Below are a list of courses that may serve as engineering electives for ChemE undergraduate students.
Petitioning Engineering Electives
This list is not all-inclusive. Since course offerings vary dramatically and departments introduce new courses all the time, it's impossible to keep this list fully up to date. If you find other courses that are interesting looking and not on this list, please email chemeadv@uw.edu with the course title and description and request review for engineering electives.
Only one, 1-credit seminar is allowed to count toward engineering electives (e.g. CHEM E 301).
Undergraduate Research: A maximum of 9 credits of undergraduate research (CHEM E 299, CHEM E 499, of which no more than 3 credits may be CHEM 299) may count toward engineering electives. In order to take CHEM E 499, students must have a GPA in chemical engineering core courses of 3.00 or higher. Students completing research in other engineering departments should register through their PI and then submit the form on the ChemE canvas page for it to be programmed as providing credit.
Internship and Coop credits: Students can earn up to 4 credits of ENGR 321 to count as an engineering elective from internships, with 2 credits per quarter of full time work. It is imperative that students work with the Career Center @Engineering before the quarter they hope to receive credit in order to register. Credit is not retroactive.
NME Electives: Courses marked with (*) have been pre-approved to count toward the NME option. Students may submit additional courses for consideration by emailing the course number and description to chemeadv@uw.edu. Courses submitted for consideration should have a significant emphasis on molecular or nano-science/engineering and have a level of rigor appropriate for junior or senior level students. (i.e., be at least identified as a 300 level course)
Applied Mathematics
| AMATH 301 (4cr) |
Beginning Scientific Computing |
Aeronautics and Astronautics
| AA 210 (4 cr) |
Engineering Statics |
Bioengineering
Note - many of these courses list BIOEN 315 as prerequisites, but they waive that for ChemE students who have completed CHEM E 310, and often waive other prerequisites as well. There's no need to plan on taking a number of preparatory BIOEN courses for most of these courses.
| BIOEN 215 (3) |
Intro to Bioengineering Problem Solving |
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BIOEN 420 (4)
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Medical Imaging |
| BIOEN 440 (4) |
Introduction to Biomechanics |
| BIOEN 467 (3) |
Biochemical Engineering (w/CHEM E 467) |
| BIOENG 488 (4) |
Computational Protein Design* |
| BIOEN 490 (3) |
Engr. Materials for Biomedical Appls. (w/CHEM E 490) |
| BIOEN 491 (3) |
Controlled Release Systems (w/CHEM E 491)* |
| BIOEN 492 (3) |
Surface Analysis (w/CHEM E 458)* |
| BIOEN 493 (3) |
Advanced Surface Analysis (w/CHEM E 493)* |
Bioresource Science and Engineering
| BSE 406 (5) |
Natural Products Chemistry |
| BSE 420 (4) |
Bioresource Engineering I |
| BSE 426 (4) |
Bioresource Laboratory |
| BSE 430 (5) |
Papermaking Processes |
| BSE 436 (4) |
Bioresource Laboratory II |
| BSE 480 (4) |
Bioresource Design I |
| BSE 481 (5) |
Bioresource Design II |
Chemical Engineering
| CHEM E 301 (1) |
Leadership Seminar |
| CHEM E 309 (2) |
Creativity and Innovation (w/BSE 309) |
| CHEM E 341 (3) |
Energy and Environment I (w/ME/ PHYS/ ENVIR 341) |
| CHEM E 355 (3) |
Biological Frameworks for Engineers |
| CHEM E 375 (2) |
Chemical Engineering Computer Skills |
| CHEM E 442 (3) |
Renewable Energy (w/ME/PHYS/ENVIR 342) |
| CHEM E 434 (3) |
Physiological Transport Processes* |
| CHEM E 445 (3) |
Fuel Cell Engineering |
| CHEM E 458 (3) |
Surface Analysis (w/BIOEN 492)* |
| CHEM E 461 (3) |
Electrochemical Engineering* |
| CHEM E 467 (3) |
Biochemical Engineering (w/BIOEN 467)* |
| CHEM E 481 (3) |
Process Optimization |
| CHEM E 482 (3) |
Advanced Topics in Process Control |
| CHEM E 484 (3) |
Electronic and Optoelectronic Polymers* |
| CHEM E 490 (3) |
Engineering Materials for Biomedical Appls. (w/BIOEN 490)* |
| CHEM E 491 (3) |
Controlled Release Systems (w/BIOEN 491)* |
| CHEM E 493 (3) |
Advanced Surface Analysis (w/BIOEN 493)* |
