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Bachelor Programs

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Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) - Chemical Engineering(143 Credits)

    Offered by:Chemical Engineering
    Degree:Bachelor of Engineering

Program Requirement:

Program credit weight: 143 credits

Program credit weight for Quebec CEGEP students: 114 credits

Program credit weight for out-of-province students: 143 credits

The discipline of chemical engineering is distinctive in being based equally on physics, mathematics, and chemistry. Application of these three fundamental sciences is basic to a quantitative understanding of the process industries. Those with an interest in the fourth fundamental science, biology, will find several courses in the chemical engineering curriculum that integrate aspects of the biological sciences relevant to process industries such as food processing, fermentation, biomedical, and water pollution control. Courses on the technical operations and economics of the process industries are added to this foundation. The core curriculum concludes with process design courses taught by practising design engineers. Problem-solving, experimenting, planning, and communication skills are emphasized in courses throughout the core curriculum.

Certain students who take advantage of Summer session courses can complete the departmental program in three calendar years.

In some cases, students from university science disciplines have sufficient credits to complete the requirements for the B.Eng. (Chemical) program in two and a half years. Those concerned should discuss this with their adviser.

Students must obtain a grade of C or better in all core courses. For the Department of Chemical Engineering, core courses include all required courses (departmental and non-departmental) as well as technical complementary courses.

Note to CEGEP students

If you have successfully completed a course at CEGEP that is equivalent to CHEM 212 or CHEM 234, you may obtain transfer credits for either or both courses by passing the McGill Science Placement Exam for the course(s). You must complete an application form available on the Science Placement Exam website and an application fee will be charged to your student account. Science placement exams take place in August and September before classes begin. If you pass the exam(s), transfer credits for the course(s) will be reflected on your transcript and your program credit requirements will be decreased to reflect these transfer credits. For information on Science Placement Exams, including application deadlines, the application form, application fee, dates, times, and location of the exams, see www.mcgill.ca/exams/dates/science. If you do not pass the placement exams, you must register for CHEM 212 and CHEM 234 during your studies at McGill as outlined in your program requirements.



    Required Year 0 (Freshman) Courses

    29 credits

    Generally, students admitted to Engineering from Quebec CEGEPs are granted transfer credit for these Year 0 (Freshman) courses and enter a 114-credit program.

    For information on transfer credit for French Baccalaureate, International Baccalaureate exams, Advanced Placement exams, Advanced Levels and Science Placement Exams, see http://www.mcgill.ca/engineering/current-students/undergraduate/new-stud... and select your term of admission.


    • CHEM 110 General Chemistry 1 4 Credits
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    • CHEM 120 General Chemistry 2 4 Credits
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    • MATH 133 Linear Algebra and Geometry 3 Credits
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    • MATH 140 Calculus 1 3 Credits
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    • MATH 141 Calculus 2 4 Credits
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    • PHYS 131 Mechanics and Waves 4 Credits
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    • PHYS 142 Electromagnetism & Optics 4 Credits
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    AND 3 credits selected from the approved list of courses in Humanities and Social Sciences, Management Studies and Law, listed below under Complementary Studies (Group B).

    Note: FACC 100 (Introduction to the Engineering Profession) must be taken during the first year of study.


    Required Non-Departmental Courses

    24 credits


    • CHEM 212 Intro Organic Chemistry 1 4 Credits
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    • CHEM 234 Topics in Organic Chemistry 3 Credits
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    • COMP 208 Computer Programming for PS&E 3 Credits
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    • FACC 100 Intro to the Eng. Profession 1 Credits*
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    • FACC 250 Resp. of the Prof. Engineer
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    • FACC 300 Engineering Economy 3 Credits
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    • FACC 400 Eng Professional Practice 1 Credits
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    • MATH 262 Intermediate Calculus 3 Credits
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    • MATH 263 ODEs for Engineers 3 Credits
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    • MATH 264 Adv Calculus for Engineers 3 Credits
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    * Note: FACC 100 (Introduction to the Engineering Profession) must be taken during the first year of study.


