Undergraduate Course Syllabi

This page offers syllabi for courses regularly offered by the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering. 

For a complete list and descriptions of chemical and biological engineering courses, please visit CU Boulder's official course catalog for biological engineering and chemical engineering.

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BIEN 2810 (3). Biology for Engineers

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BIEN 3800 (3). Fundamentals of Biotechnology

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BIEN 4802 (3). Tissue Engineering and Biofabrication

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BIEN 4805 (3). Biomaterials

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BIEN 4810 (3). Biological Engineering Laboratory

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BIEN 4820 (3). Biochemical Separations

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BIEN 4830 (3). Biokinetics

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BIEN 4838 Special Topics in Biological Engineering: Drug Delivery

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CHEN 1000 (3). Creative Technology

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CHEN 1100 (3). Gourmet Science: Exploring Chemistry, Biology, and Technology through Food

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CHEN 1201 (4). General Chemistry for Engineers 1

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CHEN 1203 (2). General Chemistry for Engineers 2

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CHEN 1211 (4). Accelerated Chemistry for Engineers

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CHEN 1300 (1). Introduction to Chemical Engineering

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CHEN 1310 (3). Introduction to Computing for Engineers

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CHEN 2120 (3). Chemical Engineering Material and Energy Balances

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CHEN 3010 (3). Applied Data Analysis

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CHEN 3200 (3). Chemical Engineering Fluid Mechanics

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CHEN 3210 (4). Chemical Engineering Heat and Mass Transfer

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CHEN 3211 (1) Chemical Engineering Mass Transfer

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CHEN 3220 (3). Chemical Engineering Separations

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CHEN 3320 (3). Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics

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CHEN 4010 (2). Chemical Engineering Senior Thesis 1

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CHEN 4090 (1). Undergraduate Seminar

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CHEN 4130 (3). Chemical Engineering Laboratory

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CHEN 4330 (3). Chemical Engineering Kinetics and Reactor Design 

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CHEN 4440 (3). Chemical Engineering Materials

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CHEN 4460 (3). Polymer Engineering

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CHEN 4480 (3). Solar Cells and Optical Devices for Sustainable Buildings

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CHEN 4520 (3). Chemical Process Synthesis

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CHEN 4521 (3). Physical Chemistry for Engineers

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CHEN 4530 (2). Chemical Engineering Design Project

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CHEN 4570 (4). Process Dynamics and Control

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CHEN 4630 (1). Intellectual Property Law and Engineering

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CHEN 4836 (3). Nanomaterials

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CHEN 4838 (1-4). Special Topics in Chemical Engineering

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This page was updated on Oct. 11, 2025.