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Mission Statement, Educational Objectives and Educational Outcomes

B.S. Degree Program in Chemical Engineering

Mission Statement: The Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University of Colorado seeks to instill in its students an education in the principles and practice of chemical engineering that will serve a broad and dynamic range of career paths and provide a foundation for lifelong professional growth.

Educational Objective: The primary educational objective of the undergraduate program in chemical engineering is that our alumni achieve rewarding careers in chemical engineering or related fields.

Program Goals and Outcomes: The Department strives to provide our graduating students with the knowledge, training, and opportunity prerequisite to achieving this educational objective.  In doing so, the Department establishes the following Program Goals:

  • educate students in chemical engineering fundamentals and practice.

  • train students in chemical process and product design.

  • train students in critical thinking and in the identification, formulation, and solution of open-ended engineering problems.

  • help students be award of their responsibility to conduct ethical, safe, and environmentally-conscious engineering.

  • train students to be good communicators and function effectively as individuals and in teams.

  • provide students with knowledge of contemporary issues and understanding of the impact of engineering practices in global and societal contexts.

  • teach students the necessity for and tools for continued, lifelong learning.

To fulfill these Program Goals, which we are preparing our graduates to achieve three to five years after graduation, the Department has defined several Program-Specific Outcomes that we expect our students to have attained upon graduation:

  • a thorough grounding in chemistry with a working knowledge of advanced chemistry, such as organic, inorganic, physical, analytical, materials chemistry, or biochemistry, selected as appropriate to the goals of the program

  • material and energy balances applied to chemical processes

  • thermodynamics of physical and chemical equilibria

  • heat, mass and momentum transfer

  • chemical reaction engineering

  • continuous and stage-wise separation operations

  • process dynamics and control

  • process design

  • appropriate modern experimental techniques

  • appropriate modern computing techniques

  • safety and environmental aspects of the topics above.

B.S. Degree Program in Chemical and Biological Engineering

Mission Statement: The Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University of Colorado seeks to instill in its students an education in the principles and practice of chemical and biological engineering that will serve a broad and dynamic range of career paths and provide a foundation for lifelong professional growth.

Educational Objective: The primary educational objective of the undergraduate program in chemical and biological engineering is that our alumni achieve rewarding careers in chemical and biological engineering or related fields.

Program Goals and Outcomes: The Department strives to provide our graduating students with the knowledge, training, and opportunity prerequisite to achieving this educational objective.  In doing so, the Department establishes the following Program Goals:

  • educate students in chemical engineering fundamentals and practice

  • educate students in the application of biological science to chemical engineering fundamentals and practice.

  • train students in chemical process and product design.

  • train students in critical thinking and in the identification, formulation, and solution of open-ended engineering problems.

  • help students be award of their responsibility to conduct ethical, safe, and environmentally-conscious engineering.

  • train students to be good communicators and function effectively as individuals and in teams.

  • provide student with knowledge of contemporary issues and understanding of the impact of engineering practices in global and societal contexts.

  • teach students the necessity for and tools for continued, lifelong learning.

To fulfill these Program Goals, which we are preparing our graduates to achieve three to five years after graduation, the Department has defined several Program-Specific Outcomes that we expect our students to have attained upon graduation:

  • a thorough grounding in mathematical skills required to carry out engineering computations

  • a thorough grounding in chemistry and biochemistry with a working knowledge of advanced chemistry, such a organic, inorganic, physical, analytical, or materials chemistry, selected as appropriate to the goals of the program

  • material and energy balances applied to chemical processes

  • thermodynamics of physical and chemical equilibria

  • heat, mass and momentum transfer

  • chemical reaction engineering

  • continuous and stage-wise separation operations

  • biological systems and biological kinetics

  • biochemical separations

  • process dynamics and control

  • process design

  • appropriate modern experimental techniques

  • appropriate modern computing techniques

  • safety and environmental aspects of the topics above