The Department requires 128 credits for graduation, 43 of which must be in courses numbered 300 or higher. Specific course requirements are listed in the MSU-Bozeman Catalog, and are shown with indicated prerequisites on the Curriculum Flowchart.
Elective courses must be selected to meet the following requirements:
 | CORE Requirements [MSU Catalog CORE Information] |
| ABET H&SS Requirements |
| Focus Area Requirements |
Additionally, CHE Students are required to take one industrial inspection trip as part of CHE 310.
Montana State University requires all MSU students to meet certain general education requirements, called the CORE requirements. For decades before the CORE was implemented, College of Engineering students were required to meet the Humanities and Social Science (H&SS) requirements of our accrediting agency, the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET). When MSU developed the CORE, these requirements did not substitute for, but were added to the ABET H&SS requirements.
By exercising care when selecting humanities courses, it is possible to satisfy both CORE and H&SS requirements with the same set of courses.
CORE Requirements [MSU Catalog CORE Information | CORE Worksheet]
As of Fall 2004, there are two sets of CORE requirements. Students who started at MSU under CORE 1.0 have a choice of continuing under CORE 1.0 or switching to CORE 2.0. In most cases, switching to CORE 2.0 is advantageous. Information on how CORE 1.0 courses translate to CORE 2.0 is available on the CORE 2.0 website.
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Many of the CORE
categories are met by courses required by the chemical engineering
curriculum. The categories that chemical engineering students typically need
not be concerned with include:
You must make sure you choose elective courses to meet the following CORE requirements:
A course with both CORE subject category (e.g., "F") and multicultural/global designations, such as MUS 212F#, may be used towards meeting both CORE requirements. For example, MUS 212F# may be used towards meeting both the "F" and "#" requirements. There are a few courses that have multiple CORE subject categories (e.g., UH 404 which qualifies for either "S" or "N" CORE credit) - the student may choose which CORE designation to apply, but only one CORE subject classification may be used (for UH 404, either "S" or "N", but not both). |
Students who enter the program Fall 2004 or later must be sure to complete 15 credits of CORE 2.0 electives in the following areas:
An additional 3 credit course listed as IH, RH, IS, RS, IA, RA, D or a core-topic course pre-approved by the department certifying officer, Dr. Max Deibert. See Approved CORE 2.0 Courses for a listing of courses with the above designations. The other CORE 2.0 requirements are automatically met by courses required by the chemical engineering curriculum.
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ABET H&SS Requirements [H&SS Worksheet]
The College of Engineering has approved a new set of H&SS Requirements that will go into effect with the 2002-2004 Catalog. Students graduating under prior catalogs may elect to fulfill either the new requirements or the old requirements. The "A" and "B" rules described below do not apply to CORE 2.0 (which is one of the reasons that students may want to switch to CORE 2.0).
Engineering students graduating under the 2002-2004 catalog and CORE 1.0 must take:
| 9 credits from categories A and B,
including:
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The courses in each category are listed below.
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Technical electives have been "packaged" into four focus areas:
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"Classic" Chemical Engineering |
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Biochemical Engineering |
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Materials Engineering |
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Environmental Engineering |
Under the 2004-2006 catalog, each focus area consists of 13 credits, and all chemical engineering students must select one of the four focus areas by the beginning of their junior year. Check out the Student Information Packet for detailed Focus Area requirements.
All CHE students (regardless of the catalog under which they will graduate) are required to participate in one industrial inspection trip, and the inspection trip will be a course requirement for CHE 310.
