
Petroleum Engineering 2021-2022
Petroleum Engineering plays a major role in shaping modern society by providing advanced technology to keep the supply and demand of crude oil met at the national and global level. Drilling technologies are not only used for oil-- precious resources such as natural gas are also extracted using petroleum engineering. KU Chemical and Petroleum Engineering Homepage.
Course | Course Title | Hours |
---|---|---|
C&PE 127 | Intro. to Petro. Engineering Profession | 1 |
CHEM 130H | Foundations of Chemistry I | 5 |
ENGL 101 | Composition* | 3 |
MATH 125H | Calculus I | 4 |
KU Core ElectiveH | 4 | |
TOTAL HOURS | 16 |
Course | Course Title | Hours |
---|---|---|
GEOL 101 | The Way the Earth Works . | 3 |
GEOL 103 | Fundamentals of Geology Laboratory | 2 |
CHEM 135H | Foundations of Chemistry II | 5 |
ENGL 102H | Composition & Literature | 3 |
MATH 126H | Calculus II | 4 |
TOTAL HOURS | 17 |
Course | Course Title | Hours |
---|---|---|
C&PE 211 | Material & Energy Balances | 4 |
C&PE 219 | Drilling Fluids Laboratory | 1 |
MATH 290H | Elementary Linear Algebra | 2 |
MATH 220H | Applied Differential Equations | 3 |
PHSX 210H | General Physics I for Engineers | 3 |
PHSX 216 | General Physics I Laboratory | 1 |
KU Core Electives **H | 3 | |
TOTAL HOURS | 17 |
Course | Course Title | Hours |
---|---|---|
C&PE 327 | Reservoir Engineering I | 4 |
C&PE 325 | Numerical Methods and Statistics | 3 |
MATH 127H | Calculus III | 4 |
C&PE 221 | Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics I | 3 |
PHSX 212 | General Physics II | 3 |
PHSX 236 | General Physics II Laboratory | 1 |
TOTAL HOURS | 18 |
Course | Course Title | Hours |
---|---|---|
C&PE 511 | Momentum Transfer | 3 |
C&PE 527 | Reservoir Engineering II | 3 |
C&PE 528 | Well Logging | 4 |
ME 211 | Statics | 3 |
ENGL 203 | Topics in Reading and Writing: Writing for Engineers | 3 |
TOTAL HOURS | 16 |
Course | Course Title | Hours |
---|---|---|
C&PE 522 | Economic Appraisal of C&PE Projects | 2 |
C&PE 618 | Secondary Recovery | 4 |
C&PE 619 | Petroleum Engineering Lab I | 3 |
C&PE 219 | Drilling Fluids Laboratory | 1 |
ENGR ELECT | Engineering or Science Elective | 3 |
GEOL 332 | Sedimentology for Petroleum Engineers | 4 |
TOTAL HOURS | 17 |
Course | Course Title | Hours |
---|---|---|
C&PE 627 | Petroleum Production | 3 |
C&PE 625 | Unconventional Reservoirs | 3 |
GEOL 535 | Petroleum and Subsurface Geology | 4 |
KU Core Electives **H | 3 | |
TOTAL HOURS | 13 |
Course | Course Title | Hours |
---|---|---|
C&PE 617 | Drilling and Well Completion | 3 |
C&PE 628 | Petroleum Engineering Design | 3 |
C&PE 624 | Process Safety and Sustainability | 3 |
KU Core Elective **H | 3 | |
Engineering Elective | 2 | |
TOTAL HOURS | 14 |
CURRICULUM NOTES
* Or approved KU Core Communication course or experience. ** Students must ensure the electives they choose fulfill all remaining KU Core requirements.
H Honors equivalent course is available.
CORE DISTRIBUTION
GE 1.1 CRITICAL THINKING: PHSX 210 or PHSX 211
GE 1.2 QUANTITATIVE LITERACY: MATH 125
GE 2.1 WRITTEN COMMUNICATION: ENGL 101 & ENGL 102
GE 2.2 ORAL COMMUNICATION: ELECTIVE
GE 3H ARTS & HUMANITIES: ENGL 203
GE 3N NATURAL SCIENCES: CHEM 130
GE 3S SOCIAL SCIENCES: ELECTIVE
AE 4.1 DIVERSITY IN UNITED STATES: ELECTIVE
AE 4.2 GLOBAL AWARENESS: ELECTIVE
AE 5.1 ETHICS & SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY: C&PE 522 & C&PE 624
AE 6.1 INTEGRATION & CREATIVITY: C&PE 628
2021-2022 Curriculum