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 Biomolecular TECHNICAL ELECTIVES
For the degree B.S. in Chemical Engineering
with Concentration in Biomolecular 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 departmentally approved list, satisfying these distribution requirements:
  1. 9 hours must be from Category A
  2. 6 hours must be from Category B
  3. One course must be IE 300.  If you have taken STAT 400 prior to Summer 2009, you do not need to take IE 300. 
A maximum of 3 hours from Category A may be undergraduate research credit. A maximum of 9 hours totallof 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 (for exceptions, please 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. Fill out a petition form, have your advisor sign it, and submit it. Students may also go to 209 RAL to obtain a petition form

CATEGORY A

Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering: 471, 472, 473, 474, 494, 497, and 499.
494 courses and 497 and 499 projects must be biomolecular engineering-based.

CATEGORY B

Agricultural and Biological Engineering: 436, 448, 483, 485

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

Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering: 471, 472, 473, 474, 494, 497, and 499
494 courses and 497 and 499 projects must be Biomolecular Engineering-based. Any of these courses may be counted in Category A or Category B but not both.

Material Science and Engineering: 470, 472, 473,474

Theoretical and Applied Mechanics: 461

NOTES:

  1. 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.
  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.

Course Catalog, University of Illinois, UC

revised 1 Feb 2009