CBE at University of Pennsylvania

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate CBE coursework.

• CBE 2310Thermodynamics of Fluidsopens 11 courses (4.8 directly)
• CBE 3500Fluid Mechanicsopens 5 courses (1 directly)
• CBE 3510Heat and Mass Transportopens 4 courses (3 directly)
• CBE 3710Separation Processesopens 3 courses (2 directly)
• CBE 4790Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineeringopens 2 courses (2 directly)
• CBE 4000Introduction to Product and Process Designopens 1 course (1 directly)

The map

Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate CBE work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.

Showing the 31 CBE and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 113 more CBE courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in CBE. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 5 courses deep, ending at CBE 4590

  1. CBE 2300Material and Energy Balances of Chemical Processes
  2. CBE 3500Fluid Mechanics
  3. CBE 3510Heat and Mass Transport
  4. CBE 4000Introduction to Product and Process Design
  5. CBE 4590Product and Process Design Projects

• 4 courses deep, ending at CBE 4800

  1. CBE 2300Material and Energy Balances of Chemical Processes
  2. CBE 2310Thermodynamics of Fluids
  3. CBE 4790Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering

• 2 courses deep, ending at CBE 3250

  1. CHEM 1011Introduction to General Chemistry I
  2. CBE 3250Renewable Energy

• 2 courses deep, ending at CBE 5140

  1. MATH 2400Calculus, Part III
  2. CBE 5140Data Science and Machine Learning in Chemical Engineering

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for CBE yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under CBE yet.

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Department events

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