2004-2005 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 -- Differential Calculus

4

 

   2nd Quarter

 

 

Chemistry and Biochemistry 20B -- Chemical Energetics and Change

4

 

Mathematics 31B -- Integration and Infinite Series

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 II

4

 

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 I

7

 

Civil and Environmental Engineering 15 -- Introduction to Computing for Civil Engineers

4

 

Life Sciences 1 -- Evolution, Ecology, and Biodiversity

5

 

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 -- 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

203 or 204

 
 

* See page 21 for details.

† Biology elective is selected from any upper division course in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology or Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology or Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, 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.