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Coursework Requirement

Coursework Requirement

Oct 08, 2024

PhD students are required to take, at a minimum, 18 hours of formal courses (i.e., lecture style or organized laboratory instruction) as outlined below:

  • Three core courses (9 hours):

    • Graduate Thermodynamics (CHE387K) - 1st fall semester    

    • Graduate Kinetics (CHE391J) - 1st fall semester

    • Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer - also known as Graduate Transport (CHE381N) - 1st spring semester 

 

  • Three additional courses (9 hours) in any field or major. Only coursework with an overall GPA of 3.0 or higher will be counted towards this requirement. Upper-division undergraduate formal courses outside of Chemical Engineering will be counted toward this requirement.