Accelerated Bachelor's/Master's (ABM) Degree Program

The College of Engineering now offers chemical engineering majors the opportunity to earn a master's degree at an accelerated pace. An undergraduate chemical engineering major who is completing the biomanufacturing concentration can earn a Master of Science degree in biomanufacturing with just one additional year of study. Graduate-level senior elective courses in the CHE–Biomanufacturing curriculum (i.e., 400/500-level courses) can be counted twice to satisfy the requirements of both the B.S. CHE degree and the M.S. Biomanufacturing degree.

Students who wish to complete the Accelerated BS/MS CHE BIOM degree program must have a minimum overall GPA of 3.50 and maintain it throughout their senior year. Candidates can apply for the M.S. degree once they have completed a minimum of 75 credits or a maximum of 96 credits.

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Learn more about the program's additional requirements and application process (PDF).

To explore the accelerated program further, contact BTEC's assistant director for academic programs.

Sample 5-Year course schedule

Year 1

FAll Semester	CR	Spring Semester	CR
CH 101 (or 103) General Chem I	3	CH 201 (or 203) General Chem II	3
CH 102 (or 104) General Chem I Lab	1	CH 202 (or 204) General Chem II Lab	1
E 101 Intro to Engr & Prob Solv	1	MA 241 Calculus II	4
E 115 Intro to Computing Environ	1	PY 205 Physics for Engr & Sc I	3
ENG 101 Academic Writing & Res	4	PY 206 Physics for Engr & Sc I Lab	1
MA 141 Calculus I	4	E 102 Engr in the 21st Cent (GEP IP)	2
HESx 1** Fitness & Wellness	1	HESx (100 or 200 level) Elective	1
Total	15	Total	15

Year 2

FAll Semester	CR	Spring Semester	CR
BEC 220 Intro Biomanufacturing	1	BIO 183 Intro Bio: Cellular & Molecular	4
CH 221 (or 225) Organic Chem I	3	CH 223 (or 227) Organic Chem II	3
CH 222 (or 226) Organic Chem I Lab	1	CH 224 (or 228) Organic Chem II Lab	1
CHE 205 Chemical Proc Prin	4	CHE 225 Chemical Proc Systems	3
MA 242 Calculus III	4	MA 341 Applied Differential Eq	3
PY 208 Physics Engr & Sc II	3	EC 205 Econ (or EC 201 or ARE 201)	3
PY 209 Physics Engr & Sc II Lab	1
Total	17	Total	17

Year 3

FAll Semester	CR	Spring Semester	CR
BCH 451 Intro Biochemistry	4	BEC 426 Industrial Micro & Bioman Lab	2
BEC 425 Found Recomb Micro for Biom	2	BEC 330 Prin & Applications of Biosep	2
BEC 463 Ferm of Recomb Microorg	2	CHE 312 Transport Processes II	3
CHE 311 Transport Processes I	3	CHE 316 Thermo of Chem & Phase Eq	3
CHE 315 Chem Process Thermo	3	Free Elective	3
GEP Requirement	3	GEP Requirement	3
Total	17	Total	16

Year 4

FAll Semester	CR	Spring Semester	CR
BEC 536 Intro. to Downstream Process Development	2	CHE 551 Biochemical Engineering or BEC 575 Global Regulatory Affairs	3
BEC 580 Large Scale Fermentation or BEC 585 Large Scale Recov & Purif	2	CHE 435 Proc System Analy & Control	3
CHE 395 Professional Dev Seminar	1	CHE 451 CHE Design II	3
CHE 447 Bioreactor Engineering	3	Bioethics Course (GEP IP Req)	3
CHE 450 CHE Design I	3	GEP Requirement	2
GEP Requirement	3	BEC 620 Prep. For Industry Internship	2
Total	14	Total	16

Year 5

FAll Semester	CR	Spring Semester	CR
BEC 590 Industry Practicum	3	BEC 575 Global Regulatory Affairs or CHE 551 Biochemical Engineering	3
BEC 580 Large Scale Fermentation or BEC 585 Large Scale Recov & Purif	2	BEC/CHE 577 Adv. Biomanufacturing & Biocatalysis	3
BEC 540 Industrial Expression Systems or BIT 510 Molecular Biology	3-4	BEC 515 Biopharmaceutical Product Characterization or BEC/CHE 588 Cell Culture Engineering	2
ST 515 Statistics for Engineers I	3	ST 516 Statistics for Engineers II or BEC, BIT or CHE 5xx Elective	2-3
Total	12-13	Total	10-11