Curriculum Schedules for Base Case and Various Options

	Base Case: Current Curriculum
	Option 1: Sophomore Start (now in trial run)
	Option 2: Option 1 plus new curriculum with modified existing courses
	Option 3: All new courses
	Option 4: All new courses, but without physical chemistry
	Option 5: Hybrid Curriculum

Option 1 (Sophomore Start):

• Material and Energy Balance (ChemE 310) moved from the junior year to the sophomore year, renumbering it to ChemE 230.

• Thermodynamics (old ChemE 260) is given a more statistical focus and offered sophomore year as ChemE 240, Energy and Entropy.

• Introduction to Molecular and Nanoscale Principles (ChemE 220) remains as a sophomore year course.  Technically, ChemE 220 is an elective, but will be assumed as a required course for curriculum development.

Option 2 (Modified Existing Course):

• Sophomore Start with new curriculum in the form of existing courses modified to include section on molecular and nanoscale phenomena in each course.

• See here for a listing of the MNP objectives for modified courses.

Option 3 (All New Courses):

• Sophomore Start with new curriculum based on all new courses.

• See here for a listing of the new course learning objectives.

• Number of required ChemE credits increases substantially from 44 to 65.  However, a number of existing elective courses have been included as required courses of the new curriculum.  These are:

• ChemE 220 (4),

• ChemE 240 (4) changed from Engr. course to ChemE course,
  

• ChemE 355 (3) changed to ChemE 3ea,

• ChemE 375 (2) changed to ChemE 4ha (3).

Accounting for these changes, the number of ChemE credits increases from 57 to 65 credits.

• Drawback to this curriculum is that only 3 credits of Engr./Chem. elective and 3 credits of Engr. elective remain.

• Advantage is the P-Chem series (Chem 455/457) remains intact.

Option 4 (All New Courses without Physical Chemistry:

• Same as Option 3 except that P-Chem (Chem 455/457) series eliminated.

• Material in the P-Chem series is covered in:

• ChemE 240 (Energy and Entropy),

• ChemE 3fa (Material and Structural Properties,

• ChemE 4dd (Rates IV: Multiscale Modeling).

• This change allows 9 credits of Engr./Chem. electives and 3 credits of Engr. elective.

Option 5 (Hybrid Curriculum):

• Combination of Options 2 and 3.

• Included from new curriculum
  

• 4-course Rates Sequence: ChemE 330, 340, 435, and 465,

• ChemE 3fa (Material Condensed Phase Properties as elective,

• Add product design to ChemE 485.

• Advantages of the hybrid curriculum:

• Implements most significant features of new curriculum,

• Rates sequence can be developed on the fly,

• Streamlined approvals process.