Undergraduate Program

Educational Objectives
ChE Courses
Degree Requirements
BS-ME Program

Educational Objectives

The Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Tulsa has adopted the following Educational Objectives:

Our educational objectives are to prepare our students, through a high-quality course of instruction involving classroom, laboratory, and professional activities, for successful employment in the chemical process industries, including energy-related industries, environmental, materials, or biotechnology, for graduate studies in chemical engineering; or for graduate studies in other fields such as medicine, law and business administration.

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The Department offers a curriculum leading to the degree of Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering. The curriculum emphasizes the solution of problems demanding imagination and ingenuity. A solid background in the basic and engineering sciences is provided along with the latest skills of chemical engineering unit operations, transport phenomena, reaction engineering, plant design, and economics. The use of computers as an engineering tool is strongly emphasized.

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Courses: A listing of Chemical Engineering Courses

All students, in conjunction with their advisor, choose elective courses that form a cohesive area of specialization within the chemical engineering discipline. Current options include:

• General
• Refinery
• Materials
• Pre-medicine
• Environmental

• Graduates of the B.S. program in chemical engineering are prepared for:
• Work in process development, process design, and manufacturing within the chemical process industries, including the materials, biotechnology, environmental, and energy-related industries.
• Graduate study in chemical engineering.
• Graduate study in fields outside engineering, including the professions of medicine, law, and business administration.

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Requirements for the Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering

Mathematical Sciences (17 credits)

• Math 2014, 2024, 2073, Calculus I, II, and III
• Math 3073 Differential Equations
• Math Elective (Math 4123, 4143, 4053 or Statistics 3813)

• Chem 1013 and 1011, General Chemistry I and Lab
• Chem 1023 and 1021, General Chemistry II and Lab
• Chem 3013 and 3011, Organic Chemistry I and Lab
• Chem 4023 and 4021, Physical Chemistry II and Lab
• Chem 4083 and 4081, Analytical Chemistry I and Lab
• Phys 2053 and 2051, General Physics I and Lab
• Phys 2063 and 2061, General Physics II and Lab
• Advanced Science Elective*

• EE 2003 Electric Circuit Analysis
• ES 2013 Statics
• ES 3003 Introduction to Fluid Mechanics
• ES 3053 Thermodynamics
• ES 3073 Heat Transfer
• Advanced Technical Elective)*

• ChE 1002 Introduction to Chemical Engineering
• ChE 1013 Chemical Engineering Problem Solving
• ChE 2003 Principles of Chemical Engineering
• ChE 3063 Equilibrium Thermodynamics
• ChE 3084 Mass Transfer
• ChE 3112 Introduction to Process Control
• ChE 4003 Chemical Engineering Lab I
• ChE 4013 Chemical Engineering Lab II
• ChE 4063 Chemical Reactor Design
• ChE 4083 Chemical Engineering Plant Design
• ChE 4104 Process Component Design
• ChE 4113 Industrial Process Control
• ChE 4972 The Profession of Chemical Engineering

Humanities, Social Sciences, and English Studies** (24 credits)

• Engl 1033 Exposition and Argumentation, and 3003 Writing for the Profession

TOTAL HOURS (131 credits)

* These courses must be chosen to form a cohesive area of specialization and must be approved by the advisor and meet ABET/AIChE accreditation criteria.

** Selections limited to courses which qualify as humanities or social science electives as defined by ABET/AIChE accreditation criteria and the Tulsa Curriculum. These courses must demonstrate depth of study in at least one area rather than be simply a series of introductory courses.

For calculating grade averages, major courses shall be: ES 3003, 3053, and 3073, and all chemical engineering and refinery engineering courses. To graduate, a chemical engineering student must earn a 2.0 or better in both his major courses and overall.

Combined Bachelor's-Master’s Program 

The combined Bachelor’s-Master’s degree program allows students to earn a BSChE and an MEChE (non-thesis master’s degree) in five years. Students complete the regular coursework for the BSChE degree with the exception that 5000-level courses are taken for the Advanced Science Elective and the Advanced Engineering Elective. Degree requirements for the combined MEChE degree are the same as for the usual MEChE degree, with the two 5000-level courses taken as undergraduate electives counting toward the MEChE degree as well as the BSChE. Students may pass the Master's comprehensive exam during the final semester of the combined program instead of completing the ME project course (ChE 7913). For more information see the Combined Bachelor's-Master's Program.

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