Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
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BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING CURRICULUM
Lower Division Required Courses: Units
Mathematics 21A-21B-21C-21D: 16
Mathematics 22A-22B: 6
Physics 9A-9B-9C: 15
Chemistry 2A, 2B, 2C or Chemistry 2AH, 2BH, 2CH : 15
Chemistry 128A, 128B, 129A: 8
Biological Sciences 1A: 5
Chemical Engineering and Materials Science 5, 6: 6
Chemical Engineering 51: 4
Chemical Engineering 80: 1
University Writing Program 1 or English 3, or Comparative
Literature 1, 2, 3 or 4, or Native American Studies 5: 4
General Education electives: 12
Minimum Lower Division Units: 92
Upper Division Required Courses: Units
Chemical Engineering 140, 141, 142, 143, 146, 152A, 152B, 155A, 157, 158A, 158C, 161A, 161B, 161C, 161L: 58
Biological Sciences 102: 3
Microbiology 102: 4
Chemistry 110A, 110B: 8
Biochemical Engineering electives: 10
Choose two laboratory courses from the laboratory electives list, and choose additional courses from the lecture elective list to provide a total of at least 10 units:
Laboratory elective list: Food Science and Technology 123L; Microbiology 102L, 155L; Molecular and Cellular Biology 120L (this course counts as two laboratory electives and completely satisfies the laboratory requirement), 160L; Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior 104L; Plant Biology 111L, 153, 161A, 161B; two units of an internship (192), independent study (199), or Biotechnology 189L taken for 2 or more units can be used to satisfy one biochemical engineering laboratory elective requirement with the approval of a petition provided that the course is a laboratory-based experimental project, related to the biological and/or biochemical engineering sciences, and that the student submit a written report that demonstrates proficiency in laboratory skills, techniques, or methods.
Lecture elective list: Biological Sciences 1B, 1C, 101, 103, 104; Biological Systems Engineering 175; Biotechnology 188; Chemical Engineering 170; Food Science and Technology 123; Microbiology 140, 150; Molecular and Cellular Biology 122, 123; Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior 103; Plant Biology 111, 112, 152, 160; Statistics 120, 130A, 131A.
General Education electives: 12
Minimum Upper Division Units: 95
Minimum Units Required for Major: 187
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING CURRICULUM
Lower Division Required Courses: Units
Mathematics 21A-21B-21C-21D: 16
Mathematics 22A-22B: 6
Physics 9A-9B-9C: 15
Chemistry 2A, 2B, 2C or Chemistry 2AH, 2BH, 2CH: 15
Chemistry 128A, 128B, 129A: 8
Chemical Engineering and Materials Science 5, 6: 6
Chemical Engineering 51: 4
Chemical Engineering 80: 1
Engineering 45: 4
University Writing Program 1 or English 3, or Comparative
Literature 1, 2, 3 or 4, or Native American Studies 5: 4
General Education electives: 12
Minimum Lower Division Units: 91
Upper Division Required Courses: Units
Chemical Engineering, 140, 141, 142, 143, 146, 152A, 152B,
155A, 155B, 157, 158A, 158B, 158C: 52
Biological Science 102: 3
Chemistry 110A, 110B: 8
Statistics 100: 4
Chemical Engineering and Materials Science Electives : 6
Choose from the following: Chemistry 110C, 128C, 129B, 129C
Chemical Engineering 144, 160, 161A, 161B, 161L, 166, 170
Materials Science and Engineering 147, 160, 164
Fiber and Polymer Science 150
Technical electives: 10
General Education electives: 12
Minimum Upper Division Units: 95
Minimum Units Required for Major: 186
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING/MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING CURRICULUM
Lower Division Required Courses: Units
Mathematics 21A-21B-21C-21D: 16
Mathematics 22A-22B: 6
Physics 9A-9B-9C: 15
Chemistry 2A, 2B, 2C or Chemistry 2AH, 2BH, 2CH: 15
Chemistry 128A, 128B, 129A: 8
Chemical Engineering and Materials Science 5, 6: 6
Chemical Engineering 51: 4
Chemical Engineering 80: 1
Engineering 45: 4
University Writing Program 1 or English 3, or Comparative
Native Literature 1, 2, 3 or 4, or American Studies 5: 4
General Education electives: 12
Minimum Lower Division Units: 91
Upper Division Required Courses: Units
Chemical Engineering 140, 141, 142, 143, 146, 152A, 152B,
155A, 155B, 157, 158A, 158B, 158C: 52
Chemistry 110A, 110B: 8
Biological Sciences 102: 3
Statistics 100: 4
Materials Science and Engineering 160, 162, 162L, 164, and two
courses chosen from Materials Science and Engineering 147, 172,
174, 180, 181, 182, 188A-B (if Material Science and
Engineering 147 is taken, then either Material Science and
Engineering 172L or 174L must also be taken in order to obtain
the minimum unit requirement): 22
General Education electives: 12
Minimum Upper Division Units: 101
Minimum Units Required for Major: 192
MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING CURRICULUM
Lower Division Required Courses: Units
Mathematics 21A-21B-21C-21D: 16
Mathematics 22A-22B: 6
Physics 9A-9B-9C-9D: 19
Chemistry 2A, 2B or 2AH, 2BH: 10
Engineering 6, 17, 35, 45: 15
University Writing Program 1 or English 3 or Comparative
Literature 1, 2, 3 or 4, or Native American Studies 5: 4
Communication 1 or 3: 4
General Education electives: 16
Minimum Lower Division Units: 90
Upper Division Required Courses: Units
Engineering 100, 102, 103, 104, 105, 190: 22
Select from Aeronautical Science and Engineering 137, 138, Civil
and Environmental Engineering 132, 135, Mechanical Engineering
150A, 150B: 8
Materials Science and Engineering 147, 160, 162, 162L, 164, 172,
172L, 174, 174L, 180, 181, 182, 188A-188B: 45
Select one course from Engineering 180; Mathematics 131;
Statistics 120, 131A; Civil and Environmental Engineering 114;
Chemical Engineering 140; or Applied Science
Engineering 115: 4
Select one course from Chemistry 110A, 128A, Physics 121
or Geology 161: 3 or 4
Technical electives: 0 or 1
General Education electives: 8
Minimum Upper Division Units: 90
Minimum Units Required for Major: 180