General Requirements - Candidates for the Master's of Science (MS) Degree (with a Thesis) in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering will develop, with the advice and approval of their advisor, a program of study wich satisfies the student's goals, subject to the requirements of the Graduate Studies Committee and the Graduate School. The minimum requirement for the MS degree is 45 credit hours beyond the Bachelor's of Science (BS) degree. The total academic course requirement, not including research or special project problems, is 32 credit hours. A minimum of thirteen (13) credits of Research ChBE 999 are required.

Course Requirements - Three categories of course work are described below. A minimum of thirty-two (32) quarter-credit hours of course work is required for candidates with a BS in Chemical Engineering from an Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc. (ABET)-accredited school. Students from schools which have other academic accreditation must fulfill supplementary undergraduate curriculum course work requirements.

a. Core Courses in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Successful completion of the following twenty (20)- academic quarter courses are required for graduation:

ChBE 801*	Chemical Engineering Analysis	3 credit hours
ChBE 808	Advanced Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics	3 credit hours
ChBE 812	Advanced Chemical Engineering Kinetics	3 credit hours
ChBE 815.01	Advanced Mass Transfer - I	3 credit hours
ChBE 815.08	Advanced Momentum Transfer - I	3 credit hours
ChBE 881	Seminar	3 credit hours
Chem 685	Safety Seminar	2 credit hours

b. Advanced Graduate Courses in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
A minimum of six (6) additional quarter-credit hours of advanced chemical engineering courses is required. Courses in this area must be selected with the advisor's guidance and will be integrated into a program that is of greatest value to the student. These courses are listed below and may change from year to year.

c. Other Elective Courses
Graduate-level courses in chemical engineering or other scientific, mathematics, or engineering disciplines are to be selected to fit the candidate's goals with the consent of the advisor. Six (6) quarter-credit hours are required.

A maximum of nine (9) quarter-credit hours may be accepted for candidates transferring into the MS program. Transferred courses must have the written approval of the student's advisor and the Department Graduate Studies Committee.

In order to maximize each student's potential for graduate coursework success, he or she may be required to complete selected undergraduate coursework. A student who has not earned an ABET-accredited Bachelor's (BS) degree in Chemical Engineering should expect this requirement. Based on each applicant's credentials, the Graduate Studies Committee makes these assessments and establishes remedial course requirements.