    Required Chemical Engineering Courses

    75 credits


    • CHEE 200 Chem Engineering Principles 1 3 Credits
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    • CHEE 204 Chem Engineering Principles 2 3 Credits
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    • CHEE 220 Chemical Engrg Thermodynamics 3 Credits
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    • CHEE 231 Data Anal & Design of Exp 3 Credits
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    • CHEE 291 Instrumentation&Measurement 1 4 Credits
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    • CHEE 310 Physical Chemistry for Eng. 3 Credits
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    • CHEE 314 Fluid Mechanics 3 Credits
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    • CHEE 315 Heat and Mass Transfer 3 Credits
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    • CHEE 351 Separation Processes 3 Credits
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    • CHEE 370 Elements of Biotechnology 3 Credits
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    • CHEE 380 Materials Science 3 Credits
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    • CHEE 390 Computational Methods:Chem Eng 3 Credits
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    • CHEE 400 Princ of Sustnble Energy Conv 3 Credits
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    • CHEE 401 Energy Systems Engineering 3 Credits
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    • CHEE 423 Chemical Reaction Engineering 3 Credits
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    • CHEE 440 Process Modelling 3 Credits
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    • CHEE 453 Process Design 4 Credits
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    • CHEE 455 Process Control 3 Credits
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    • CHEE 456D1 Design Project 4.5 Credits
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    • CHEE 456D2 Design Project 4.5 Credits
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    • CHEE 474 Biochemical Engineering 3 Credits
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    • CHEE 484 Materials Engineering 3 Credits
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    • CHEE 491 Instrumentation& Measurement 2 4 Credits
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer


    Technical Complementaries

    9 credits

    The purpose of this requirement is to provide students with an area of specialization within the broad field of chemical engineering. Alternatively, students use the technical complementaries to increase the breadth of their chemical engineering training.

    List A
    3-9 credits from the following:


    • CHEE 301 Resource Recovery&Circular Use 3 Credits
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    • CHEE 511 Catal for Sust Fuels&Chemicals 3 Credits
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    • CHEE 512 Stem Cell Bioprocess Eng. 3 Credits
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    • CHEE 515 IntrfceDesign:BiomimeticApprch 3 Credits
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    • CHEE 521 Nanomat & the Aquatic Environ 3 Credits+
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    • CHEE 541 Electrochemical Engineering 3 Credits
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    • CHEE 543 Plasma Engineering 3 Credits
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    • CHEE 563 Biofluids&Cardiovascular Mech. 3 Credits+
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    • CHEE 582 Polymer Science & Engineering 3 Credits
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    • CHEE 584 Polymer Processing 3 Credits
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    • CHEE 585 Foundations of Soft Matter 3 Credits
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    • CHEE 591 Environmental Bioremediation 3 Credits
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    • CHEE 593 Indus Water Pollution Control 3 Credits+
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    • CIVE 430 Water Treatment&Pollut Control 3 Credits+
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    • CIVE 521 Nanomat & the Aquatic Environ 3 Credits+
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    • MECH 534 Air Pollution Engineering 3 Credits+
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    • MECH 563 Biofluids&Cardiovascular Mech 3 Credits+
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    + Students may choose only one course in each of the following sets:

    - CHEE 521 or CIVE 521
    - CHEE 563 or MECH 563
    - CHEE 593 or CIVE 430


    List B
    0-6 credits from the following:


    • BIEN 550 Biomolecular Devices 3 Credits
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    • BREE 325 Food Process Engineering 3 Credits
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    • BREE 522 Bio-Based Polymers 3 Credits
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    • CHEE 363 Projects Chem Eng 1 2 Credits**
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    • CHEE 494 Research Project & Seminar 1 3 Credits**
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    • CHEE 495 Research Project & Seminar 2 4 Credits**
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    • CHEE 496 Environmental Research Project 3 Credits**
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    • CIVE 557 Microbio for Environmental Eng 3 Credits
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    • MIME 470 Engineering Biomaterials 3 Credits
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    • MIME 515 (Bio)mat Surface Analy&Modfctn 3 Credits
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    • MIME 558 Engineering Nanomaterials 3 Credits
        Offered in the:
      • Fall
      • Winter
      • Summer

    ** Students may choose only one project course: CHEE 363, CHEE 494, CHEE 495, or CHEE 496.


    List C
    0-3 credits

    The remaining credits, up to a maximum of 3 credits, may be taken from other suitable undergraduate courses in the Faculty of Engineering, with departmental permission.



      Complementary Studies

      6 credits



        Group A - Impact of Technology on Society

        3 credits from the following:


        • ANTH 212 Anthropology of Development 3 Credits
            Offered in the:
          • Fall
          • Winter
          • Summer

        • BTEC 502 Biotechnology Ethics & Society 3 Credits
            Offered in the:
          • Fall
          • Winter
          • Summer

        • ECON 225 Economics of the Environment 3 Credits
            Offered in the:
          • Fall
          • Winter
          • Summer

        • ECON 347 Economics of Climate Change 3 Credits
            Offered in the:
          • Fall
          • Winter
          • Summer

        • ENVR 201 Society,Environ&Sustainability 3 Credits
            Offered in the:
          • Fall
          • Winter
          • Summer

        • GEOG 200 Geo Persp:World Env Problems 3 Credits
            Offered in the:
          • Fall
          • Winter
          • Summer

