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Engineering

Chemical Engineering

Department of Chemical Engineering

Credit requirements

Presently only a fixed set of core courses is offered for the Minor in Chemical Engineering; there is no elective course basket.

Min Credits

18 Major Core
18 Total Credits

Number of Credits to Choose

18 Major Core
18 Total Credits

Core Courses (for all majors)

CHD2001

Material & Energy Balance

3:0:1
CHD2003

Fluid Mechanics

3:0:0 needs CHD2001
CHD2007

Heat Transfer

3:0:0 needs CHD2001
CHD3001

Chemical Reaction Engineering

3:1:0 needs CHD2001
CHD3002

Mass Transfer

3:1:0 needs CHD2001, CHD2003

Why pursue this

  • A strong analytical and process-engineering foundation — rigorous quantitative skills in mass, energy, transport, and reaction systems, valuable across energy, environmental engineering, materials, biotech, and manufacturing.
  • An interdisciplinary advantage — bridge your parent discipline with chemical process knowledge, enabling work on integrated and large-scale systems.
  • Enhanced career and higher-studies opportunities — pathways into core process industries (petrochemicals, agrochemicals, bioenergy, bulk and speciality chemicals), sustainability sectors, and R&D, and stronger applications for higher studies in chemical engineering and allied fields.

What you'll come out with

  • Foundation for understanding chemical engineering processes — Material & Energy Balance, Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transfer.
  • Expanding the knowledge required for solving industrial problems — Chemical Reaction Engineering, Mass Transfer.

From the University's minor program documents. Confirm with your UG Advisor before you plan around a pathway.