Chemical Engineering, MSChE (Boston)

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General Core Requirements

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A grade of C or higher is required in each course:

CHME 6310 — Python for Chemical Engineers
CHME 6320 — Numerical and Statistical Methods for Chemical Engineering
From the catalog
The following course must be completed twice, once in a fall term and once in a spring term, on a satisfactory basis.
CHME 6390 — Professional Development and Communication Essentials

Optional Co-op Experience

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Complete the following. Students must complete ENCP 6100 to qualify for co-op experience:

ENCP 6100 — Introduction to Cooperative Education
One of:
- ENCP 6964 — Co-op Work Experience
- ENCP 6954 — Co-op Work Experience - Half-Time
- ENCP 6955 — Co-op Work Experience Abroad - Half-Time
- ENCP 6965 — Co-op Work Experience Abroad

Concentrations (choose 1)

Biosystems

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A grade of C or higher is required in each course:
Complete 8 semester hours from the following (courses cannot count in multiple categories):
Complete 12 semester hours from the following (courses cannot count in multiple categories):

One of:
- CHME 5160 — Drug Delivery: Engineering Analysis
- CHME 5630 — Biochemical Engineering
CHME 6430 — Chemical Engineering for Biosystems and Biomaterials
Choose 8 semester hours from:
- CHME 5160 — Drug Delivery: Engineering Analysis
- CHME 5185 — Design of Experiments and Ethical Research
- CHME 5515 — Process Safety Engineering for Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Industries
- CHME 5630 — Biochemical Engineering
- CHME 5631 — Biomaterials Principles and Applications
- CHME 5632 — Advanced Topics in Biomaterials
- CHME 5683 — Introduction to Polymer Science
Choose 12 semester hours from:
- BIOE 5410 — Molecular Bioengineering
- CHEM 5620 — Protein Chemistry
- CHEM 5625 — Chemistry and Design of Protein Pharmaceuticals
- CHEM 5638 — Molecular Modeling
- CHME 5105 — Materials Characterization Techniques
- CHME 5137 — Computational Modeling in Chemical Engineering
- CHME 5160 — Drug Delivery: Engineering Analysis
- CHME 5179 — Complex Fluids and Everyday Materials
- CHME 5185 — Design of Experiments and Ethical Research
- CHME 5510 — Fundamentals in Process Safety Engineering
- CHME 5515 — Process Safety Engineering for Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Industries
- CHME 5520 — Designing for Process Safety
- CHME 5621 — Electrochemical Engineering
- CHME 5630 — Biochemical Engineering
- CHME 5631 — Biomaterials Principles and Applications
- CHME 5632 — Advanced Topics in Biomaterials
- All of:
  - CHME 5642 — Photochemistry Fundamentals and Applications
  - CHME 5643 — Photochemistry Lab
- CHME 5649 — Numerical Strategies and Data Analytics for Chemical Sciences
- CHME 5683 — Introduction to Polymer Science
- CHME 5692 — Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage
- CHME 5699 — Special Topics in Chemical Engineering
- CHME 7330 — Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics
- CHME 7340 — Chemical Engineering Kinetics
- CHME 7350 — Transport Phenomena
- CHME 7600 — Pharmaceutical Engineering I
- CHME 7601 — Pharmaceutical Engineering II
- CHME 7973 — Special Topics in Chemical Engineering
- CIVE 7251 — Environmental Biological Processes
- EMGT 5220 — Engineering Project Management
- EMGT 6225 — Economic Decision Making
- EMGT 6305 — Financial Management for Engineers
- IE 6200 — Engineering Probability and Statistics
- IE 7280 — Statistical Methods in Engineering
- IE 7285 — Statistical Quality Control
- ME 5620 — Fundamentals of Advanced Materials
- NNMD 5270 — Foundations in Nanomedicine: Therapeutics
- NNMD 5370 — Nanomedicine Research Techniques
- NNMD 5380 — Electron Microscopy Techniques
- NNMD 5470 — Nano/Biomedical Commercialization: Concept to Market
- PHSC 6214 — Experimental Design and Biostatistics

General Principles and Applications

From the catalog
A grade of C or higher is required in each course:
Complete one of the following options (courses cannot count in multiple categories):
In addition to completing the thesis course, students must successfully complete the thesis submission process, including securing committee and Graduate School of Engineering signatures and submission of an electronic copy of their MS thesis to ProQuest:
The following course must be completed at least once; twice is recommended. The course must be completed during the term of registration for CHME 7945 or CHME 7990.
Complete 12 semester hours from the following (courses cannot count in multiple categories):

