Program: Chemical Engineering BS - Texas Tech University

Mar 29, 2025

2024-2025 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog

Communication Literacy Requirement

Communication literacy courses include CHE 2306 , CHE 3232 , CHE 4232 , and CHE 4455 .

Recommended Foundational Curriculum for Engineering All Majors

First Year

Fall

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

Total: 15

Spring

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

Total: 17

Recommended Curriculum

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
CHE 3330 - Engineering Materials Science 3 Semester Credit Hours
IE 2324 - Engineering Economic Analysis 3 Semester Credit Hours
CHEM Elective (Lecture and Lab) 4 Semester Credit Hours

Total: 19

Spring

CHE Elective 3 Semester Credit Hours^‡
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 4372 - Engineering Experimentation 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 Elective 3 Semester Credit Hours
CHEM Elective (lecture) 3 Semester Credit Hours

Total: 11

Spring

CHE 4455 - Chemical Process Design and Simulation 4 Semester Credit Hours
CHE 4356 - Process Safety 3 Semester Credit Hours
CHE Elective 3 Semester Credit Hours

Total: 10

Critical-Path Hours: 114

Additional Requirements:

American History 6 Semester Credit Hours
Political Science 6 Semester Credit Hours
Creative Arts/Multicultural 3 Semester Credit Hours

Total Hours: 129

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 the 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

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.