Chemical Engineering Accelerated Masters Option

Accelerated Master's Option: Chemical Engineering

Degrees:  BE(ChE) / ME(ChE)

Admissions requirements:

1. ChE major
2. GPA of at least 3.2
3. Must be in good academic standing
4. Completed at least 26 credits of core (ChE prefixed/numbered) Chemical Engineering courses by the start of the first semester in the option (and before final semester of undergraduate studies)
5. Recommendation letters from two professionals (who are familiar with student's technical abilities) emailed to the program administrator
6. Personal Statement

Maximum transferable graduate courses (B grade or higher):
9 credits (research courses do not transfer)

Courses that can be counted toward both degrees.

Program Administrator: Ms. Jennifer Harrington
Graduate Advisor: Professor Carol Steiner

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Courses

Ask your undergraduate advisor how, and which of, these courses can satisfy a requirement of your major.

Master's courses that can be used as a B.E. Technical Elective (and for graduate degree requirements in the accelerated master's):

Any graduate-level course offered by the ChE Department or other departments within the Grove School of Engineering at CCNY or math and science graduate courses at CCNY.

For a maximum total of 9 credits while in the undergraduate phase of the accelerated master's option:

- Any of the following core (required) master's program courses (Note – S and F refer to offered in Spring or Fall semester): 


ENGR I1100 (F,S): Introduction to Engineering Analysis (3 cr.)


ChE I2800 (F): Advanced Chemical Thermodynamics (3 cr.)

ChE I3300 (S): Advanced Chemical Reaction Engineering (3 cr.)


- Any two of the following (please note that at least two of the following courses are needed or counts towards the master's degree requirements):

ENGR I0800 (F): Foundations of Fluid Mechanics (3 Cr.)

ME I3400 (prereq.: ENGR I1100) (S): Advanced Heat Transfer (3 Cr.)

ChE I9100 (prereq.: ENGR I0800) (S): Mass Transfer (3 Cr.)  
 

- Graduate elective courses

• Graduate elective courses in ChE, which are typically offered on a rotating schedule.
• Graduate courses listed as ENGR, which are offered more regularly and are often taken by students in the ChE Master’s program.
• Other GSOE graduate courses.
• Graduate courses in non-Engineering disciplines (e.g. sciences), with permission.