Chemical Engineering, Biological and Pharmaceutical Engineering Emphasis (BS)

Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering Degree

The Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering offers a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering. Additionally, there are four possible areas of emphasis within this chemical engineering program major. These are: biological and pharmaceutical engineering (134 units); materials engineering (134 units); energy and sustainability (134 units); petroleum and subsurface engineering (134 units). An area of emphasis appears in parentheses after the primary major name on the transcript.

Sample student schedules are located on the department web page (chems.usc.edu).

Common Requirements for the BS Degree and All Areas of Emphasis (118 units)

See also common requirements for undergraduate degrees .

Emphasis in Biological and Pharmaceutical Engineering

The requirement for the Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering with an emphasis in Biological and Pharmaceutical Engineering is 134 units. A cumulative grade point average of C (2.0) is required for all upper-division courses applied toward the major, regardless of the department in which the courses are taken. In addition to the common requirements:

• Complete one of the following two courses:

• BISC 320Lg Molecular Biology Units: 4 *

• or

• BISC 330L Biochemistry Units: 4

• * BISC 320Lg also fulfills 4 of the 24 required GE units noted above.

• Students complete three electives from the following list:

• BISC 300L Introduction to Microbiology Units: 4
• BISC 406L Biotechnology Units: 4
• BME 406 Introduction to Bioengineering in Medicine Units: 4
• BME 410L Introduction to Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Units: 4
• BME 430 Principles and Applications of Systems Biology Units: 4
• BME 459L Introduction to Nanomedicine and Drug Delivery Units: 4
• BPSI 402 Biopharmaceutics I Units: 4
• BPSI 403 Biopharmaceutics II Units: 4
• CHE 489 Biochemical Engineering Units: 4
• RXRS 407 The Discovery, Development and Marketing of Medicines Units: 4