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Student ID:__________________________ Student Name:_______________________ Advisor Name:_______________________ Catalog: 2016-2017 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog Program: Petroleum Engineering, B.S. / M.S.P.E. Minimum Credits Required:__________________

Petroleum Engineering, B.S. / M.S.P.E.

About the Petroleum Engineering Combined Program

(Apply to the Graduate School prior to the start of the fourth year.)

Students in the B.S. petroleum engineering program at TTU are assigned a faculty advisor and are responsible for arranging a course of study with the advisor’s counsel and approval. Programs leading to a combined B.S.–M.S. degree are available. Students interested in these programs should inform their academic advisor during the first semester of the junior year. Students must meet all Graduate School admission requirements (www.depts.ttu.edu/gradschool) and nonthesis degree requirements.

Recommended Curriculum

Fourth Year

Fall

Course NameSemester Credit HoursTerm TakenGradeGen Ed
PETR 4121 - Petroleum Design I 1 Semester Credit Hours
PETR 4300 - Petroleum Property Evaluation and Management 3 Semester Credit Hours
PETR 5307 - Enhanced Oil Recovery 3 Semester Credit Hours
PETR 5324 - Geostatistics for Reservoir Engineers 3 Semester Credit Hours
PETR 5121 - Graduate Seminar 1 Semester Credit Hours
  • Creative Arts/Multicultural 3 Semester Credit Hours
  • Total: 14

    Spring

    Course NameSemester Credit HoursTerm TakenGradeGen Ed
    PETR 4222 - Petroleum Design II 2 Semester Credit Hours
    PETR 5309 - Hydrocarbon Reservoir Simulation 3 Semester Credit Hours
    PETR 5308 - Pressure Transient Analysis 3 Semester Credit Hours
    PETR 5121 - Graduate Seminar 1 Semester Credit Hours
    ENGR 2392 - Engineering Ethics and Its Impact on Society 3 Semester Credit Hours
    HIST 2301 - History of the United States Since 1877
    TCCNS: HIST1302
    3 Semester Credit Hours

    Total: 15

    Fifth Year

    Fall

    Course NameSemester Credit HoursTerm TakenGradeGen Ed
    PETR 5303 - Advanced Drilling Techniques 3 Semester Credit Hours
    PETR 5314 - Nodal Analysis and Well Optimization 3 Semester Credit Hours
    PETR 6000 - Master’s Thesis V1-6 Semester Credit Hours
    PETR 5121 - Graduate Seminar 1 Semester Credit Hours

    Total: 10

    Spring

    Course NameSemester Credit HoursTerm TakenGradeGen Ed
    PETR 5318 - Gas Production Engineering 3 Semester Credit Hours
    PETR 5317 - Well Completion and Stimulation 3 Semester Credit Hours
    PETR 6000 - Master’s Thesis V1-6 Semester Credit Hours
    PETR 5121 - Graduate Seminar 1 Semester Credit Hours

    Total: 10

    Total Hours: 154

    One year (two semesters) of a single foreign language required if student did not successfully complete two years of foreign language in high school.

    Students must maintain a 3.0 GPA to continue in the program.

    Core Curriculum

    Students must complete the university’s core curriculum consisting of:

    Course NameSemester Credit HoursTerm TakenGradeGen Ed
    ENGL 1301 - Essentials of College Rhetoric AND
    TCCNS: ENGL1301
    3 Semester Credit Hours
    ENGL 1302 - Advanced College Rhetoric
    TCCNS: ENGL1302
    3 Semester Credit Hours

     

    HIST 2300 - History of the United States to 1877 AND
    TCCNS: HIST1301
    3 Semester Credit Hours
    HIST 2301 - History of the United States Since 1877
    TCCNS: HIST1302
    3 Semester Credit Hours

     

    POLS 1301 - American Government, Organization AND
    TCCNS: GOVT2305
    3 Semester Credit Hours
    POLS 2302 - American Public Policy
    TCCNS: GOVT2306
    3 Semester Credit Hours

     

  • 3 hours each from Language, Philosophy, and Culture; Creative Arts; Social and Behavioral Sciences; Oral Commnunication, and the Multicultural list.
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