2005-2006 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*

5

   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 -- Fundamentals of Chemical and Biomolecular 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*

5

   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*

5

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 Elective*

5

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.