Chemical Engineering, MSE

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Curriculum

The Chemical Engineering program offers post-graduate study in traditional and modern specialties. The curriculum is designed to provide maximum flexibility according to each student’s specific interests. The objective is to enhance professional skills through advanced technical courses that build upon a foundation of mathematical, experimental, and modern computational methods. Students in the MSE program are encouraged to work with their academic advisor to design a focused program of study that will enhance their career goals and professional skills. The MSE degree can be completed with a thesis or non-thesis option.

Curriculum

Required Courses (9 Credits)

Choose Three Courses

ENGR 600 - Project Management in Engineering and Technology 3 Credit(s)
or
ENGR 611 - Operations Research 3 Credit(s)
ENGR 616 - Engineering Mathematics I 3 Credit(s)
or
ENGR 618 - Probability and Statistics in Engineering and Technology 3 Credit(s)
ENGR 619 - Technical Communications 3 Credit(s)

CHE Technical Electives (9 Credits)

Choose Three Courses

CHE 621 - Transport Phenomena 3 Credit(s)
CHE 622 - Mass-Transfer Operations 3 Credit(s)
CHE 623 - Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics 3 Credit(s)
CHE 624 - Applied Reaction Kinetics & Catalysis 3 Credit(s)
CHE 626 - Process Modeling & Simulation 3 Credit(s)
CHE 694 - Special Graduate Engineering Topics 3 Credit(s)

Technical Electives (12 Credits)

Select 4 courses, in consultation with the academic advisor, with BME, CE, CHE, ME or ENGR prefixes. Students pursuing a thesis must enroll in ENGR 691 and ENGR 692 in lieu of two technical electives.

Total Credits: 30

The program of study that appears here applies to students who were admitted for the summer session of this catalog year and later. Students admitted prior to that term should select the appropriate catalog year of their admission. Choose previous catalogs from the Home, Graduate, or Undergraduate Catalog Page at http://Catalog.widener.edu.