化学工程选修课旨在教育将在化学工程学或顶尖研究生院中从事专业实践的学生，并最终在不断变化的世界中成为工程，科学，学术界，商业和公共服务领域的领导者。它通过提供广泛而严格的化学工程基础知识培训，同时在课堂讲授和实验室经验之间保持平衡来实现这一目标。该计划还努力培养每个学生的自立能力，创造力，职业道德，对化学工程的社会影响的理解以及持续不断的智力成长的重要性。化学工程教育的一个重要成果是使学生做好准备将研究的许多主题综合到系统，组件，过程或实验的设计中。说明设计过程的问题已整合到核心课程中。这些课程的性质和范
Chemical engineering involves applications of chemistry, physics, mathematics, and, increasingly, biology and biochemistry. In addition to these disciplines, the chemical engineering curriculum includes the study of applied and computational mathematics, fluid mechanics, heat and mass transfer, thermodynamics, chemical kinetics and chemical reactor design, and process control. A chemical engineer may work in the manufacture of inorganic products (ceramics, semiconductors, and other electronic materials), in the manufacture of organic products (polymer fibers, films, coatings, pharmaceuticals, hydrocarbon fuels, and petrochemicals), in other process industries, or in the biotechnology, pharmaceutical, or biomedical industries.