Chemical Engineering BS + MS

Admissions Requirements
Academic Standing
Program Requirements (150 units)
Advising Roadmap

The Chemical Engineering Spartan Accelerated Graduate Education (SAGE) Scholars Program enables qualified students in the Chemical Engineering, BS program to simultaneously complete the requirements for both the Chemical Engineering, BS and Chemical Engineering, MS degrees. Students will be able to complete BS and MS degrees in Chemical Engineering within 5 years. The Chemical Engineering SAGE Scholars program will allow students to be hired in better positions in leading Silicon Valley companies and to get into Ph.D. programs within 5 years of starting their Chemical Engineering, BS degree.

Summary of Degree Units

Chemical Engineering, BS	120
Chemical Engineering, MS	30
Total	150

For more information, contact the SAGE Scholars Program Coordinator Liat Rosenfield.

Admissions Requirements

All SJSU Chemical Engineering, BS undergraduates are eligible to apply for, and be admitted to, the Chemical Engineering SAGE Scholars program if they fulfill the following requirements:

Successfully completed a minimum of 75 Chemical Engineering BS applicable units and not more than 120 undergraduate degree applicable units at the time of admission in the program;
Completed CHE 110B , CHE 115 , CHE 190 and ENGR 100W with grades “B” or better;
Minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA at time of admission; and,
Have completed all lower-division work (including lower-division general education courses and American Institutions courses).

Students who have reached up to their first semester as classified seniors will remain eligible for entry into the SAGE program. Second semester, senior-level students enrolled in the term they expect to graduate from their baccalaureate degree are not eligible to enter into the SAGE program as these students will not gain the accelerated graduate-level benefit offered through the SAGE blended program option.

Academic Standing

Requirements for program continuation and advancement to candidacy in the graduate program, include:

Meeting every semester with an academic advisor to plan and track coursework and graduate status. Once the BS degree is conferred, students meet every semester with their graduate advisor to plan a formal course of study;
Maintain GPA of 3.0 or higher with no individual grade below a C. Students not maintaining these standards will be placed on probation initially, followed by disqualification if the grades are not improved within two semesters; and,
The proposed graduate program must be approved by the graduate coordinator before the student may be considered a candidate for the MS degree.
Students are converted to graduate status when they have completed 120 SAGE program-applicable units. The following University Requirements are waived or satisfied with required courses in the major: GE Areas A3, B, C2, C1/C2, and E, SJSU Studies Area R and Physical Education. Alternate courses that may satisfy these requirements are not counted in the calculation of the 120 SAGE program-applicable units.

Program Requirements (150 units)

Chemical Engineering, BS (120 units)

Students must satisfy all of the major and Undergraduate University Graduation Requirements , which includes unit, GPA, and residency requirements as well as the below identified General Education , American Institutions, Graduation Writing Assessment and Physical Education requirements. Courses that meet Undergraduate University Graduation Requirements are noted with an area designation (see Course Abbreviations ).

Exceptions for University Graduation Requirements apply to this major.

University Requirements (24 units)

The Lower and Upper Division General Education requirements may be satisfied by coursework outlined below. To satisfy the Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement (GWAR) , students must pass both the SJSU Writing Skills Test (WST) and ENGR 100W with a grade of “C” or better (“C-” not accepted).

GE Areas A1, A2, C1, two D/American Institutions (US123) , F, S, and V 24 unit(s)

Major Preparation (31 units)

CHEM 1A - General Chemistry 5 unit(s) (B1+B3)
CHEM 1B - General Chemistry 5 unit(s) (B1+B3)
ENGL 1B - Argument and Analysis 3 unit(s) (C2) (or equivalent second semester composition course.)
MATH 30 - Calculus I 3 unit(s) (B4) (or MATH 30X )
MATH 31 - Calculus II 4 unit(s) (B4) (or MATH 31X )
MATH 32 - Calculus III 3 unit(s) (B4) (or MATH 32H or MATH 32X )
PHYS 50 - General Physics/Mechanics 4 unit(s) (B1+B3)
PHYS 51 - General Physics/Electricity and Magnetism 4 unit(s) (B1+B3)

Major Requirements (65 units)

Core Courses (11 units)

CE 99 - Introductory Statics 2 unit(s) (CE 95 also accepted.)
ENGR 10 - Introduction to Engineering 3 unit(s) (E) (CS 46A or equivalant also accepted, but additional GE Area E units will be required)
ENGR 100W - Engineering Reports 3 unit(s) (Z+R) A grade of C or better (C- not accepted) is required to meet graduation requirement.
MATE 25 - Introduction to Materials 3 unit(s)

Major Courses (45 units)

