Dec 19, 2024

2024-2025 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog

Petroleum Engineering, BSPE, Smart Oilfield Concentration

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Degree Awarded:	Total Credit Hours:
Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering	137
Career Opportunities:
Petro-chemical industry, Oil and gas companies, research facilities, private engineering and consulting firms
Note(s):
• A grade of “C” or better is required in all major department (PETE) and engineering courses that are used toward the degree. • A minimum of 2.0 cumulative average (major GPA) is required on all hours attempted in the major department (PETE) and engineering courses that apply toward the degree. • Students are responsible for completing all course prerequisites before enrolling in a course.

Freshman Year, First Semester (17 credit hours)

UNIV 100 - First Year Seminar Credit Hours: 3
CHEM 107 - General Chemistry I Credit Hours: 3
ENGL 101 - Introduction to Academic Writing Credit Hours: 3
GEOL 111 - Introduction to the Earth Credit Hours: 4
or GEOL 105 - Our Earth Credit Hours: 3
and GEOL 107 - Our Earth Laboratory Credit Hours: 1
MATH 270 - Calculus I Credit Hours: 4

Freshman Year, Second Semester (17 credit hours)

CHEM 108 - General Chemistry II Credit Hours: 3
CHEM 115 - General Chemistry Laboratory Credit Hours: 2
ENGL 102 - Writing and Research About Culture Credit Hours: 3
MATH 301 - Calculus II Credit Hours: 4
PETE 101 - Introduction to Petroleum Engineering Credit Hours: 1
PHYS 201 - General Physics I Credit Hours: 4

Sophomore Year, First Semester (18 credit hours)

ENGR 201 - Electrical Circuits Credit Hours: 3
ENGR 218 - Statics and Strength of Materials Credit Hours: 3
GEOL 315 - Structural Geology for Engineers Credit Hours: 4
MATH 350 - Differential Equations Credit Hours: 3
PETE 215 - Programming Fundamentals for Petroleum Engineers Credit Hours: 2

English Literature (3 credit hours)

Choose from the General Education Curriculum list of Literature courses in consultation with academic advisor.

Sophomore Year, Second Semester (16 credit hours)

ENGR 301 - Thermodynamics Credit Hours: 3
ENGR 305 - Transport Phenomena Credit Hours: 3
PETE 211 - Drilling Fluids Credit Hours: 3
and PETE 212 - Drilling Fluids Laboratory Credit Hours: 1
STAT 325 - Introduction to Probability and Statistics Credit Hours: 3

History (3 credit hours)

Choose from the General Education Curriculum list of History courses, excluding HIST 490 , in consultation with academic advisor.

Junior Year, First Semester (19 credit hours)

ECON 300 - Fundamentals of Economics Credit Hours: 3
or ECON 201 - Principles of Macroeconomics Credit Hours: 3
or ECON 202 - Principles of Microeconomics Credit Hours: 3
ENGL 365 - Technical Writing Credit Hours: 3
PETE 311 - Drilling Engineering Credit Hours: 3
and PETE 312 - Drilling and Well Control Laboratory Credit Hours: 1
PETE 321 - Phase Behavior of Hydrocarbon Systems Credit Hours: 3
STAT 427G - Statistical Methods for Researchers I Credit Hours: 3

Biology (3 credit hours)

BIOL 110 - Fundamentals of Biology I Credit Hours: 3
BIOL 111 - Fundamentals of Biology II Credit Hours: 3
BIOL 121 - Biological Principles and Issues I Credit Hours: 3
BIOL 122 - Biological Principles and Issues II Credit Hours: 3
BIOL 300 - Conservation of Natural Resources Credit Hours: 3
BIOL 303 - Sociobiology Credit Hours: 3
BIOL 304 - Plants and Human Affairs Credit Hours: 3
ENVS 150 - Plant Science Credit Hours: 3

Junior Year, Second Semester (17 credit hours)

ECON 430G - Industrial Economics and Finance Credit Hours: 3
PETE 313 - Petrophysics and Formation Evaluation Credit Hours: 3
and PETE 314 - Petrophysics and Formation Evaluation Laboratory Credit Hours: 1
PETE 315 - Smart Drilling Design and Optimization Credit Hours: 3
PETE 322 - Reservoir Fluid Flow Credit Hours: 3
and PETE 323 - Reservoir Mechanics Laboratory Credit Hours: 1

Fine Arts (3 credit hours)

Choose from the General Education Curriculum list of Fine Arts courses in consultation with academic advisor.

