Undergraduate Program Handbook - Department of Chemical ...

major. A student who fails to obtain approval will be blocked from registration, removed from the inappropriate
course(s) and/or required to register for a prescribed schedule of courses.
SCHOLASTIC PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS BY CLASSIFICATION
The University classifies students with less than 30 credit hours as freshmen (U1), 30 to 60 hours as
sophomores (U2), 60 to 90 hours as juniors (U3), and 90 hours or more as seniors (U4). The Department of
Chemical Engineering imposes additional requirements for students to be accepted into, and progress through,
the Chemical Engineering curriculum, based upon classification with regard to the courses which have been
completed in the curriculum, as follows.
LOWER LEVEL (CHEL) PERFORMANCE
First Year Chemical Engineering lower level (CHEL) students will not be permitted to enroll in any upper level
Chemical Engineering course (CHEN) until they have complete the Common Body of Knowledge (CBK) with no
grade below a C and a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.75 in these courses, as well as an overall Texas A&M GPA of
2.75 or higher. The department will advance 160 total students per year. Upper level admissions for students
with a GPA below 2.75 in the CBK courses may be done on a space available basis, at the discretion of the
department.
When calculating the CBK GPA, Chemical Engineering includes transfer grades, but not credit-by-exam (i.e. AP).
CBK courses in which a D or F is made must be repeated, with the higher course grade used in the calculation.
Repeating CBK courses in which credit has been earned (grades of B or C) will not change the CBK GPA
calculations.
Students who are unable to make satisfactory progress toward promotion to the upper-level will be placed on
probation through the department and allowed one term in order to either meet the criteria or select another
degree program. At a minimum, satisfactory progress requires completion of 75 percent of attempted course
credit hours. Students are expected to take course work that applies toward the major.
To pre-register for upper level courses, you must have your upper level application on file, and meet the
standards for consideration. Upper level entry requirements are MANDATORY and must be completed for
enrollment in upper level (CHEN) classes. Students who fail to meet upper level requirements after registration
shall not be permitted to remain enrolled in upper level chemical engineering courses. CHEN 204 will only be
taught during Fall terms, so students must plan their course work accordingly.
UPPER-LEVEL (CHEN) PERFORMANCE
CHEN STUDENTS MUST CONTINUE TO MAKE SATISFACTORY PROGRESS TOWARD COMPLETION OF ALL DEGREE
REQUIREMENTS. STUDENTS MUST PASS ALL CHEN COURSES WITH A C OR BETTER.
Second Year Chemical Engineering students who have been admitted to upper-level (CHEN) status but who
have not completed all 200-level CHEN courses, are classified as Chemical Engineering sophomores regardless
of the total number of credit hours they have earned. All students are required to complete CHEN 204, CHEN
205 and CHEN 282 with a grade of C or better, and maintain an overall GPA of 2.0 or higher, before being
allowed to enroll in third year CHEN (300-level) courses.
Third Year Chemical Engineering students who have successfully completed all 200-level CHEN courses, but
have not completed all of the 300-level CHEN courses in the Chemical Engineering curriculum, are classified as
Chemical Engineering juniors regardless of the total number of credit hours they have earned. Students must
complete each 300-level CHEN course in the Chemical Engineering curriculum with a grade of C or better, and
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