Undergraduate
Admission
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The Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering is a professional degree that can be completed in four years, provided the student enters college with all prerequisites fulfilled. Completion of the B.S.Ch.E. degree should enable the graduate to find employment in industry or to continue on for graduate study. Applications from women and minorities are encouraged. Chemical engineering is a discipline noted for the variety of opportunities available to its graduates as well as for high salaries and excellent advancement opportunities. These benefits, however, come at a price: chemical engineering is a difficult subject. In particular, it requires good problem-solving skills, hard work, and a sense of dedication. A full-time student will need to devote a minimum of 30 hours per week to their studies. In order to limit enrollment to students who have a reasonable prospect of completing the degree requirements, the Department has adopted the admission and continuation requirements described below. Click here to return to the top of this page. Any student considering chemical engineering as a major is encouraged to be advised in the Department. The undergraduate advisor (located in 105 Benson Hall) will advise the student on most course and scheduling matters and will assign each student to a faculty mentor for advice on technical courses and professional matters. Click here to return to the top of this page. Upper-Division Admission - The application deadline is July 1st. The Department of Chemical Engineering admits students once per year, in Autumn quarter. Upper-division admission is open to all students who have completed the requirements shown below. Applications will be accepted from students who have not taken all of the required courses but who will complete the requirements by the end of summer quarter. Click here to apply online ! Upper-Division Admission Requirements
It is strongly recommended that students complete Chemistry 238 (or 224) (second-quarter organic chemistry) before admission. Admission is on a space-available or competitive basis. Students with a GPA lower than 2.50 for these specified courses or an overall GPA lower than 2.50 for all courses applicable to the B.S.Ch.E. degree seldom succeed in the Department. Historically, a minimum GPA of at least 2.80 in these courses is required for admission to and success in the Department. Students who have not completed 12 credits at the University of Washington may be admitted on probation. Therefore, they must obtain a grade in CHEM E 310 of at least 2.0 in order to remain in the Department. These students must also take CHEM 455 in the Autumn Quarter. Students who fail to do so will be dropped from the Department. Factors included in the admissions decision include the course record as indicated above and considerations such as difficulty of courses completed, frequency of incomplete or withdrawal grades, number of repeated courses, applicable work experience, maturity of attitude, honors, and a demonstrated ability to take at least 12 credits per quarter. Click here to return to the top of this page. Early admission is only available to UW students who have just completed their freshman year. (All other students should refer to the upper-division admission requirements shown above.) The application deadline is July 1st. Click here to apply online ! Early Admission Requirements
Admission is on a space-available or competitive basis. Students with a GPA lower than 2.80 for these courses (excluding English composition) or an overall GPA lower than 2.80 for all courses applicable to the B.S.Ch.E. degree seldom succeed in the Department. Factors included in the admissions decision include the course record as indicated above and considerations such as difficulty of courses completed, applicable work experience, maturity of attitude, honors, and a demonstrated ability to take at least 12 credits per quarter. Click here to return to the top of this page. Enrollment in Chemical Engineering Courses Enrollment in chemical engineering courses required for the B.S. degree (other than CHEM E 310) is ordinarily limited to chemical engineering majors. However, students in the Paper Science and Engineering program and the B.S.E. program may take those chemical engineering courses that are part of their approved program. Other students who wish to take any of these required courses must obtain written permission from the instructor on a form (Request for Special Permission to Take a Chemical Engineering Course) available in the Department office. This special permission does not include CHEM E 437, 485, and 486, which are open only to students admitted to the Department and B.S.E. students. Prerequisites are enforced. Click here to return to the top of this page. While the University has general regulations governing scholastic eligibility for continuation, departments in the College of Engineering have adopted additional requirements in order to make the best use of the limited facilities and resources available and to provide reasonable assurance of academic success. The following criteria and procedures will be applied to all undergraduate students for determining continuance in the major program. Basic Criteria for Continuation
Click here to return to the top of this page. Review and Notification of Transfer to the College of Arts and Sciences The progress of each student is reviewed each quarter. If a student's performance fails to meet the standards outlined above, the student is placed on probation the following quarter. The student receives notification in writing of the reason for probation. If the student does not remove his or her deficiencies in the following quarter, the student is notified in writing that he or she has been dropped from the Department and transferred to the College of Arts and Sciences. College of Engineering Policy on Academic Misconduct Academic misconduct encompasses plagiarism, cheating on examinations or on individual project assignments, and theft or alteration of other people's work on academic materials for the purpose of improving one's own grades or acquiring academic credit. Students accused of academic misconduct will be referred for disciplinary action pursuant to the Student Conduct Code of the Washington Administrative Code 478-120, and if found guilty, are subject to sanctions. As a function of the seriousness of such misconduct, sanctions range from a disciplinary warning to immediate dismissal from the College of Engineering and the University of Washington. The latter can be, and has been, applied even for first offenses. Click here to return to the top of this page. Appealing for Admission or Continuation in Chemical Engineering Students may appeal for admission to or continuation in the Department of Chemical Engineering by writing a letter to the Department chairman. The letter should describe any extenuating circumstances and may include any additional information in support of the appeal that the student believes is relevant. Issues that will be considered (and that the student may wish to address) include, but are not limited to:
The letter and supporting material will be transmitted to the Admissions Committee of the Department. The appeal must be made within 30 days of notification of admission denial, placement on probation, or dismissal. A response to the appeal must be made by the Committee within 30 days, but typically the response is made within one week. Any student denied admission or continuation may request a personal interview to discuss or amplify any matter in his/her application or in the admission or continuation policy statement. No student shall be denied this right. The University of Washington reaffirms its policy of equal opportunity regardless of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, or status as a disabled veteran or Vietnam era veteran in accordance with University of Washington policy and applicable federal and state statutes and regulations. |
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