Free Electives (12 Semester Hours from the Following List)

Chemical Engineering

Elective Focus Area

Energy & Environment

General Education Components[1] (15 semester hours)
Take 15 s.h. of courses consistent with career goals
consider the following courses:
CBE:2030Energy and Society (Social Science, 3 s.h.)
ECON:3625Environmental and Natural Resource Economics
(Social Science, 3 s.h.; pre-reqs: ECON:1100;06E:001 and ECON:1200;06E:002 or only one of these courses with instructor consent)
GEOG:4750Environmental Impact Analysis (Social Science, 3 s.h.)
Statistics Elective (3 semester hours)
(Recommended: STAT:2020)
STAT:2020 / Probability and Statistics for Engineering and Physical Sciences / 3 s.h.
Engineering Elective (3 semester hours)
CBE:5405 / Green Chemical and Energy Technologies
(offered Spring of Odd Years) / 3 s.h.
Advanced Chemistry Electives (6 semester hours)
(Recommended: the Analytical, Physical, or Biochemical sequence)
Advanced Chemistry Course / 3 s.h.
Advanced Science Course / 3 s.h.
Recommendations for Advanced Science Course:
EES:4520 / Isotope Geochemistry / 3 s.h.
CEE:5154 / Environmental Microbiology / 3 s.h.
OEH:5810 / Environmental Toxicology / 3 s.h.
CBE:5152 / Environmental Chemistry I / 3 s.h.
CHEM:5438 / Surface Chemistry and Heterogeneous Processes / 3 s.h.

Free Electives (12 semester hours from the following list)

Choose at least 3 s.h. from the Engineering course list and 3 s.h. from the Science course list.

Engineering Electives
CEE:2150 / Natural Environmental Systems / 3 s.h.
CBE:3160 / Eng Analysis Alternative Energy Systems (offered Spring of Even years) / 3 s.h.
CBE:4459 / Air Pollution Control Technology / 3 s.h.
CEE:4107 / Sustainable Systems (offered Spring semesters) / 3 s.h.
ME:4048 / Energy Systems Design (offered Fall semesters) / 4 s.h.
ME:5148 / Combustion Engineering (last taughtprior F2008) / 3 s.h.
ME:5147 / Fuel Cells (last offered Fall 2009) / 3 s.h.
3000-level or higher / Other Advanced Engineering courses – consult with academic advisor
Science Electives -
various / Any course from the list (see above) of Advanced Sciences Electives
CBE:5425 / Atmospheric Chemistry & Physics / 3 s.h.
EES:4490 / Elements of Geochemistry / 3 s.h.
BIOL:1411 / Foundations of Biology / 4 s.h.
BIOL:1412 / Diversity of Form Function / 4 s.h.
CHEM:4873 / Atmospheric and Environmental Chemistry / 3 s.h.
EES:3140 / Energy and the Environment (last offered F2012) / 3 s.h.
EES:2310 / Climatology / 3 s.h.
GEOG:3500 / Introduction to Environmental Remote Sensing / 3 s.h.
GEOG:3520 / GIS for Environmental Studies / 3 s.h.
CEE:4180 / Fundamentals of Atmospheric Science (offered Spring of Even years) / 3 s.h.
OEH:4240 / Environmental Health / 3 s.h.
OEH:6450 / Aerosol Technology (offered Fall semesters) / 3 s.h.
OEH:5620 / Occupational Health / 3 s.h.
3000-levelor higher / Other courses. Search through advanced courses in Geoscience, Occupational & Environmental Health, Chemistry, and Geography

March 2016

[1]Note that students starting before Summer 2015 are held to a different GEC requirement than those starting after Summer 2015 – Discuss with your CBE faculty advisor if you have questions about your GEC requirement.