Coursework and GPA Requirements

All MS students are required to complete at least 45 credits of graduate coursework and/or research. These are grouped as the following:

Core Courses (15 credits)

  • CHE 502 Mathematical Methods
  • CHE 513 Thermodynamics I
  • CHE 525 Transport Phenomena I
  • CHE 543 Kinetics and Catalysis I
  • CHE 554 Process Systems Engineering

Technical Elective Courses (15 credits)

  • Subject must be at the graduate level.
  • Subject must have scientific and/or engineering merit.
  • Subject should match student’s scientific/technical interests.
  • Subject should not be closely similar to core courses or other courses that have already been taken.
  • Subject could complement the student’s research if doing independent study research or pursuing a master’s thesis.
  • Subject may follow a specific course sequence that leads to a field of specialization.

Free Elective Courses (6 credits)

  • Subject must be at the graduate level.
  • Subject in general that is unrestricted.

Non-Thesis or Thesis Option (9 credits)

  • For non-thesis option, 9 credits of additional technical elective courses.
  • For thesis option, 9 credits of CHE 898 Masters

GPA Requirements

  • 3.0 overall, and
  • 3.0 over all graduate CHE courses, and
  • 3.0 over all core graduate CHE courses