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Chemical Engineering Professional Master's Program
Degree Map/Curriculum

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The Chemical Engineering Professional Master’s Program (PMP) is a 1-1.5 calendar year, residential (on-campus) program consisting of rigorous coursework in both chemical engineering (within a concentration) and business/management along with a capstone project.

Engineering & Concentration Coursework

Courses are offered in Chemical Engineering and a variety of electives in related areas such as Industrial and Physical Pharmacy, Materials Engineering, and Data Science. Elective courses are carefully reviewed for relevancy to each concentration.

Management Component

Students also have the opportunity to take courses in financial analysis, marketing, operations, and project management through The Daniels Business School, enabling them to be successful in technical management roles.

Capstone Project Component

The program includes a 6 credit hour capstone project that will provide the opportunity for students to deliver tangible products in a formal format consistent with the expectations of companies that hire chemical engineers.

Curriculum Overview:

Core Courses and Capstone Project
(Common for All Concentrations)

6 Credits of Core Chemical Engineering Courses

CHE 69700 – Statistical Methods in Chemical Engineering
(OR) CHE 53000 – Intro to Engineering Math
CHE 54000 – Transport Phenomena

9 Credits of Management/Business Courses

CHE 59700 – Engineering Applications in Marketing Mgmt
CHE 59700 – Financial Analysis & Management of Projects
Mgmt 65000 – Strategic Management I
Mgmt 66000 – Intro to Operations Management

* Other Mgmt courses may be selected upon approval from the PMP Program Director.

6 Credits of Capstone Project

The program includes a 6 credit hour capstone project that will provide the opportunity for students to deliver tangible products in a formal format consistent with the expectations of companies that hire chemical engineers.

Elective Courses
(Specific to Selected Concentrations)

9 Credits of Concentration Elective Courses

You may select any 3 elective courses from the list of courses specific to your concentration.

Below you will find all the Concentration-related Elective Courses.

Elective Courses Overview:

Biochemical Engineering Elective Courses

You May Select Any 3 Elective Courses from the List Below:
(must be 9 credit hours of electives)

(3) ABE 55500 – Bio & Food Processing Unit Ops
(3) ABE 55700 – Transport Ops in Food & Bio Systems I
(3) ABE 55800 – Process Design for Food & Bio Sys
(3) ABE 56000 – Biosensors
(3) ABE 58000 – Process Eng of Renewal Resources
(3) BCHM 56100 – General Biochemistry I
(3) BME 69500 – Polymers in Bio & Pharma Sys
(3) CHE 52100 – Principles of Tissue Engineering
(3) CHE 52300 – Engr Applications of Bio Molecules
(3) CHE 52500 – Biochemical Engineering
(3) CHE 55100 – Principles of Pharmaceutical Engr.
(3) CHE 55300 – Pharma Process, Dev and Design

(3) CHE 55800 – Rate Control Separation Processes
(3) CHE 59700 – Analytical Approach Healthcare Delivery
(3) CHE 59700 – Data Science in ChE
(3) CHE 59700 – Industrial Chem Technology
(3) CHE 59700 (50100) – Medical Devices Dev & App
(3) CHE 59700 – Pharma Process Dev & Design
(3) CHE 59700 – Stem Cell Engineering
(3) CHE 59700 – Process Safety
(3) CHE 62300 – Separation Processes
(3) CHE 69700 – Metabolic Engineering
(3) CHM 53400 – Introductory Biochem (cont from 53300)
(3) IPPH 58300 – Adv. Biopharmaceutics

Data Science in Chemical Engineering Electives Courses

You May Select Any 3 Elective Courses from the List Below:
(must be 9 credit hours of electives)

(3) BIOL 56310 – Protein Bioinformatics
(3) CHE 46300 – Applications of ChE Principles
(3) CHE 55000 – Optimization in ChE
(3) CHE 55400 – Smart Mfg. in Process Industries
(3) CHE 55500 – Computer Integrated Process Ops
(3) CHE 55700 – Intelligent Systems in Process Engr
(3) CHE 59700 – Data Science in Chemical Engr
(3) CHE 59700 – Industrial Chem Technology
(3) CHE 59700 – Process Synthesis
(3) CHE 59700 – Process Safety
(3) CHE 59700 – Computational Optimization
(3) CHE 63300 – Probabilistic Methods in ChE
(3) CHE 65600 – Advanced Process Control
(3) CHE 69700 – Adv Modeling for Catalysis Studies

