Chemical Engineering Technical Electives

Effective for all Catalogue years.

Technical Elective Restrictions

  • The material covered in the course cannot substantially repeat the material covered in the Chemical Engineering core courses (e.g., a heat transfer course from Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering would not be approved.)
  • Technical electives generally must be upper division courses. One lower division courses (e.g., dynamics, molecular biology) may count toward the 17 unit requirement.
  • A maximum of 4 units of individual study/undergraduate research (199 courses) may count toward the technical elective requirement.
  • Technical electives can include courses in engineering, science, and math. Keep in mind that students must accumulate a minimum of 72 units of engineering topics, and a minimum number of design units.

Pre-approved Technical Electives

Engineering Topics

Biomedical Engineering
BME 135
BME 136
Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
CBEMS 104/BME 121
CBEMS 106
CBEMS 108
CBEMS 112
CBEMS 114
CBEMS 116
CBEMS 124
CBEMS 126
CBEMS 154
CBEMS 155
CBEMS 157A
CBEMS 157B
CBEMS 158
CBEMS 160
CBEMS 162
CBEMS 165
CBEMS 170
CBEMS 172
CBEMS 174
CBEMS 175

Civil and Environmental Engineering
EngrCEE 161
EngrCEE 162
EngrCEE 163
EngrCEE 165
EngrCEE 171
EngrCEE 172
EngrCEE 174
EngrCEE 176
EngrCEE 185
Electrical and Computer Engineering
EECS 104
EECS 140
EECS 170A-B-C
EECS 174
EECS 176
EECS 180
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
EngrMAE 110
EngrMAE 130B
EngrMAE 135
EngrMAE 164
EngrMAE 185

Math and Basic Science Topics

Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
CBEMS 102
Chemistry
Chem 107
Chem 107L
Chem 125
Chem 135
Chem 137
Chem 151
Chem 152
Chem 153
Chem 156
Chem 160
Chem 170
Biological Sciences
BioSci 98
BioSci 99
BioSci 108
BioSci M128
BioSci D137
BioSci M137
Mathematics
Math 105A-B
Math 112A-B-C
Math 147

Students may petition for other courses not listed.