BS in Chemical Engineering Curriculum

Biomolecular Engineering Option

Courses

Units

Freshman Year

1st Quarter

Chemical Engineering 10 — Introduction to Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering 2

1

Chemistry and Biochemistry 20A — Chemical Structure 1

4

English Composition 3 — English Composition, Rhetoric, and Language

5

Mathematics 31A — Differential and Integral Calculus 1

4

2nd Quarter

Chemistry and Biochemistry 20B/20L — Chemical Energetics and Change/General Chemistry Laboratory 1

7

Mathematics 31B — Integration and Infinite Series 1

4

Physics 1A — Mechanics 1

5

3rd Quarter

Chemistry and Biochemistry 30A — Organic Chemistry I: Structure and Reactivity 1

4

Mathematics 32A — Calculus of Several Variables 1

4

Physics 1B/4AL — Oscillations, Waves, Electric and Magnetic Fields/Mechanics Laboratory 1

7

Sophomore Year

1st Quarter

Chemical Engineering 100 — Fundamentals of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering 2

4

Chemistry and Biochemistry 30AL — General Chemistry Laboratory II 1

4

Mathematics 32B — Calculus of Several Variables 1

4

Physics 1C — Electrodynamics, Optics, and Special Relativity 1

5

2nd Quarter

Chemical Engineering 45 — Biomolecular Engineering Fundamentals 2

4

Chemical Engineering 102A — Thermodynamics I 2

4

Chemistry and Biochemistry 30B — Organic Chemistry II: Reactivity, Synthesis, and Spectroscopy 1

4

Mathematics 33A — Linear Algebra and Applications 1

4

3rd Quarter

Chemical Engineering 102B — Thermodynamics II 2

4

Civil and Environmental Engineering M20 — Introduction to Computer Programming with MATLAB 2

4

Mathematics 33B — Differential Equations 1

4

UCLA Samueli Ethics Course 4

4

Junior Year

1st Quarter

Chemical Engineering 101A — Transport Phenomena I 2

4

Chemical Engineering 109 — Numerical and Mathematical Methods in Chemical and Biological Engineering 2

4

UCLA Samueli GE Elective 3

5

2nd Quarter

Chemical Engineering 101B — Transport Phenomena II: Heat Transfer 2

4

Chemical Engineering 104A — Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Laboratory I 2

4

UCLA Samueli GE Elective 3

5

3rd Quarter

Chemical Engineering 101C — Mass Transfer 2

4

Chemical Engineering C125 — Bioseparations and Bioprocess Engineering 2

4

Technical Breadth Course 3

4

Senior Year

1st Quarter

Chemical Engineering C115 — Biochemical Reaction Engineering 2

4

Chemical Engineering CM145 — Molecular Biotechnology for Engineers 2

4

Chemical Engineering Biomolecular Elective 2

4

UCLA Samueli GE Elective 3

5

2nd Quarter

Chemical Engineering 104D — Molecular Biotechnology Laboratory: From Gene to Product 2

6

Chemical Engineering 107 — Process Dynamics and Control 2

4

Chemical Engineering 108A — Process Economics and Analysis 2

4

Technical Breadth Course 3

4

3rd Quarter

Chemical Engineering 108B — Chemical Process Computer-Aided Design and Analysis 2

4

Technical Breadth Course 3

4

UCLA Samueli GE Elective 3

5

TOTAL

180
  1. Counts as Mathematics and Basic Sciences for ABET, total units Mathematics and Basic Sciences = 64.
  2. Counts as Engineering Concepts for ABET, total units Engineering Concepts = 75
  3. Students should contact the Office of Academic and Student Affairs for approved lists in the categories of technical breadth and GE.
  4. When selecting an ethics course, review the Engineering Writing requirement. If the requirement will not be satisfied another way, select an ethics course that also satisfies the writing requirement.