Program: Chemical Engineering BS / MS - Texas Tech University

Apr 06, 2025

2023-2024 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog

Recommended Curriculum

First Year

Fall

ENGL 1301 - Essentials of College Rhetoric 3 Semester Credit Hours
MATH 1451 - Calculus I with Applications 4 Semester Credit Hours
(See Below)
CHEM 1307 - Principles of Chemistry I 3 Semester Credit Hours AND
CHEM 1107 - Experimental Principles of Chemistry I 1 Semester Credit Hours *
ENGR 1330 - Computational Thinking with Data Science 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGR 1110 - Engineering Seminar 1 Semester Credit Hours

Total: 15

Spring

ENGL 1302 - Advanced College Rhetoric 3 Semester Credit Hours
MATH 1452 - Calculus II with Applications 4 Semester Credit Hours
ENGR 1320 - Bio-Inspired Design for Engineers 3 Semester Credit Hours
ENGR 2392 - Engineering Ethics and Its Impact on Society 3 Semester Credit Hours
PHYS 1408 - Principles of Physics I 4 Semester Credit Hours ^†

Total: 17

Second Year

Fall

MATH 2450 - Calculus III with Applications 4 Semester Credit Hours
CHEM 1308 - Principles of Chemistry II 3 Semester Credit Hours
AND
CHEM 1108 - Experimental Principles of Chemistry II 1 Semester Credit Hours
CHE 2310 - Introduction to Chemical Process 3 Semester Credit Hours
PHYS 2401 - Principles of Physics II 4 Semester Credit Hours

Total: 15

Spring

MATH 3350 - Higher Mathematics for Engineers and Scientists I 3 Semester Credit Hours
CHE 3315 - Fluid Mechanics 3 Semester Credit Hours
CHE 2321 - Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics I 3 Semester Credit Hours
CHEM 3305 - Organic Chemistry I 3 Semester Credit Hours
AND
CHEM 3105 - Experimental Organic Chemistry I 1 Semester Credit Hours

Total: 13

Third Year

Fall

CHE 2306 - Exposition of Technical Information 3 Semester Credit Hours
CHE 3326 - Heat Transfer 3 Semester Credit Hours
CHE 3322 - Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics II 3 Semester Credit Hours
IE 2324 - Engineering Economic Analysis 3 Semester Credit Hours
CHEM Elective (Lecture and Lab) 4 Semester Credit Hours

Total: 16

Spring

CHE 3232 - Chemical Engineering Transport Laboratory 2 Semester Credit Hours
CHE 3323 - Chemical Reaction Engineering 3 Semester Credit Hours
CHE 3341 - Mass-Transfer Operations 3 Semester Credit Hours
CHE 3330 - Engineering Materials Science 3 Semester Credit Hours
CHEM Elective (Lecture) 3 Semester Credit Hours)‡

Total: 14

Fourth Year

Fall

CHE 4232 - Unit Operations Laboratory 2 Semester Credit Hours
CHE 4353 - Process Control 3 Semester Credit Hours
CHE 4322 - Chemical Engineering Review 3 Semester Credit Hours
Graduate Core Course 3 Semester Credit Hours
Graduate Core Course 3 Semester Credit Hours

Total: 14

Spring

CHE 4455 - Chemical Process Design and Simulation 4 Semester Credit Hours
CHE 4356 - Process Safety 3 Semester Credit Hours
Graduate Core Course 3 Semester Credit Hours
Graduate Core Course 3 Semester Credit Hours

Total: 13

Fifth Year

Fall

CHE 7121 - Doctoral Seminar 1 Semester Credit Hours
Graduate Core Course 3 Semester Credit Hours
Graduate Elective Course 3 Semester Credit Hours
CHE 6000 - Master’s Thesis V1-12 Semester Credit Hours
(See Below)

Total: 10

Spring

CHE 7121 - Doctoral Seminar 1 Semester Credit Hours
Graduate Elective Course 3 Semester Credit Hours
Graduate Elective Course 3 Semester Credit Hours
CHE 6000 - Master’s Thesis V1-12 Semester Credit Hours
(See Below)

Total: 10

Critical-Path Hours: 137

Additional Requirements:

American Government 6 Semester Credit Hours
Creative Arts/Multicultural elective 3 Semester Credit Hours
U.S. History 6 Semester Credit Hours

Total Hours: 152

Students who are not adequately prepared for chemistry must take CHEM 1301 before enrolling in CHEM 1307 .
A high school physics course and a year of calculus are recommended as adequate preparation.
^‡ One CHE elective can be replaced by ME 2301 , ECE 3301 , or any upper-level engineering course that is not similar in content to a required course.

Calculus

Students who are not adequately prepared for calculus must take appropriate courses below before enrolling in MATH 1451 .

MATH 1320 - College Algebra 3 Semester Credit Hours
MATH 1321 - Trigonometry 3 Semester Credit Hours
MATH 1350 - Analytical Geometry 3 Semester Credit Hours

Graduate Core Course

Choose from the five graduate core courses:

CHE 5310 - Advanced Chemical Engineering Techniques 3 Semester Credit Hours
CHE 5312 - Fluid Transport Principles and Analysis 3 Semester Credit Hours
CHE 5321 - Advanced Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics 3 Semester Credit Hours
CHE 5323 - Digital Computation for Chemical Engineers 3 Semester Credit Hours
CHE 5343 - Reaction Kinetics 3 Semester Credit Hours

Graduate Elective Course

One graduate level elective must be a CHE course, the other two may be in any area of engineering, science, or mathematics.

Master’s Thesis

CHE 5000 for non-thesis option plus one additional graduate elective or three CHE 7121 credits.

Creative Arts

Select a course that is simultaneously listed in the Creative Arts section of the core curriculum requirements and the section specifying courses that satisfy the multicultural requirement.