Transition Program for Non-Chemical or Biomedical Engineering Majors entering the FAMU-FSU CBE Graduate Program
Dr. Sam Grant, Graduate Committee
Department of Chemical & Biomedical Engineering
Approved Wednesday, November 20, 2013
The Graduate Committee of the Department of Chemical & Biomedical Engineering henceforth will institute an accelerated transition program for prospective graduate students who are non-Chemical or Biomedical Engineering Majors. These students would follow the prep curriculum shown below in order to formally enter the FAMU-FSU CBE graduate program.
Target Students:
- Applicants with non-CBE BS degrees in engineering.
- Applicants with Physics BS degrees.
- Applicants with Chemistry or Biology BS degrees having strong math skills (thru Ordinary Differential Equations [ODEs]).
Accepted: Streamline course requirements for non-Chemical or Biomedical Engineering majors
- Require one online course and one accelerated transition course during the preparatory summer prior to graduate student admission:
- ACS online course or equivalent – Beaker to Barrel: Chemical Engineering for Chemists Online Short Course. This course will be replaced in subsequent years by a departmental online course.
- ECH 59XX (Graduate Preparatory) – Combined summer course of Mass & Energy Balances, Transport I & II and Thermodynamics for accelerated preparation for entering students. Two 3-hr 6-week courses (Summer terms B & C) will be taken during the summer before core ECH/BME coursework.
- Required completion of graduate section of ECH 4504 – Kinetics & Reactor Design
| FIRST YEAR | SECOND YEAR | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Summer Semester | 6 | Summer Semester | 6/9 |
| ACS online - ChE for Chemists | 0 | Elective or Thesis hours | 3 |
| ECH 59XX – Prep Course (Mass & Energy Balances, Thermodynamics & Transport) – 13 week course | 6 | Thesis hours | 3 |
| Thesis hours | 3 | ||
| Fall Semester | 12 | Fall Semester | 9 |
| ECH 5052 - Research Methods in Chemical Engineering | 3 | Elective | 3 |
| ECH 5261 - Adv. Transport | 3 | Elective | 3 |
| ECH 5840 - Adv. ChE Math | 3 | Elective | 3 |
| ECH 4504 - Kinetics & Reactor Design | 3 | ||
| Spring Semester | 9 | Spring Semester | 9 |
| ECH 5126 - Adv. Thermo. or BME Cell | 3 | Elective or Thesis hours | 3 |
| Elective | 3 | Elective or Thesis hours | 3 |
| Elective | 3 | Elective or Thesis hours | 3 |
Notes:
- Students having to take any mathematics through differential equations would need to complete these prior to entrance. Students needing a course in ordinary differential equations should take ECH 3301.
- Other graduate electives or thesis hours can be taken during the first two years if prerequisites are met.
- Courses prior to the first Fall Semester would be at the student's expense or supported by CBE based on available funds.
- The qualifying exam would follow the first Spring Semester. MS (course-based) would be awarded after 2nd Spring semester.