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. Examples of specializations include:
  • Biological Engineering
    
  • Computational Engineering
    
  • Energy
  • Engineering Management
  • Environment and Sustainability
    
  • Polymers
  • Pharmaceutical Engineering 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