(3) CS 50100 – Computing for Science and Engr
(3) CS 57800 – Statistical Machine Learning
(3) CS 59000 – Foundations of Computer Science
(3) CS 59300 – Machine Learning Theory
(3) CS 50023 – Data Engineering I
(3) CS 50024 – Data Engineering II
(3) CS 50025 – Foundations of Decision Making
(3) CS 59000 – Numerical Computing for Data Sci
(3) ECE 50024 – Machine Learning
(3) ECE 56200 – Introduction to Data Management
(3) ECE 57000 – Artificial Intelligence
(3) ECE 59500 – Intro to Data Mining
(3) ECE 60000 – Random Variables and Signals
(3) ECE 62900 – Introduction to Neural Networks
(3) ECE 64200 – Information Theory and Source Coding

Energy System Fundamentals and Processes Elective Courses

You May Select Any 3 Elective Courses from the List Below:
(must be 9 credit hours of electives)

(3) CHE 54300 – Polymerization React Engr & Reactor Anlys
(3) CHE 55800 – Rate Control Separation Processes
(3) CHE 55400 – Smart Mfg. in Process Industries
(3) CHE 56200 – Battery Systems
(3) CHE 56400 – Organic Elect. Materials & Devices
(3) CHE 56000 – Intro to Energy Storage System
(3) CHE 59700 – Intro Nanoscale Science & Engineering
(3) CHE 59700 – Advanced Solar Energy Conversion
(3) CHE 59700 – Data Science in ChE
(3) CHE 59700 – Industrial Chemical Technology
(3) CHE 59700 – Industrial Catalytic Processes
(3) CHE 59700 – Sustainable Chemical Engineering
(3) CHE 59700 – Sys & Econ Anlys for FEW
(3) CHE 59700 – Process Safety
(3) CHE 59700 – Electrochemistry & Electrochem. Engr.

(3) CHE 59700 – Sys Anlys Efficient Energy
(3) CHE 59700 – Energy Tran Sustainable Future
(3) CHE 63200 – Linear Operator CHE
(3) ME 50300 – Micro & Nano Scale Energy Transf. Proc.
(3) ME 50500 – Intermediate Heat Transfer
(3) ME 51400 – Fundamentals of Wind Energy
(3) ME 59700 – Solar Energy Technology
(3) ME 69700 – Comp Methods Nanoscale Engr. Transp.
(3) CHE 59700 – Process Synthesis
(3) CHE 59700 – Food & Energy Farms
(3) MSE 52500 – Struct-Property Relations of Eng Polymers
(3) MSE 56700 – Polymer Synthesis
(3) MSE 59700 – Recharge Batteries
(3) NUCL 59700 – Fuel Cell Engineering

Gas & Petroleum Engineering Elective Courses

You May Select Any 3 Elective Courses from the List Below:
(must be 9 credit hours of electives)

(3) CHE 46300 – Applications of ChE Principles
(3) CHE 55000 – Optimization in ChE
(3) CHE 55400 – Smart Mfg. in Process Industries
(3) CHE 55800 – Rate Control Sep Process
(3) CHE 59700 – Data Science in ChE
(3) CHE 59700 – Industrial Catalytic Processes
(3) CHE 59700 – Industrial Chemical Technology
(3) CHE 59700 – Process Synthesis

(3) CHE 59700 – Process Safety
(3) CHE 59700 – Sustainable Chemical Engr.
(3) CHE 59700 – Energy Tran Sustainable Future
(3) CHE 59700 – Sys Anlys Efficient Energy
(3) CHE 66200 – Catalysis
(3) CHE 66600 – Methods in Catalysis
(3) CHE 66800 – Colloidal & Interfacial Phen.
(3) CHE 69700 – Advanced Modeling for Catalysis Studies

Kinetics, Catalysis and Reaction Engineering Elective Courses

You May Select Any 3 Elective Courses from the List Below:
(must be 9 credit hours of electives)

(3) CHE 46300 – Applications of ChE Principles
(3) CHE 54300 – Polymerization React Engr Reactor Analysis
(3) CHE 55400 – Smart Mfg in Process Industries
(3) CHE 56200 – Battery Systems
(3) CHE 56400 – Organic Elect. Materials & Devices
(3) CHE 59700 – Data Science in ChE
(3) CHE 59700 – Industrial Catalytic Processes
(3) CHE 59700 – Industrial Chemical Technology
(3) CHE 59700 – Process Safety
(3) CHE 59700 – Electrochemistry & Electrochemical Engr
(3) CHE 59700 – Energy Tran Sustainable Future

