CHANGES TO BIOTECHNOLOGY CONCENTRATION

Effective for students who take Chemical Engineering 170 or 170A in Fall 2007 or later, Biotechnology-concentration requirements are:

• Chemistry 112B or Molecular and Cell Biology C112
• Chemical Engineering 170A (or 170 for Fall 2007), 170B, and C170L

Note: Biotechnology-concentration students are required to take Molecular and Cell Biology 102 in place of Biology 1A.

The following Bioengineering elective is eliminated:

• 3 units chosen from the following:
  Bioengineering 115, 116, C117, C118, 121, 131, 143, Civil Engineering 114

Transition Plans

Students who completed Chemical Engineering 170 prior to Fall 2007 will be held to the old requirements.

Students who complete Chemical Engineering 170 or 170A in Fall 2007 or later and who complete the Bioengineering elective before Fall 2008 have the option of taking
Chemical Engineering 170A (or 170 in Fall 2007) and C170L
OR
Chemical Engineering 170B (with consent of instructor) and C170L, provided MCB 102 is completed before taking Chemical Engineering 170B,
OR
Chemical Engineering 170A (or 170 in Fall 2007), 170B, and C170L.

Engineering 7 (Formerly 77)

• Effective Fall 2007, Engineering 77 (i.e., Introduction to Computer Programming for Scientists and Engineers) will no longer be offered. Chemical Engineering majors who have not completed Engineering 77 should now complete Engineering 7. Chemical Engineering majors who enter as freshmen in Fall 2007 should take Engineering 7 in Spring 2008.

ABET reports are now available online

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CHANGES TO CHEMICAL ENGINEERING COURSES EFFECTIVE FALL 2006

• Chemical Engineering 170 - The prerequisite has been changed to: 150B (may be taken concurrently).

CHANGES TO CHEMICAL ENGINEERING B.S. DEGREE REQUIREMENTS EFFECTIVE FALL 2006

Important note: The changes do not affect Spring 2006 course enrollments since the course drop deadline was February 17

• The graduation requirement is lowered from 128 semester units to 120 semester units in keeping with university limits.
• To reach the 120-unit requirement the advanced technical elective and the Physics 7C/chemistry elective have been dropped from the curriculum.
• The normal sequence now has Engineering 77 taken in spring of the sophomore year, concurrent with Chemical Engineering 150A. Engineering 77 is no longer a prerequisite for Chemical Engineering 140.
• Biology 1A (without the accompanying laboratory) is now the required biology course, except for those students who choose the biotechnology option. MCB 102 (without the accompanying laboratory) is the required course for the biotechnology option.

The transition plan to the new graduation requirement is:

• Students matriculating in Fall 2006 graduate under the new requirements.
• Students currently in residence may choose to satisfy either all of the new graduation requirements or all of the current graduation requirements. Students who choose to follow the new requirements: (1) are not allowed to eliminate requirements to lower total units to 120 with the exception of the advanced technical elective and the Physics 7C/chemistry elective, but (2) are allowed to satisfy the Biology 1A requirement with MCB 102 (except for biotechnology option students who are required to take MCB 102).

CHANGES TO B.S. DEGREE REQUIREMENTS FOR CHEMICAL ENGINEERING DOUBLE MAJORS EFFECTIVE SPRING 2006

The following changes are effective for students who declare the double major in Spring 2006 or later:

Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering Double Major

• In place of one of the Materials Science electives, students are required to take Materials Science 130A.
• The number of required Materials Science electives has been reduced to three courses chosen from Materials Science 104, 111, 112, C113, 117, C118, 121, 122, 123, and 125. Either one or two of these courses should be chosen from Materials Science 121, 122, 123, and 125. One of these courses should be chosen from Materials Science 111, 112, C113, 117, C118, and 125.

Chemical Engineering and Nuclear Engineering Double Major

• In place of Nuclear Engineering 120, 124, and 161, students take nine units of upper division Nuclear Engineering courses including at least two courses selected from Nuclear Engineering 120, 124, and 161.
• Students have the choice of taking either Chemical Engineering 160 or Nuclear Engineering 170A.
• Students are required to take one course with ethics content. This may be fulfilled with Bioengineering 100 or Engineering 191, or within the humanities and social studies (breadth) requirement by taking one of the following courses: Engineering 124, 195, Anthropology 156B, 156C, ESPM 161, 162, Philosophy 2, 104, 105, 107, Political Science 108A, Public Policy 170, and PACS 155.