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Petroleum Engineering Curriculum

Freshman Year - Fall Semester

Course		Hours
CH 1211	Inv. in Chemistry	1
CH 1213	Fund. of Chemistry	3
PTE 1101	Intro to Petroleum Engineering*	1
EN 1103	English Comp. I	3
MA 1713	Calculus I	3
	Humanities Elective	3
	Social Science Elective	3
Total Credit Hours		17

Freshman Year - Spring Semester

Course		Hours
CH 1221	Inv. in Chemistry	1
CH 1223	Fund. of Chemistry	3
CHE 2213	CHE Analysis**	3
EN 1113	English Comp. II	3
MA 1723	Calculus II	3
PH 2213	Physics I	3

Total Credit Hours		16

Sophomore Year - Fall Semester

Course		Hours
CHE 2114	Mass and Energy Balances	4
MA 2733	Calculus III	3
CHE 3203	Fluids Unit Operations*	3
EM 2413	Engineering Mechanics I	3
PTE 3953	Reservoir Rock Properties*	3

Total Credit Hours		16

Sophomore Year - Spring Semester

Course		Hours
MA 2743	Calculus IV	3
PTE 3902	PTE Lab I**	2
EM 3213	Mechanics of Materials	3
PTE 3903	Reservoir Fluid Properties**	3
IE 4613	Engineering Statistics I	3
CHE 3113	Thermo I	3
Total Credit Hours		17

Junior Year - Fall Semester

Course		Hours
PTE 3963	Drilling*	3
PTE 4953	Formation Evaluation*	3
PTE 3973	Petroleum Production*	3
PTE 3912	PTE Lab II*	2
MA 3253	Differential Equations	3
IE 3913	Engineering Economy I	3
Total Credit Hours		17

Junior Year - Spring Semester

Course		Hours
PTE 4923	Completion Design**	3
PTE 4903	Reservoir Engineering I**	3
PTE 4993	Petroleum Economic Analysis**	3
CHE 3213	Heat Transfer	3
GG 4413	Structural Geology	3

Total Credit Hours		15

Senior Year - Fall Semester

Course		Hours
PTE 4913	Reservoir Engineering II*	3
GE 3513	Technical Writing	3
GG	Geology Elective	3
	Technical Elective	3
CHE 3413	Engineering Materials*	3
Total Credit Hours		15

Senior Year - Spring Semester

Course		Hours
PTE 4963	Oil Recovery Methods**	3
PTE 4983	Capstone Design in PTE**	3
	Humanities Elective	3
	Social Science Elective	3
	Fine Arts Elective	3
Total Credit Hours		15