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The Chemical Engineering Curriculum at Texas A&M includes a requirement of 3 courses (9 hours) of CHEN Specialty Options, which are to be taken from an approved list of senior level Chemical Engineering courses. The purpose of this CHEN component of the curriculum is to provide each chemical engineering student the opportunity to acquire knowledge and capabilities in one or more specialized topics which extend the fundamentals developed in the basic chemical engineering courses to more advanced or specialized areas relevant to Chemical Engineering practice. This also permits the student to develop a concentration or option in a more specialized technical area. Examples of these topics include Biotechnology, Environmental Engineering, Polymer Engineering, Process Safety Engineering, Math Models, Risk Analysis, Electronic Materials Processing, and Special Topics. The student may select various Chemical Engineering (CHEN) courses in different areas to obtain a broader background or training in more than one area, or he/she may select a sequence of courses which emphasizes and complements a particular specialty or option (e.g. Biotechnology, Polymer Engineering, Safety Engineering, etc.), (students interested in this option should consult with Dr. Yurttas).
These Chemical Engineering courses are not “free electives,” or “technical electives,” they are required chemical engineering senior level courses. They are labeled “options” because the student has a choice from a list of specified courses from which to select these courses. They are an integral part of the curriculum, just as all of our other senior chemical engineering courses are. Any substitutions for the courses on the specified list must be petitioned on an individual basis, and such petitions are approved only if tangible evidence is provided that the substitution is equivalent in level, scope, and depth to a typical senior level chemical engineering course.
The only exception to the above permits a student to substitute a maximum
of 3 hours of any combination of credits from CHEN385 and CHEN485. Students
who exercise this substitution option must take at least 2 courses (6 hours)
from the prescribed list of Chemical Engineering (CHEN) option courses.
Biotechnology
CHEN/BSEN 471 - Intro to Biochemical Engineering
CHEN/BSEN 474 - Unit Operations in Food Processing
Environmental Engineering
MEEN 477 - Air Pollution Engineering
CVEN 402 Engineered Environmental Systems
CVEN 413 Natural Environmental Systems
CVEN 406 Environmental Protection and Public Health
Electronic Materials Engineering
CHEN475 - Microelectronics Process Engineering
ELEN 370 - Electronic Properties of Materials
ELEN 472 - Microelectronic Circuit Fabrication
Polymer Engineering
CHEN 451 - Intro. To Polymer Engineering
MEEN 455 - Engineering with Plastics
MEEN 458 - Fundamentals of Polymer Processing
Process Safety Engineering Certification Program
See: http://eapo.tamu.edu/current.htm
Other CHEN Specialty Options
CHEN 440 - Introduction to Transport Phenomena
CHEN 459 - Oil and Gas Production and Processing
CHEN 631 – Process Dynamics
CHEN489 – SP TP Introduction to Microfabrication and Microfluidics Technology
CHEN489 – SP TP Systems Biology
CHEN489 – SP TP Biotech. And Bio Proc.
Note: Any course outside list requires academic advisor’s approval.