CHE 110A - Mathematical Methods in Chemical Engineering 2 unit(s)
CHE 110B - Computational Methods in Chemical Engineering 2 unit(s)
CHE 115 - Industrial Chemical Calculations 3 unit(s)
CHE 151 - Process Engineering Thermodynamics 4 unit(s)
CHE 158 - Kinetics and Reactor Design 3 unit(s)
CHE 160A - Unit Operations I 4 unit(s)
CHE 160B - Unit Operations II 4 unit(s)
CHE 161L - Undergraduate Chemical Engineering Laboratory 2 unit(s)
CHE 162 - Engineering Statistics and Analysis 2 unit(s)
CHE 163L - Undergraduate Chemical Engineering Laboratory II 2 unit(s)
CHE 165A - Plant Design I 2 unit(s)
CHE 165B - Plant Design II 2 unit(s)
CHE 185 - Chemical Process Dynamics and Control 2 unit(s)
CHE 190 - Introduction to Transport Phenomena 3 unit(s)
CHEM 112A - Organic Chemistry 3 unit(s)
CHEM 112B - Organic Chemistry 3 unit(s)
CHEM 113A - Organic Chemistry Lab 2 unit(s)

Technical Electives (9 units)

Electives must be selected from the approved departmental list in consultation with the students’ advisor.

Chemical Engineering, MS (30 units)

Core Courses (15-17 units)

CHE 200 - Research Methods 3 unit(s) (GWAR)
CHE 211 - Advanced Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics 3 unit(s)
CHE 218 - Reaction Kinetics 3 unit(s) (GWAR)
CHE 219 - Transport Processes 3 unit(s)
CHE 280 - Graduate Research 1-3 unit(s) (Plan A: 4 units required; Plan B: 2-4 units required)
CHE 281 - MS Thesis/Project Preparation Seminar 1 unit(s)

Approved Electives (12-14 units)

12-14 units of electives selected in consultation with graduate advisor.
May include up to six (6) additional units of CHE 280 (no more than 10 units are allowed).

Culminating Experience (1 unit)

Students in the MS, Chemical Engineering program may complete the program 1-unit Culminating Experience CHE 298 / CHE 298I or CHE 299 / CHE 299I through their choice of a graduate project or master’s thesis, respectively.

Plan A (Thesis): Students opting to complete a master’s thesis will take CHE 281 , CHE 280 , and CHE 299 for a total of 6 units. An additional 6 units of CHE 280 may be taken for elective credit. The student is responsible for securing the commitment of a full-time tenured or tenure-track faculty member who agrees to serve as the thesis committee chair. The student must also secure the commitments of two additional committee members, one of whom must be a full or part-time SJSU faculty member, to serve as the student’s thesis committee. If the student is completing their thesis research off-site, then one person of their thesis committee must be at least a supervisor-level employee from that off-site facility. The student must write a thesis proposal and have it approved by the thesis committee in order to pass CHE 281 . CHE 299 is taken in the semester the student expects to complete their final oral and written defense which will serve as their culminating experience. The MS candidate must successfully pass an oral defense and complete an approved thesis report in order to receive credit for CHE 299 . Students must be enrolled in courses every semester with the exception of an approved leave of absence for one semester. Students who have finished all their 30 units with the exception of an RP grade in CHE 299 are eligible for enrollment in CHE 1290R for a reduced tuition fee. The thesis must meet university requirements as stipulated in this catalog and in the SJSU Master’s Thesis and Doctoral Dissertation Guidelines. It will be written under the guidance of the candidate’s thesis committee chair with the assistance of the thesis committee.
Plan B (Project): Students opting to complete a graduate project will take CHE 281 , CHE 280 , and CHE 298 for a total of 4 units. An additional 2-8 units of CHE 280 may be taken for elective credit. The student is responsible for securing the commitment of a full-time tenured or tenure-track faculty member who agrees to serve as the project committee chair. The student must also secure the commitments of an additional committee member to serve as the student’s project committee. If the student is completing their thesis project research off-site, then one person of their project committee must be at least a supervisor-level employee from that off-site facility. The student must write a project proposal and have it approved by the project committee in order to pass CHE 281 . CHE 298 is taken in the semester the student expects to complete their final oral defense and written project report, which will serve as their culminating experience. The MS candidate must successfully pass an oral and defense and complete an approved written project report in order to receive credit for CHE 298 . Students must be enrolled in courses every semester with the exception of an approved leave of absence for one semester. Students who have finished all their 30 units with the exception of an RP grade in CHE 298 are eligible for enrollment in CHE 1290R for a reduced tuition fee.

Total Units Required (150 units)

If the CSU approves a policy to allow unit overlap for SAGE Scholars programs, the Chemical Engineering SAGE Scholars program will decrease by 9 units to 141 total units required. Two Chemical Engineering MS electives (6 units) and CHE 180R (3 units) will be waived. Please consult your advisor regarding the status of the policy.