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MS Degree Requirements

The following requirements are in addition to, or further elaborate upon, those requirements outlined in the Student Services section of this Web site.

Coursework Requirements

Courses	Units
Department Courses	*
Transport Processes	≥1
CHEM ENG 424-1 Transport Phenomena I
CHEM ENG 424-2 Transport Phenomena II
Reaction Engineering/Kinetics	≥1
CHEM ENG 408 Chemical Engineering Kinetics and Reactor Design
CHEM ENG 409 Advanced Reactor Design
CHEM ENG 410 Applied Catalysis and Reaction Engineering
CHEM ENG 414 Modern Analytical Techniques for Chemical Engineers
Thermodynamics	≥1
CHEM ENG 404 Advanced Thermodynamics
CHEM ENG 406 Selected Topics in Thermodynamics
Departmental Electives
Courses outside department (300-, 400-, or 500- level)	≥2
Electives (includes 3 units of thesis research for thesis masters)	3
*Total required units:*	12

* For Thesis Masters: at least 4 courses in Chemical and Biological Engineering are required; this includes the 3 required distribution courses.
For Non-Thesis Masters: at least 6 courses in Chemical and Biological Engineering are required; this includes the 3 required distribution courses.

Other MS Degree Requirements

Examinations: none specified
Research/Projects: none specified
Master's Thesis: optional (worth three units)
Other: none