| CHEM E 497 (x) |
Special Projects in Chemical Engineering Design |
| CHEM E 499 (x) |
Undergraduate Research |
| CHEM E 510 (4) |
Mathematical Found. of Systems Theory (w/AA 546/EE/ME 510) |
| CHEM E 511 (1) |
Biomaterials Seminar (w/BIOEN 511) |
| CHEM E 554 (3) |
Nanoscale Science I: Contact Mechanics and Rheology* |
| CHEM E 560 (3) |
Reactions at Solid Surfaces |
| CHEM E 591 (1) |
Robotics and Control Systems Colloquium (w/AA/EE/ME 591) |
Chemistry
| CHEM 429 (3 cr) |
Chemical Separation Techniques |
| CHEM 460 (3) |
Spectroscopic Molecular Identification |
Civil and Environmental Engineering
| CEE 220 (4 cr) |
Intro. to Mechanics of Materials |
| CEE 291 (2 cr) |
Introduction to AutoCAD for Civil Engineers |
| CEE 307 (5) |
Construction Engineering |
| CEE 327 (5) |
Transportation Engineering |
| CEE 348 (4) |
Hydrology and Environmental Fluid Mechanics |
| CEE 349 (3) |
Case Studies in Environmental Engineering |
| CEE 352 (5) |
Introduction to Microbial Principles in Environmental Engineering |
| CEE 354 (5) |
Introduction to Chemical Principles in Environmental Engineering |
| CEE 356 (4) |
Quantitative and Conceptual Tools for Sustainability |
| CEE 357 (5) |
Environmental Engineering |
| CEE 337 (5) |
Constructional Materials |
| CEE 367 (4) |
Geotechnical Engineering |
| CEE 377 (3) |
Introduction to Structural Design |
| CEE 390 (3) |
Civil Engineering Systems |
| CEE 409 (5) |
Engineering Rome: Study Abroad |
| CEE 420 (3) |
Engineering with Developing Communities (DIV) |
| CEE 462 (3) |
Applied Limnology and Pollutant Effects on Fresh Water |
| CEE 480 (3) |
Air-Quality Model |
| CEE 482 (3) |
Wastewater Treatment and Reuse |
| CEE 484 (3) |
Decentralized On-Site Wastewater Disposal and Reuse |
| CEE 487 (3) |
Solid-Waste Disposal |
| CEE 488 (3) |
Hazardous Wastes Engineering |
| CEE 490 (4) |
Air-Pollution Control |
| CEE 493 (3) |
Air Pollution Source Testing and Equipment Eval. |
Computer Science & Engineering
| CSE 143 (5 cr) |
Computer Programming II |
| CSE 160 (4) |
Data Programming |
| CSE 163 (4) |
Intermediate Data Programming |
| CSE 373 (4) |
Data Structures/Algorithms |
| CSE 410 (4) |
Computer Systems |
| CSE 412 (4) |
Introduction to Data Visualization |
| CSE 413 (4) |
Programming Languages and their Implementation |
| CSE 414 (4) |
Introduction to Database Systems |
| CSE 416 (4) |
Introduction to Machine Learning |
| CSE 417 (3) |
Algorithms and computational complexity |
Electrical Engineering
| E E 215 (4 cr) |
Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering |
| E E 233 (5) |
Circuit Theory |
| E E 235 (5) |
Continuous Time Linear Systems |
| E E 486 |
Fundamentals of Integrated Circuit Technology* |
Industrial Engineering
| IND E 250 (4 cr) |
Fundamentals of Engineering Economy |
| IND E 315 (3) |
Probability and Statistics for Engineers |
Materials Science and Engineering
| MSE 298 (1 cr) |
Introduction to Modern Materials |
| MSE 170 (4) |
Fundamentals of Materials Science |
| MSE 333 |
Materials Characterization* |
| MSE 463 (3) |
Corrosion and Wear of Materials |
| MSE 481 |
Science and Technology of Nanostructures* |
| MSE 483 (2) |
Nanomedicine* |
Mechanical Engineering
| ME 123 (4 cr) |
Introduction to Visualization and Computer-Aided Design (also VLPA) |
| ME 230 (4) |
Kinematics and Dynamics |
| ME 341 (3) |
Energy and Environment I (w/CHEM E/PHYS/ENVIR 341) |
| ME 373 (5) |
Intro. to System Dynamics |
| ME 374 (5) |
Systems Dynamic Analysis and Design |
| ME 406 (3) |
Corrosion and Surface Treatment of Materials |
| ME 410 |
Nanodevices: Design and Manufacture* |
| ME 414, 416 |
Engineering Innovation in Health |
| ME 426 (3) |
Renewable Energy II |
| ME 430 (4) |
Adv. Energy Conversion Systems |
| ME 469 (4) |
Applications of Dynamics in Engineering |
| ME 471 (4) |
Automatic Control |
| ME 559 (3) |
Intro. to Fracture Mechanics |
| ME 568 |
Active and Sensing Materials* |
Nano and Molecular Engineering
| NME 220 (4 cr) |
Intro. to Molecular & Nanoscale Principles |
Physics
| PHYS 334 (3 cr) |
Electric Circuits Laboratory |
| PHYS 335 (3) |
Electric Circuits Laboratory |
| PHYS 421 (3) |
Atomic and Molecular Physics* |
| PHYS 423 (3) |
Solid-State Physics* |
| PHYS 433 |
Modern Physics Laboratory - Nuclear and Particle* |
