Chemical Engineering BS

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Communication Literacy Requirement

Students attending Texas Tech University for the first time in the Fall 2017 term or later will complete a Communication Literacy requirement in their program(s) of study. Texas Tech University’s transition from the Writing Intensive requirement to the Communication Literacy requirement signals the university’s awareness that in addition to the fundamental role that writing plays in enabling students to explore, develop, focus, and organize a message, other types of communication must also be taught as appropriate for a student’s discipline. Throughout each program of study, then, students must be given ample opportunity to develop their skills in forms of communication central to that program. For information on courses meeting the CL requirement for the Chemical Engineering major, please see an advisor

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 *
CHE 1121 - Chemical Engineering Seminar 1 Semester Credit Hours

Total: 12

Spring

ENGL 1302 - Advanced College Rhetoric 3 Semester Credit Hours
MATH 1452 - Calculus II 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 1305 - Engineering Analysis I 3 Semester Credit Hours
PHYS 1408 - Principles of Physics I 4 Semester Credit Hours ^†

Total: 18

Second Year

Fall

MATH 2450 - Calculus III with Applications 4 Semester Credit Hours
CHEM 3305 - Organic Chemistry I 3 Semester Credit Hours AND
CHEM 3105 - Experimental Organic Chemistry I 1 Semester Credit Hours
CHE 2410 - Introduction to Chemical Process 4 Semester Credit Hours
PHYS 2401 - Principles of Physics II 4 Semester Credit Hours

Total: 16

Spring

MATH 3350 - Higher Mathematics for Engineers and Scientists I 3 Semester Credit Hours
CHE 3315 - Fluid Mechanics 3 Semester Credit Hours
CHE 2421 - Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics I 4 Semester Credit Hours
ENGR 2392 - Engineering Ethics and Its Impact on Society 3 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

Total: 12

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
CHE Elective 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
CHE Elective 3 Semester Credit Hours

Total: 11

Spring

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

Total: 10

Critical-Path Hours: 106

Additional Requirements:

American Government 6 Semester Credit Hours
Chemistry Electives 8 Semester Credit Hours
(Must include two laboratory courses from approved sophomore or higher courses.)
U.S. History 6 Semester Credit Hours
Creative Arts 3 Semester Credit Hours

Total Hours: 129

* Students who are not adequately prepared for chemistry must take CHEM 1301 before enrolling in CHEM 1307 .
^† Students who are not adequately prepared for physics must take PHYS 1304 before enrolling in PHYS 1408 . A high school physics course and a year of calculus are recommended as adequate preparation.

^‡ ME 2301 or ECE 3301 can be used in place of one CHE elective.

Calculus

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

MATH 0301 - Essential Mathematics 3 Semester Credit Hours
MATH 0302 - Intermediate Algebra 3 Semester Credit Hours
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.