2002-2003 B.S. in Chemical Engineering
Biomedical Engineering Option Curriculum


FRESHMAN YEAR

Units

1st Quarter

 
Chemistry and Biochemistry 20A -- Chemical Structure 4
English Composition 3 -- English Composition, Rhetoric, and Language 5
Mathematics 31A -- Calculus and Analytic Geometry 4

2nd Quarter

 
Chemistry and Biochemistry 20B -- Chemical Energetics and Change 4
Mathematics 31B -- Calculus and Analytic Geometry 4
Physics 1A -- Mechanics 5
HSSEAS GE Elective* 4

3rd Quarter

 
Chemistry and Biochemistry 20L -- General Chemistry Laboratory 3
Chemistry and Biochemistry 30A -- Chemical Dynamics and Reactivity: Introduction to Organic Chemistry 4
Mathematics 32A -- Calculus of Several Variables 4
Physics 1B/4AL -- Oscillations, Waves, Electric and Magnetic Fields/Mechanics Laboratory 7

SOPHOMORE YEAR

 

1st Quarter

 
Chemical Engineering 100 -- Introduction to Chemical Engineering 4
Chemistry and Biochemistry 30AL -- General Chemistry Laboratory 3
Mathematics 32B -- Calculus of Several Variables 4
Physics 1C/4BL -- Electrodynamics, Optics, and Special Relativity/Electricity and Magnetism Laboratory 7

2nd Quarter

 
Chemistry and Biochemistry 30B/30BL -- Organic Chemistry: Reactivity and Synthesis, Part I/Laboratory 6
Civil and Environmental Engineering 15 (Introduction to Computing for Civil Engineers) or Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 20 (FORTRAN Programming with Numerical Methods Applications) 4
Life Sciences 1 -- Evolution, Ecology, and Biodiversity 4
Mathematics 33A -- Linear Algebra and Applications 4

3rd Quarter

 
Chemical Engineering M105A -- Introduction to Engineering Thermodynamics 4
Chemistry and Biochemistry 153A -- Biochemistry: Introduction to Structure, Enzymes, and Metabolism 4
Life Sciences 2 -- Cells, Tissues, and Organs 5
Mathematics 33B -- Infinite Series and Differential Equations 4

JUNIOR YEAR

 

1st Quarter

 
Chemical Engineering 101A -- Momentum Transfer 4
Chemical Engineering 109 -- Mathematical Methods in Chemical Engineering 4
Chemistry and Biochemistry 156 -- Physical Biochemistry 4
Life Sciences 3 -- Introduction to Molecular Biology 5

2nd Quarter

 
Chemical Engineering 101B -- Heat Transfer 4
Chemical Engineering 102 -- Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics 4
Life Sciences 4 (Genetics) or Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics 101 (Introductory Microbiology) 4 or 5
HSSEAS GE Elective* 4

3rd Quarter

 
Chemical Engineering 101C -- Mass Transfer 4
Chemical Engineering 103 -- Separation Processes 4
Chemical Engineering 104A -- Chemical Engineering Laboratory I 6
HSSEAS GE Elective* 4

SENIOR YEAR

 

1st Quarter

 
Chemical Engineering 104B -- Chemical Engineering Laboratory II 6
Chemical Engineering 106 -- Chemical Reaction Engineering 4
Biology Elective and Laboratory† 6

2nd Quarter

 
Chemical Engineering 107 -- Process Dynamics and Control 4
Chemical Engineering 108A -- Process Economics and Analysis 4
Biomedical Engineering Elective‡ 4
HSSEAS GE Elective* 4

3rd Quarter

Chemical Engineering 108B -- Chemical Process Computer-Aided Design and Analysis 4
Biomedical Engineering Elective‡ 4
HSSEAS GE Electives (2)* 8

TOTAL

200 or 201


*See page 22 for details.

†Biology elective is selected from any upper division course in Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology or Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics or Organismic Biology, Ecology, and Evolution, provided the course requires one year of chemistry as a requisite.

‡Recommended electives are Chemical Engineering C115, C125, CM145. Another chemical engineering elective may be substituted for one of these with approval of the faculty adviser.