Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering University of Illinois University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign
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Undergraduate Program

APPROVED Chemical Engineering TECHNICAL ELECTIVES
For the degree B.S. in Chemical Engineering
with Concentration in Chemical Engineering

Academic Year Fall 2009 - Spring 2010

As of June 2009 the Technical Electives (TE) have changed for all ChBE student regardless of the matriculation year. If a course was taken prior to June 2009 and was on a TE list, then it may be used. If you are unsure of what will be allowed please check at the SCS Academic Advising office in room 168 Noyes Lab.

At least 18 hours must be selected from this approved list, satisfying these distribution requirements:

  1. CHBE (400-level other than 497 or 499)….(3 credit hrs.)
  2. CHBE (400-level may include 499 or 497)….(3 credit hrs.)
  3. Any 400-level course from list….(3 credit hrs.)
  4. Any course from list….(6 credit hrs.)
  5. IE 300….(3 credit hrs.)

If you have taken STAT 400 prior to Summer 2009, you do not need to take IE 300. A maximum of 10 total hours of undergraduate research may be counted toward Technical Elective credit.

Those courses approved as technical electives are listed below. Courses other than those listed will not normally be accepted as technical electives (see Notes below). Any exceptions must be approved by the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. A student requesting an exception must submit a petition to the Department. Go to 209 RAL to obtain a petition form, fill it out, have your advisor sign it, and submit it.

Aerospace Engineering: all 300- and 400-level courses, except 395, 396, 397, and 497

Agricultural and Biological Engineering: 436, 440, 483

Bioengineering: 280, 414, 415, 419, 461, 466, 467, 473, 475, 476, 480

Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering: 297, 397, 451, 452, 453, 454, 456, 457, 460, 471, 472, 473, 474, 494, 497, and 499

Civil Engineering: all 300- and 400-level courses, except 490, 495, 497, and 498

Electrical and Computer Engineering: all 300- and 400-level courses, except 316, 317, 396, 397, 398, 399, 402, 486, 493, 498, and 499

General Engineering: 330, 402, 410, 411, 412, 413, 420, 421, 422, 423, 424
(Technical elective credit will be allowed for only one of the courses: GE 330, IE 310)

Industrial Engineering: 310, 330, 360, 361, 400, 411, 412, 413, 430, 431, 441, 442, 485
(Technical elective credit will be allowed for only one of the courses: GE 330, IE 310)

Manufacturing Engineering: 310, 420, 430

Material Science and Engineering: All 300- and 400-level courses, except 397, 398, 401, 492, 497, 498, and 499. (MSE 450 and CHBE 456 or MSE 451 and CHBE 456 will not both be accepted as technical electives.)

Mechanical Engineering: all 300- and 400-level courses, except 300, 320, 340, 390, 404, 470, 496, 497, 498

Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering: 201, all 400-level courses, except 481, 483, 498

Theoretical and Applied Mechanics: all 200-, 300, and 400- level courses, except 201, 206, 302, 335, 497, 498 and 499

NOTES:

  1. Courses listed on the previous lists of approved technical electives but not on this list will be accepted if they were taken during or before the semester for which the older list was marked effective.
  2. Courses such as "Special Topics in...", "Individual Study", "Honors Project", etc. are not included in the list above. However, such courses may be accepted as technical electives if the student can demonstrate that the topic of the course or project in question is in an area of engineering science suitable for a student in chemical engineering, and a petition requesting approval for said course is approved.

revised 1 February 2009