Undergraduate Requirements for a BS Degree

All of the courses required for graduation are plainly listed at this Web site. Each chemical engineering student is ultimately responsible for being aware of all of the curriculum requirements (this Web site should be checked every term for updates) and completing all of the required courses.

Requirement Checklist

Please print out and utilize to ensure that all requirements have been filled.

COURSES REQUIRED	SATISFIED BY	CREDITS	(√)
SEMESTER 1
General Chemistry	Chemistry 0960 or 0110	3
Calculus and Anal Geom 1	Mathematics 0220	4
Physics 1 -- Mechanics	Physics 0174	4
Humanities, Dept. A	See Hum & SS List	3
Engineering Analysis	Engineering 0011	3
Seminar	Engineering 0081	0
SEMESTER 2
General Chemistry II	Chem 0970 or 0120	3
Calculus and Anal Geom II	Mathematics 0230	4
Physics II - Thermodynamics	Physics 0175	4
Social Science, Dept. B	See Hum & SS List	3
Introduction to Computing	Engineering 0012	3
Seminar	Engineering 0082	0
SEMESTER 3
Organic Chemistry	Chemistry 0310	3
Organic Chemistry Lab	Chemistry 0330	1
Calculus and Anal Geom III	Mathematics 0240	4
Foundations of ChE	ChE 0100	6
Foundations Lab	ChE 0101	1
Seminar	ChE 1085	0
SEMESTER 4
Organic Chemistry II	Chemistry 0320	3
Advanced Mathematics	MATH 0290 (also Mathematics 0250 or Mathematics 1270)	3 or 4
ChE Thermodynamics	ChE 0200	6
Thermodynamics Lab	ChE 0201	1
Composition Requirement	See approved courses	2 or 3
Seminar	ChE 1085	0
SEMESTER 5
Biochemistry	ChE 1530 or BIOSC 1000*	3
Humanities/Social Science, Dept. C	See Hum & SS List	3
Transport Phenomena	ChE 0300	6
Transport Phenomena Lab	ChE 0301	1
Engineering Elective	See Electives Suggestions: Engr 0022/Engr 0135/Engr 1700/Engr 1702/Engr 1869	3 or 4
Seminar	ChE 1085	0
SEMESTER 6
Intermediate Phys. Chemistry	Chemistry 1480	3
Advanced Lab	See Electives Suggestions: Chem 0260 – (Lab for 0250) Chem 0340 - (Lab for 0320) Chem 1430 - (Lab for 1480) Chem 1605 - (Lab for 1600)	1
Reactive Processes	ChE 0400	5
Reactive Processes Lab	ChE 0401	1
Statistics	Engr 0020 or STAT 1000	4
Humanities/Social Science, Dept. A, B, C or D	See Hum & SS List	3
Seminar	ChE 1085	0
SEMESTER 7
Advanced Science	See Electives Suggestions: Chem 0250, 1130, 1600 BIOSC 1500, 1940	3
Systems Engineering I: Dynamics and Modeling	ChE 0500	5
Systems Engineering Lab I	ChE 0501	1
Humanities/Social Science, Dept. A, B, C, D or E	See Hum & SS List	3
Technical Elective	See Electives	3
Seminar	ChE 1085	0
SEMESTER 8
Systems Engineering II: Design or Systems Engineering II: Process Design and Systems Engineering II: Product Design	ChE 0600 ChE 0613 ChE 0614	5 4 1
Systems Engineering Lab I	ChE 0601	1
ChE Safety and Ethics (Must be taken with ChE 0600)	ChE 0602	2
ChE or PETE Elective	See ChE/PETE Electives	3
Humanities/Social Science, Sequence Course	See Hum & SS List	3
Professional Elective	See Electives	3
Seminar	ChE 1085	0

TOTAL CREDITS REQUIRED FOR BS DEGREE 129-135
*In order to qualify to take BIOSC 1500 or 1940 one must take BIOSC 1000 for the Biochemistry requirement (i.e., not ChE 1530).
** Chem 1605 should be taken concurrently with Chem 1600 (i.e., in Semester 7). While one may take Chem 1430 concurrently with Chem 1480, it is preferable to take Chem 1430 after completing Chem 1480 (e.g., in Semester 7).
NOTES:
- Co-op students register for ENGR 1090, 1 credit, during each of their 3 rotations for a total of 3 credits. These 3 credits satisfy a ChE, Technical, or Professional Elective requirement.
- Advanced placement scores from the SCHOOL you transferred from MUST be received by our department for them to transfer to PITT. Simply giving us your transcript with "AP" on it from your previous school is not sufficient.
- Unless specified in a 3/2 agreement, for transfer of classes from other universities, our department CANNOT give you more credits than you took. For example, if your calculus 1 class was a 3 credit course, as opposed to our 4 credit course, you will receive only 3 credits but you do NOT have to make up the one credit with a math or science elective.
-Honors Physics 0475, 0476 replaces Physics 0174, 0175
-Honors Math (4 courses) 0235 (with a C- to a D- grade), 0240, either 1180 or 1185, and Advanced Mathematics course (see Semester 4) replaces regular 4 course Math sequence.
-Honors Math (3 courses) 0235 (with a C or higher grade), 0240, and Advanced Mathematics course (see Semester 4) replaces regular 4 course Math sequence.
-Honors Chemistry 0760, 0770 replaces Chemistry 0110/0960, 0120/0970.

(√)
___ Senior year (26 credit minimum) was completed at Pitt.

___ Obtained a minimum cumulative quality point average of 2.0 for all courses completed at the University of Pittsburgh and all departmental courses.

___ Any course in which an F, U, I, G, W or Z grade was received was not used to satisfy any course requirement. A D- (or higher) grade is required in each course.

___ A writing intensive, W, section of any course in the curriculum was completed. This requirement is different from and in addition to the composition course requirement.

___ Attendance of a University of Pittsburgh Lab Health and Safety seminar during the Sophomore, Junior or Senior year (or a letter or email to the Undergraduate Secretary from your co-op or intern employer verifying that you have completed health & safety training).

___ Application for graduation was filled out and returned to the Office of Administration (253 Benedum) before the deadline for the term in which you want to graduate. The deadline is typically near the end of the first month of the term in which you plan to graduate, so apply during the first week of the term.

___ A School of Engineering Senior Survey was completed before graduation. This may be in the form of an electronic survey or a hard-copy survey.

___ Final report on independent study classes and/or co-op report were filed in the main office. All CHE 1097 students must have also competed in the PPG Research Contest prior to graduation.

___ A senior placement form was filled out during the last month of your last term and turned in to the Undergraduate Secretary (1249 BENDM).

Undergraduate Requirements for a BS Degree

Requirement Checklist

BS Degree

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