Petroleum Engineering

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.

Information appearing in this guide is subject to change. Please talk with your departmental advisor about degree requirements on a regular basis. A recommended 5-year course sequence is also available.

**First year - fall**
Course	Course Title	Hours
C&PE 127	Intro. to Petro. Engineering Profession	1
CHEM 130^H	Foundations of Chemistry I	5
ENGL 101	Composition*	3
MATH 125^H	Calculus I	4
	KU Core Elective^H	3
	TOTAL HOURS	16

**First year - Spring**
Course	Course Title	Hours
GEOL 101	The Way the Earth Works .	3
GEOL 103	Fundamentals of Geology Laboratory	2
CHEM 135^H	Foundations of Chemistry II	5
ENGL 102^H	Critical Reading & Writing *	3
MATH 126^H	Calculus II	4
	TOTAL HOURS	17

**Second year - Fall**
Course	Course Title	Hours
C&PE 211	Material & Energy Balances	4
MATH 290^H	Elementary Linear Algebra	2
MATH 220^H	Applied Differential Equations	3
PHSX 210^H	General Physics I for Engineers	3
PHSX 216	General Physics I Laboratory	1
	Basic Science or Engineering Elective	2
	TOTAL HOURS	15

**Second year - Spring**
Course	Course Title	Hours
C&PE 221	Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics	3
C&PE 327	Reservoir Engineering I	4
C&PE 325	Numerical Methods and Statistics	3
MATH 127^H	Calculus III	4
PHSX 212	General Physics II	3
	TOTAL HOURS	17

**Third year - fall**
Course	Course Title	Hours
C&PE 511	Momentum Transfer	3
C&PE 527	Reservoir Engineering II	4
C&PE 528	Well Logging	3
ME 211	Statics	3
ENGL 203	Topics in Reading and Writing: Writing for Engineers	3
PHSX 236	General Physics II Laboratory	1
	TOTAL HOURS	17

**Third year - Spring**
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 Elective	3
GEOL 332	Sedimentology for Petroleum Engineers	4
	TOTAL HOURS	17

**Fourth year - fall**
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	6
	TOTAL HOURS	16

**Fourth year - spring**
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
	TOTAL HOURS	12

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^H or PHSX 211^H
GE 1.2 QUANTITATIVE LITERACY: MATH 125^H

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^H
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

2023-2024 Curriculum