Undergraduate Course List

Chemical and Biological Engineering BS Degree Curriculum
Required Course Descriptions and Prerequisites

Year 1 – Fall Semester*

CBE 101 (03) Chemical and Biological Engineering I. F. (AUCC 3A).
Engineering design and problem solving; technical presentation skills; basic computer programming.

CHEM 111 (04) General Chemistry I. (AUCC 3A). F, S, SS. Prerequisite: MATH 118 or placement in MATH 124 or MATH 125 or MATH 126 or MATH 141 or higher. Intended for science majors. Students should complete the sequence: CHEM 111, CHEM 112, CHEM 113 and CHEM 114.
Fundamental aspects of chemistry and chemical principles; emphasis on structure, bonding, and stoichiometry. (GT-SC1)

CHEM 112 (01) General Chemistry Laboratory I. (AUCC 3A). F, S, SS. Prerequisite: CHEM 111 or concurrent registration. Credit not allowed for both CHEM 112 and CHEM 108.
Laboratory applications of principles covered in CHEM 111. ($)

MATH 160 (04) Calculus for Physical Scientists I. (AUCC 1B). F, S, SS. Prerequisite: MATH 126; concurrent registration in MATH 124.
Limits, continuity, differentiation, and integration of elementary functions with applications; conic sections. (GT-MA1)

LIFE 102 (04) Attributes of Living Systems. (AUCC 3A) F, S, SS. Prerequisites: High school chemistry.
Levels of organization, stability, and change in living systems. ($)


Year 1 – Spring Semester*

CBE 102 (03) Chemical and Biological Engineering II. S. Prerequisite: CBE 101.
Applications of engineering design and problem solving; computer programming to solve engineering problems; team project.

CHEM 113 (03) General Chemistry II. F, S, SS. Prerequisite: CHEM 107 or CHEM 111; MATH 124 or placement.
Acid/base equilibria, kinetics, thermodynamics, solubility, oxidation-reduction reactions, electrochemistry, selected topics.

CHEM 114 (01) General Chemistry Laboratory II. F, S, SS. Prerequisite: CHEM 112; CHEM 113 or concurrent registration.
Laboratory applications of principles covered in CHEM 113. ($)

MATH 161 (04) Calculus for Physical Scientists II. (AUCC 1B). F, S, SS. Prerequisite: MATH 124; MATH 160.
Transcendental functions, integration techniques, polar coordinates, sequences and series, with mathematical software.

PH 141 (05) Physics for Scientists and Engineers I. (AUCC 3A). F, S, SS. Prerequisite: M CC 126; M CC 155 or M CC 160. Students who have had high school physics may enroll in M CC 155 or M CC 160 concurrently. [CBE note: We have found that students who have already had Calculus I prior to PH 141 perform much better than those who have not.]
Forces, energy, momentum, angular momentum, oscillations, waves, heat, thermodynamics (calculus base)


Year 2 – Fall Semester*

CBE 201 (03) Material and Energy Balances. F. Prerequisite: CHEM 111; MATH 160; PH 141; one course in computer programming.
Principles of chemistry, physics, and mathematics applied to development of material and energy balances; illustration of concepts.

CHEM 341 (03) Modern Organic Chemistry I. F, S. Prerequisite: CHEM 113. Credit allowed for only one of the following: CHEM 245, CHEM 341, and CHEM 345. Structures, nomenclature, dynamics, spectroscopy, and reactions of organic molecules.

MATH 261 (04) Calculus for Physical Scientists III. F, S, SS. Prerequisite: MATH 161.
Vector functions, partial differentiation, cylindrical and spherical coordinates, multiple integrals, line integrals, Green's theorem.


Year 2 – Spring Semester*

CBE 210 (03) Thermodynamic Process Analysis. S. Prerequisite: CBE 201.
Thermodynamic fundamentals and applications to ideal and non-ideal mixtures, power cycles, and chemical equilibria.

CHEM 343 (03) Modern Organic Chemistry II. F, S, S. Prerequisite: CHEM 245 or CHEM 341 or CHEM 345. Credit not allowed for both CHEM 343 and CHEM 346. Continued studies of reactions and mechanisms of organic molecules and biological chemistry.

CHEM 344 (02) Modern Organic Chemistry Lab. F, S, S. Prerequisite: CHEM 343 or concurrent registration or CHEM 346 or concurrent registration. Credit not allowed for both CHEM 344 and CHEM 246. Laboratory applications of modern organic chemistry.