CHME 6410 — Chemical Engineering Research Methods
One of:
- CHME 7330 — Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics
- CHME 7350 — Transport Phenomena
One of:
- Thesis Option — all of:
  - CHME 7945 — Master's Project
  - CHME 7990 — Thesis
  - CHME 7390 — Seminar
- Project Option — all of:
  - One of:
    - CHME 7330 — Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics
    - CHME 7340 — Chemical Engineering Kinetics
    - CHME 7350 — Transport Phenomena
  - CHME 7945 — Master's Project
Choose 12 semester hours from:
- BIOE 5410 — Molecular Bioengineering
- CHEM 5620 — Protein Chemistry
- CHEM 5625 — Chemistry and Design of Protein Pharmaceuticals
- CHEM 5638 — Molecular Modeling
- All of:
  - CHEM 5653 — Electrochemistry of Renewable Energy Devices
  - CHEM 5651 — Materials Chemistry of Renewable Energy
- CHME 5105 — Materials Characterization Techniques
- CHME 5137 — Computational Modeling in Chemical Engineering
- CHME 5160 — Drug Delivery: Engineering Analysis
- CHME 5179 — Complex Fluids and Everyday Materials
- CHME 5185 — Design of Experiments and Ethical Research
- CHME 5510 — Fundamentals in Process Safety Engineering
- CHME 5515 — Process Safety Engineering for Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Industries
- CHME 5520 — Designing for Process Safety
- CHME 5621 — Electrochemical Engineering
- CHME 5630 — Biochemical Engineering
- CHME 5631 — Biomaterials Principles and Applications
- CHME 5632 — Advanced Topics in Biomaterials
- All of:
  - CHME 5642 — Photochemistry Fundamentals and Applications
  - CHME 5643 — Photochemistry Lab
- CHME 5649 — Numerical Strategies and Data Analytics for Chemical Sciences
- CHME 5683 — Introduction to Polymer Science
- CHME 5692 — Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage
- CHME 5699 — Special Topics in Chemical Engineering
- CHME 7330 — Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics
- CHME 7340 — Chemical Engineering Kinetics
- CHME 7350 — Transport Phenomena
- CHME 7600 — Pharmaceutical Engineering I
- CHME 7601 — Pharmaceutical Engineering II
- CHME 7973 — Special Topics in Chemical Engineering
- EMGT 5220 — Engineering Project Management
- EMGT 6225 — Economic Decision Making
- EMGT 6305 — Financial Management for Engineers
- IE 6200 — Engineering Probability and Statistics
- IE 7280 — Statistical Methods in Engineering
- IE 7285 — Statistical Quality Control
- ME 5620 — Fundamentals of Advanced Materials
- NNMD 5270 — Foundations in Nanomedicine: Therapeutics
- NNMD 5370 — Nanomedicine Research Techniques
- NNMD 5380 — Electron Microscopy Techniques
- NNMD 5470 — Nano/Biomedical Commercialization: Concept to Market
- PHSC 6214 — Experimental Design and Biostatistics

Sustainability

From the catalog
A grade of C or higher is required in each course:
Complete two of the following (courses cannot count in multiple categories):
Complete 12 semester hours from the following (courses cannot count in multiple categories):

One of:
- CHME 5621 — Electrochemical Engineering
- CHME 5683 — Introduction to Polymer Science
CHME 6420 — Engineering for Chemical Sustainability
Choose 8 semester hours from:
- CHME 5105 — Materials Characterization Techniques
- CHME 5137 — Computational Modeling in Chemical Engineering
- CHME 5179 — Complex Fluids and Everyday Materials
- CHME 5621 — Electrochemical Engineering
- CHME 5683 — Introduction to Polymer Science
- CHME 5692 — Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage
Choose 12 semester hours from:
- BIOE 5410 — Molecular Bioengineering
- CHEM 5638 — Molecular Modeling
- All of:
  - CHEM 5653 — Electrochemistry of Renewable Energy Devices
  - CHEM 5651 — Materials Chemistry of Renewable Energy
- CHME 5105 — Materials Characterization Techniques
- CHME 5137 — Computational Modeling in Chemical Engineering
- CHME 5160 — Drug Delivery: Engineering Analysis
- CHME 5179 — Complex Fluids and Everyday Materials
- CHME 5185 — Design of Experiments and Ethical Research
- CHME 5510 — Fundamentals in Process Safety Engineering
- CHME 5515 — Process Safety Engineering for Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Industries
- CHME 5520 — Designing for Process Safety
- CHME 5621 — Electrochemical Engineering
- CHME 5630 — Biochemical Engineering
- CHME 5631 — Biomaterials Principles and Applications
- CHME 5632 — Advanced Topics in Biomaterials
- All of:
  - CHME 5642 — Photochemistry Fundamentals and Applications
  - CHME 5643 — Photochemistry Lab
- CHME 5649 — Numerical Strategies and Data Analytics for Chemical Sciences
- CHME 5683 — Introduction to Polymer Science
- CHME 5692 — Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage
- CHME 5699 — Special Topics in Chemical Engineering
- CHME 7330 — Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics
- CHME 7340 — Chemical Engineering Kinetics
- CHME 7350 — Transport Phenomena
- CHME 7600 — Pharmaceutical Engineering I
- CHME 7601 — Pharmaceutical Engineering II
- CHME 7973 — Special Topics in Chemical Engineering
- CIVE 5250 — Organic Pollutants in the Environment
- CIVE 5260 — Environmental Fluid Mechanics
- CIVE 5365 — Climate Technologies for Decarbonization, Mitigation, and Adaptation
- CIVE 7251 — Environmental Biological Processes
- EMGT 5220 — Engineering Project Management
- EMGT 6225 — Economic Decision Making
- EMGT 6305 — Financial Management for Engineers
- IE 6200 — Engineering Probability and Statistics
- IE 7280 — Statistical Methods in Engineering
- IE 7285 — Statistical Quality Control
- ME 5620 — Fundamentals of Advanced Materials
- NNMD 5380 — Electron Microscopy Techniques

GPA requirements

32 total semester hours required (33 with optional co-op) Minimum 3.000 GPA required

Substitutions

Stated by the catalog on this program's requirements:

To be completed prior to Thesis (CHME 7990).

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