Students typically must complete at least ten courses. Six of these courses must be in the Chemical and Biological Engineering Department, where at least four of these are chosen from the five CBE core courses: Intermediate Transport Phenomena, Intermediate Problems in Chemical Engineering (i.e. Math), Advanced Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics, Kinetics and Catalysis, and Biological Engineering: Molecules, Cells, and Systems, and the other two are CBE electives. Of the remaining four courses, three should be directed towards a Minor requirement (typically 9-12 credits), and one (at least 3 credits) is an elective that must be taken from another program. Once you have an advisor, it is important to consult them about your planned courses.
Core Courses: Choose at least four (4)
- Intermediate Transport Phenomena (CBE 620)
- Intermediate Problems in Chemical Engineering (CBE 660)
- Advanced Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics (CBE 710)
- Kinetics and Catalysis (CBE 735)
- Biological Engineering: Molecules, Cells, and Systems (CBE 781)
Elective Courses:
Biology:
- Introduction to Tissue Engineering (CBE 510)
- Cellular Biomanufacturing (CBE 562)
- Computation and Informatics in Biology and Medicine (CBE 915)
- Introduction to Biochemistry (Biochem 501)
- Computational Modeling of Biological Systems (Biochem 570)
- Protein & Enzyme Structure & Function (Biochem 601)
- Prokaryotic Molecular Biology (Biochem 612)
- Cellular Signal Transduction Mechanisms (Biochem 630)
- Microscopy of Life (BME 619)
- Computational Network Biology (BME 826)
Math:
- Methods of Applied Mathematics I/II (Math 703/Math 704)
- Methods of Computational Mathematics (Math 715)
- Statistics for Chemical Engineering (CBE 562)
- Introduction to Optimization (CS/ISyE/Math 524)
- Introduction to Stochastic Processes (Stat/ISyE/Math 632)
- Engineering Models for Supply Chain (ISyE 645)
- Applied Dynamical Systems, Chaos & Modeling (Math 415)
- Introduction to the Theory of Probability (Math 431)
- Principles of Genetics (Genetics 466)
- Physiology of Microorganisms (Microbio 526)
Polymers/Soft Materials
- Polymer Science & Technology (CBE 540)
- Soft Materials (CBE 562)
Chemistry/Catalysis/Thermodynamics
- Electrochem & Electrocatalysts (CBE 562)
- Solar Energy Technology (CBE 567)
- Instrumental Analysis (CHEM 621)
- Electrochemistry (CHEM 624)
- Topics in Chemical Instrumentation: Introduction to NMR (CHEM 636)
- Chemical and Statistical Thermodynamics (CHEM 661)
- Introductory Quantum Chemistry (CHEM 675)
- Introduction to Quantum Mechanics (PHYS 531)
Fluids
- Computational Fluid Dynamics (ME 573)
- Mathematical Fluid Dynamics (Math 705)