(3) CHE 63200 – Linear Operator CHE
(3) CHE 66200 – Catalysis
(3) CHE 66600 – Methods in Catalysis
(3) CHE 69700 – Advanced Modeling for Catalysis
(3) CHM 64200 – Advanced Inorganic Chemistry
(3) CHM 64600 – Kinetics & Mechs of Inorganic Reactions
(3) CHM 64700 – Transition Metal and Organometallic Chem
(3) CHM 65100 – Advanced Organic Chemistry
(3) ME 50500 – Intermediate Heat Transfer
(3) MSE 52500 – Struct-Property Relations of Eng Polymers
(3) MSE 54700 – Introduction to Surface Science

Pharmaceutical Engineering Elective Courses*
(*offered only at the Purdue Indianapolis campus starting Fall 2025)

You May Select Any 3 Elective Courses from the List Below:
(must be 9 credit hours of electives)

(3) BCHM 56100 – General Biochemistry I
(3) CHE 52100 – Principles of Tissue Engineering
(3) CHE 55100 – Principles of Pharmaceutical Engr.
(3) CHE 55300 – Pharm Process Develop & Design
(3) CHE 55400 – Smart Mfg. in Process Industries
(3) CHE 59700 – Analy. Approach to Healthcare Delivery
(3) CHE 59700 – Crystallization Systems in ChE
(3) CHE 59700 – Data Science in ChE
(3) CHE 59700 – Industrial Chemical Technology
(3) CHE 59700 – Intro to Pharmaceutical Industry

(3) CHE 59700 – Medical Devices Dev & Application
(3) CHE 59700 – Process Safety
(3) IPPH 58000 – Physical Chemical Principles
(3) IPPH 58300 – Adv Biopharmaceutics
(2) IPPH 58700 – Pharmaceutical Solids
(3) ME 50500 – Intermediate Heat Transfer
(TBD) ME 53101/53201 – Particle, Powder & Compact Characterization
(3) MSE 51200 – Powder Processing
(3) MSE 59700 – Lean Manufacturing

Polymer Science and Engineering Elective Courses

You May Select Any 3 Elective Courses from the List Below:
(must be 9 credit hours of electives)

(3) CHE 52100 – Principles of Tissue Engineering
(3) CHE 52300 – Engr Appl of Biol Molecules
(3) CHE 54300 – Polymer Reaction Engr & Reactor Analy
(3) CHE 54400 – Struct & Phys Behavior of Polymer Sys
(3) CHE 55400 – Smart Mfg. in Process Industries
(3) CHE 56400 – Organic Elect. Materials & Devices
(3) CHE 59700 – Industrial Chemical Technology
(3) CHE 59700 – Intro to Nanoscale Science & Eng

(3) CHE 59700 – Medical Devices and Applications
(3) CHE 59700 – Process Safety
(3) CHE 59700 – Sustainable Chemical Engineering
(3) CHE 66800 – Colloidal & Interfacial Phenomena
(3) MSE 52500 – Struct-Prop Relations of Eng Polymers
(3) MSE 54800 – Deposition Process of Thin Films/Coatings
(3) MSE 56700 – Polymer Synthesis

Professional Master’s Program Degree Map

Degree Requirements for 12-month Track

30 credits required for graduation:

6 Credits of Core ChE Course:

(3) CHE 69700 – Statistical Methods in Chemical Engineering OR CHE 53000 – Intro to Engineering Math
(3) CHE 54000 – Transport Phenomena

9 Credits of Concentration Elective Courses

9 Credits of Management/Business Courses from the following*:

(3) CHE 59700 – Engineering Applications in Marketing Mgmt.
(3) CHE 59700 – Financial Analysis & Management of Projects
(3) Mgmt 65000 – Strategic Management I
(3) Mgmt 66000 – Intro to Operations Management

6 Credits of ChE Capstone Project

Download: Degree Map Example 12-month Track

*Other Mgmt courses may be selected upon approval from the PMP Program Director.

Degree Requirements for 16-month Track

41 credits required for graduation:

11 credits of pre-requisite courses:

(4) CHE 20500 – Chemical Engineering Calculations
(3) CHE 30600 – Design Of Staged Separation Processes
(4) CHE 34800 – Chemical Reaction Engineering

6 Credits of Core ChE Course:

(3) CHE 69700 – Statistical Methods in Chemical Engineering OR CHE 53000 – Intro to Engineering Math
(3) CHE 54000 – Transport Phenomena

9 Credits of Concentration Elective Courses

9 Credits of Management/Business Courses from the following*:

(3) CHE 59700 – Engineering Applications in Marketing Mgmt
(3) CHE 59700 – Financial Analysis & Management of Projects
(3) Mgmt 65000 – Strategic Management I
(3) Mgmt 66000 – Intro to Operations Management

6 Credits of ChE Capstone Project

Download: Degree Map Example 16-month Track

*Other Mgmt courses may be selected upon approval from the PMP Program Director.

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