You Don't Need a B.S. in Chemical Engineering to Succeed in the Professional M.S. Program

Chemists and other STEM majors can succeed in the Chemical Engineering Professional M.S. Program (PMP), too. The PMP adds skills at the interface between a student's STEM background and chemical engineering, creating hybrid graduates highly valued by industry because they can effectively interact with scientists that make new materials and chemical engineers that scale-up the underlying chemistry.

Program Requirements

Students do need a strong foundation in the following courses in order to be successful in the PMP curriculum.

The following courses would be helpful, but are not required.

Program Curriculum

Students will take three (3) pre-requisite courses in addition to the standard PMP courses to prepare them for the graduate-level core PMP chemical engineering courses. These courses begin when the student starts the program and are taken concurrently with the other PMP concentration and business curriculum.

Program Schedule

The program takes only 16-months to complete with the pre-requisite courses, starting in August and finishing in December of the following year. A sample plan of study is below.

Fall, Semester 1

  • Chemical Engineering Calculations
  • Engineering Math
  • Industrial Marketing Management or Concentration Area Courses
  • Total Credits: 10

Spring, Semester 2

  • Separations Processes
  • Reaction Engineering
  • Transport Phenomena
  • Financial Analysis & Management of Projects
  • Operations Management or Strategic Management or Concentration Area Courses
  • Total Credits: 13-16

Summer, Semester 3

  • Chemical Engineering Capstone Project
  • Total Credits: 6

Fall, Semester 4

  • Industrial Marketing Management or Concentration Area Courses
  • Operations Management or Strategic Management or Concentration Area Courses
  • Concentration Area Courses
  • Total Credits: 9

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