector Calculus for Engineers -Fall, Sophomore year11
15-110Principles of Computing -(Gen Ed)10
or 15-112 Fundamentals of Programming and Computer Science
or 02-120 Programming for Scientists
33-141Physics I for Engineering Students -(Gen Ed)12
33-142Physics II for Engineering and Physics Students12
09-105Introduction to Modern Chemistry I10
09-106Modern Chemistry II10
Chemical Engineering Courses (7 courses, 72 units)
06-100Introduction to Chemical Engineering -First-year; co-req: 09-105, 21-12012
xx-xxx2nd Introduction to Engineering course, student’s choice12
06-223Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics -Fall, Sophomore year; prereq: 06-100, 33-121/33-141/ 33-15112
06-261Fluid Mechanics -Spring, Sophomore year; prereq: 06-223, 21-2549
06-262Mathematical Methods of Chemical Engineering -Spring, Sophomore year; prereq: 06-223, 21-2549
06-323Heat and Mass Transfer -Fall, Junior year; prereq: 06-261, 06-262/21-260, 33-122/33-142/33-1529
06-361Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering -Spring, Junior year; prereq: 06-3239
Electives (3 courses, 27 units minimum)

Choose 27 units from the following ChemE and/or ENG courses with prerequisites in consultation with the concentration advisor:

06-310Molecular Foundations of Chemical Engineering -Fall, Junior year; prereq: 06-223, 09-1069
06-324Computational Optimization and Machine Learning for Chemical Engineering -Fall, Junior year; prereq: 06-262, 15-110/15-112)12
06-363Transport Process Laboratory -Spring, Junior year; prereq: 06-261, 06-3239
06-364Chemical Reaction Engineering -Spring, Junior year; prereq: 06-310, 06-3239
06-607Physical Chemistry of Colloids and Surfaces -Spring, Senior year, offered every other year9
06-612Formulation Engineering -Spring, offered every other year12
06-642Data Science and Machine Learning in Chemical Engineering -Spring, Senior Year6
06-643Creating Scientific Research Software -Spring, Senior Year6
27-xxxMaterials Science course9

Note: With advisor approval, electives can instead be other ChemE/ENG courses as long as they are taken in proper order to follow the required prerequisites, not allowing 06-421.

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