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Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering/Course 10

General Institute Requirements (GIRs) Subjects
Science Requirement 6
Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences Requirement 8
Restricted Electives in Science and Technology (REST) Requirement [can be satisfied from among 5.12; 5.07 or 7.05; 5.60; 10.301; and 18.03 or 18.034 in the Departmental Program] 2
Laboratory Requirement [can be satisfied by 5.310] 1
Total GIR Subjects Required for SB Degree 17
Communication Requirement  
The program includes a Communication Requirement of 4 subjects:
2 subjects designated as Communication Intensive in Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (CI-H); and 2 subjects designated as Communication Intensive in the Major (CI-M).
 
PLUS Departmental Program Units
Subject names below are followed by credit units, and by prerequisites if any (corequisites in italics)
Required Subjects 162
5.12 Organic Chemistry I, 12, REST; 5.111*
5.07 Biological Chemistry I, 12, REST; 5.12
or
7.05 General Biochemistry, 12, REST; 5.12, 7.012*
5.310 Laboratory Chemistry, 12, LAB; 5.12
5.60 Thermodynamics and Kinetics, 12, REST; 18.02, 5.111*
10.10 Introduction to Chemical Engineering, 12; 8.01, 18.01, 5.111*
10.213 Chemical and Biological Engineering Thermodynamics, 12; 5.60, 10.10
One of the following four subjects:
10.26 Chemical Engineering Projects Laboratory, 15, CI-M; 5.310 or 7.02; 10.302
10.27 Chemical Engineering Processes Laboratory, 15, CI-M; 5.310, 10.32, 10.37
10.28 Chemical-Biological Engineering Lab, 15, CI-M; 5.310, 7.02, or 10.702; 7.05 or 5.07
10.29 Biological Engineering Projects Laboratory, 15, CI-M; 5.310, 7.02, or 10.702; 10.302
plus
10.301 Fluid Mechanics, 12, REST; 18.03, 10.10
10.302 Transport Processes, 12; 5.60, 10.213, or 10.301*
10.32 Separation Processes, 6; 10.213, 10.302
10.37 Chemical Kinetics and Reactor Design, 9; 5.60, 10.301
10.490 Integrated Chemical Engineering I, 8; 10.37
10.491 Integrated Chemical Engineering II, 8; 10.490
Two of the following three subjects:
10.492 Integrated Chemical Engineering Topics I, 4; 10.490
10.493 Integrated Chemical Engineering Topics II, 4; 10.490
10.494
Integrated Chemical Engineering Topics III, 4; 10.490
18.03 Differential Equations, 12, REST; 18.02* or 18.014
or
18.034 Differential Equations, 12, REST; 18.02* or 18.014
Restricted Electives 24
One subject in Chemical Engineering, except 10.UR, 10.URG, 10.ThU, 10.04, 10.792J, 10.801-10.816, 10.90-10.999
plus one laboratory subject from the following list:
3.014 Materials Laboratory, 12, CI-M, LAB
3.155/ 6.152J Microelectronics Processing Technology, 12, CI-M; permission of the instructor
5.36 Biochemistry and Organic Laboratory, 12, CI-M; 5.310*, 5.07 or 7.05, 5.13
7.02 Introduction to Experimental Biology and Communication, 18, CI-M, LAB; 7.012*
10.467 Polymer Science Laboratory, 15, CI-M; 5.12, 5.310*
10.26 Chemical Engineering Projects Laboratory(1), 15, CI-M; 10.302, 5.310
10.27 Chemical Engineering Processes Laboratory(1), 15, CI-M; 10.32, 10.37, 5.310
10.28 Chemical-Biological Engineering Lab(1), 15, CI-M; 5.310, 7.02, or 10.702; and 7.05 or 5.07
10.29 Biological Engineering Projects Laboratory(1), 15, CI-M; 5.310 or 7.02, 10.302
10.702 Introductory Experimental Biology and Communication, 18, CI-M, LAB; 7.012*
Departmental Program Units That also Satisfy the GIRs (36)
Unrestricted Electives 48
Total Units Beyond the GIRs Required for SB Degree 198
No subject can be counted both as part of the 17-subject GIRs and as part of the 198 units required beyond the GIRs. Every subject in the student's departmental program will count toward one or the other, but not both.
Notes
*Alternate prerequisites are listed in the subject description. 
(1) Either 10.26, 10.27, 10.28, or 10.29 must be taken as a Departmental Requirement and cannot also be used to satisfy this Restricted Laboratory Requirement.
For an explanation of credit units, or hours, please refer to the Subject Key in Part 3 of this Bulletin.

 

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