CO 150 (03) College Composition. (AUCC 1A). F, S, SS. Prerequisite: SAT verbal score of 500 or above or ACT verbal score of 20 or above or Composition challenge Examination or CO 130.
Understanding and writing for rhetorical situations; critical reading and response; writing source-based argument for academic and public audiences. (W-O, GT-CO2)

MATH 340 (04) Introduction to Ordinary Differential Equations. F, S, SS. Prerequisite: MATH 255 or MATH 261. Credit allowed for only one of the courses MATH 340, MATH 345, MATH 355.
First and second order equations, series, Laplace transforms, linear algebra, eigenvalues, first order systems of equations, numerical techniques.

PH 142 (05) Physics for Scientists and Engineers II. (AUCC 3A). F, S. Prerequisite: PH 141, concurrent registration in MATH 161 or MATH 255. Credit not allowed for both PH 142 and PH 122.
Electricity and magnetism, circuits, light, optics (calculus based).

 

Year 3 – Fall Semester*

CBE 330 (03) Process Simulation. F. Prerequisite: CBE 202; MATH 340.
Analysis of chemical engineering problems by numerical simulation.

CBE 331 (03) Momentum Transfer and Mechanical Separations. F. Prerequisite: CBE 201; MATH 340; CBE 202 or ME 237.
Fluid properties; conservation equations; compressible and incompressible flow; pumping and metering; mixing; separation of fluid-solid mixtures.

BC 351 (04) Principles of Biochemistry. F, S, SS. Prerequisite: BZ 110 or BZ 120 or LIFE 102; CHEM 245 or CHEM 346 or concurrent registration in CHEM 346. For majors in biological sciences, engineering, and preprofessional students in the health sciences.
Structure and function of biological molecules; biocatalysis; metabolism and energy transduction; gene expression.

CBE 310 (3) Molecular Concepts and Applications. Prerequisite: CBE 202 or CBE 210; MATH 340.
Application of modern molecular theory to chemical engineering problems in thermodynamics, chemical kinetics, and transport phenomena.


Year 3 – Spring Semester*

CBE 332 (03) Heat and Mass Transfer Fundamentals. S. Prerequisite: CBE 331; MATH 340. [Note: CBE 330 is a de facto prerequisite and will soon be made official.]
Thermal processes; steady and unsteady conduction; convective heat transfer; radiation; heat exchanger design; mass transfer by diffusion and convection.

CBE 320 (03) Chemical and Biological Reactor Design. S. Prerequisites: MATH 340; CBE 201; LIFE 102. [Note: CBE 330 is a de facto prerequisite and will soon be made official.]
Mechanisms and rates of chemical reactions; design of homogeneous and heterogeneous reactors; biological reactions and reactors.

CBE 333 (02) Momentum and Heat Transfer Laboratory. S. Prerequisite: CBE 332 or concurrent registration.
Momentum and heat transfer experimentation; rheology, heat exchangers, steam condensation, drying.


Year 4 – Fall Semester*

CBE 442/ENVE 442 (04) Separation Processes. F. Prerequisite: CBE 332; one course in physical chemistry.
Analysis of chemical separations based on phase equilibrium thermodynamics, diffusion, and convective mass transfer; design of separations equipment.

CBE 443 (02) Mass Transfer and Separation Laboratory. F. Prerequisite: CBE 442 or concurrent registration.
Mass transfer experimentation: evaporation, distillation, solvent extraction, ion exchange, gas absorption, humidification.

CBE 451 (03) Chemical Engineering Design I. F. CBE 320; CBE 330; CBE 442 or concurrent registration.
Process synthesis and simulation; engineering economics principles.

CBE 493 (01) Professional Development Seminar.



Year 4 – Spring Semester*

CBE 430 (03) Process Control and Instrumentation. S. Prerequisite: CBE 320; CBE 330; CBE 442.
Measurement and control of process variables; transient behavior of chemical processes; feedback, feedforward, and computer control concepts.

CBE 452 (03) Chemical Engineering Design II. S. Prerequisite: CBE 451.
Design projects requiring students to complete a process design with cost estimation; technical progress and final reports.

* Always check the CSU General Catalog for the most current information regarding classes and prerequisites.