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
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.
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11 Credits of Pre-Req Courses:
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6 Credits of Chemical Engineering Core Courses
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9 Credits of Concentration Courses
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9 Credits of Business/Management Courses
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6 Credits of a Capstone Project
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
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CHE 20500 - Chemical Engineering Calculations (4 credit hrs.)
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CHE 69700 Statistical Methods in Chemical Engineering (3 credit hrs.) - Core course
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Concentration area elective - OR - Business/Management course (3 credit hrs.)
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Total Credits: 10
Spring, Semester 2
- CHE 30600 - Design of Staged Separation Processes (3 credit hrs.)
- CHE 34800 - Chemical Reaction Engineering (4 credit hrs.)
- CHE 54000 - Transport Phenomena (3 credit hrs.) - Core course
- 2 Concentration area electives - OR - Business/Management courses (3 credit hrs.)
- Total Credits: 13-16
Summer, Semester 3
- CHE 59700 - Capstone Project Course (6 credit hrs.)
- Total Credits: 6
Fall, Semester 4
- Remaining courses to complete the Concentration Electives or Business/Management course requirements.
- Total Credits: 9