        • GEOG 203 Environmental Systems 3 Credits
            Offered in the:
          • Fall
          • Winter
          • Summer

        • GEOG 205 Global Chg:Past, Pres & Future 3 Credits
            Offered in the:
          • Fall
          • Winter
          • Summer

        • GEOG 302 Environmental Management 1 3 Credits
            Offered in the:
          • Fall
          • Winter
          • Summer

        • MGPO 440 Strategies for Sustainability 3 Credits*
            Offered in the:
          • Fall
          • Winter
          • Summer

        • PHIL 343 Biomedical Ethics 3 Credits
            Offered in the:
          • Fall
          • Winter
          • Summer

        • RELG 270 Religious Ethics & the Environ 3 Credits
            Offered in the:
          • Fall
          • Winter
          • Summer

        • SOCI 235 Technology and Society 3 Credits
            Offered in the:
          • Fall
          • Winter
          • Summer

        • SOCI 312 Sociology of Work and Industry 3 Credits
            Offered in the:
          • Fall
          • Winter
          • Summer

        • URBP 201 Planning the 21st Century City 3 Credits
            Offered in the:
          • Fall
          • Winter
          • Summer

        * Note: Management courses have limited enrolment and registration dates. See Important Dates at http://www.mcgill.ca/importantdates.


        Group B - Humanities and Social Sciences, Management Studies and Law

        3 credits at the 200 level or higher from the following departments:

        Anthropology (ANTH)

        Economics (any 200- or 300-level course excluding ECON 227 and ECON 337)

        History (HIST)

        Philosophy (excluding PHIL 210 and PHIL 310)

        Political Science (POLI)

        Psychology (excluding PSYC 204 and PSYC 305, but including PSYC 100)

        Religious Studies (RELG) (excluding courses that principally impart language skills, such as Sanskrit, Tibetan, Tamil, New Testament Greek, and Biblical Hebrew) ***

        School of Social Work (SWRK)

        Sociology (excluding SOCI 350)

        OR 3 credits from the following:


        • ARCH 528 History of Housing 3 Credits
            Offered in the:
          • Fall
          • Winter
          • Summer

        • BUSA 465 Technological Entrepreneurship 3 Credits*
            Offered in the:
          • Fall
          • Winter
          • Summer

        • CLAS 203 Greek Mythology 3 Credits
            Offered in the:
          • Fall
          • Winter
          • Summer

        • ENVR 203 Knowledge, Ethics&Environment 3 Credits
            Offered in the:
          • Fall
          • Winter
          • Summer

        • ENVR 400 Environmental Thought 3 Credits
            Offered in the:
          • Fall
          • Winter
          • Summer

        • FACC 220 Law for Architects & Engineers 3 Credits
            Offered in the:
          • Fall
          • Winter
          • Summer

        • FACC 500 Tech. Business Plan Design 3 Credits
            Offered in the:
          • Fall
          • Winter
          • Summer

        • FACC 501 Tech. Business Plan Project 3 Credits
            Offered in the:
          • Fall
          • Winter
          • Summer

        • HISP 225 Hispanic Civilization 1 3 Credits
            Offered in the:
          • Fall
          • Winter
          • Summer

        • HISP 226 Hispanic Civilization 2 3 Credits
            Offered in the:
          • Fall
          • Winter
          • Summer

        • INDR 294 Intro to Labour-Mgmt Relations 3 Credits*
            Offered in the:
          • Fall
          • Winter
          • Summer

        • INTG 215 EntrpshpEssntlsforN-MgmtStudts 3 Credits**
            Offered in the:
          • Fall
          • Winter
          • Summer

        • MATH 338 History & Philosophy of Math 3 Credits
            Offered in the:
          • Fall
          • Winter
          • Summer

        • MGCR 222 Intro to Org Behaviour 3 Credits*
            Offered in the:
          • Fall
          • Winter
          • Summer

        • MGCR 352 Principles of Marketing 3 Credits*
            Offered in the:
          • Fall
          • Winter
          • Summer

        • ORGB 321 Leadership 3 Credits*
            Offered in the:
          • Fall
          • Winter
          • Summer

        • ORGB 423 Human Resources Management 3 Credits*
            Offered in the:
          • Fall
          • Winter
          • Summer

        * Note: Management courses have limited enrolment and registration dates. See Important Dates at http://www.mcgill.ca/importantdates.

        ** INTG 215 is not open to students who have taken INTG 201 and INTG 202.

        *** If you are uncertain whether or not a course principally imparts language skills, please see an adviser in the McGill Engineering Student Centre (Frank Dawson Adams Building, Room 22) or email an adviser.

        Note regarding language courses: Language courses are not accepted to satisfy the Complementary Studies Group B requirement, effective for students who entered the program as of Fall 2017.


         

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