Senior Year, First Semester (16 credit hours)

PETE 401 - Senior Design Project I Credit Hours: 2
PETE 403G - Applications of Machine Learning in Petroleum Engineering Credit Hours: 3
PETE 411G - Well Planning and Construction Credit Hours: 3
PETE 421G - Reservoir Engineering Credit Hours: 3
and PETE 422 - Reservoir Laboratory Credit Hours: 1
PETE 431G - Petroleum Production Engineering Credit Hours: 3
and PETE 432 - Petroleum Production Laboratory Credit Hours: 1

Senior Year, Second Semester (17 credit hours)

PETE 402 - Senior Design Project II Credit Hours: 2
PETE 423 - Improved Petroleum Recovery Processes Credit Hours: 3
PETE 424 - Petroleum Project Economics, Risk Analysis, and Property Evaluation Credit Hours: 3
PETE 433 - Natural Gas Engineering Credit Hours: 3
PETE 434 - Well Completion Credit Hours: 3

Smart Oilfield Concentration Elective (3 credit hours)

ENGR 415G - Computational Fluid Dynamics Credit Hours: 3
PETE 435 - Applications of Numerical Methods in Petroleum Engineering Credit Hours: 3
PETE 440G - Geological Carbon Storage with Data-Analytics Applications Credit Hours: 3
PETE 480G - Petroleum Engineering Computer Applications Credit Hours: 3

General Education Curriculum

English (6 cr)	Mathematics (6 cr)	Natural Sciences (9 cr)	Social/Behavioral Sci (6 cr)
ENGL 101 ENGL 102	MATH 270 MATH 301	CHEM 107 CHEM 108 and Choose 3 cr from the list below	ECON 430G and Choose 3 cr from the list below
History (3 cr)	Fine Arts (3 cr)	Communication (3 cr)	Literature (3 cr)
Choose from the Gen Ed Course List (excl HIST 490 )	Choose from the Gen Ed Course List	ENGL 365	Choose from the Gen Ed Course List

Natural Sciences: BIOL 110 , BIOL 111 , BIOL 121 , BIOL 122 , BIOL 300 , BIOL 303 , BIOL 304 , or ENVS 150
Social/Behavioral Science: ECON 201 , ECON 202 , or ECON 300

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Petroleum Engineering, BSPE, Smart Oilfield Concentration

Freshman Year, First Semester (17 credit hours)

Freshman Year, Second Semester (17 credit hours)

Sophomore Year, First Semester (18 credit hours)

English Literature (3 credit hours)

Sophomore Year, Second Semester (16 credit hours)

History (3 credit hours)

Junior Year, First Semester (19 credit hours)

Biology (3 credit hours)

Junior Year, Second Semester (17 credit hours)

Fine Arts (3 credit hours)

Senior Year, First Semester (16 credit hours)

Senior Year, Second Semester (17 credit hours)

Smart Oilfield Concentration Elective (3 credit hours)

General Education Curriculum

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Petroleum Engineering, BSPE, Smart Oilfield Concentration

Freshman Year, First Semester (17 credit hours)

Freshman Year, Second Semester (17 credit hours)

Sophomore Year, First Semester (18 credit hours)

English Literature (3 credit hours)

Sophomore Year, Second Semester (16 credit hours)

History (3 credit hours)

Junior Year, First Semester (19 credit hours)

Biology (3 credit hours)

Junior Year, Second Semester (17 credit hours)

Fine Arts (3 credit hours)

Senior Year, First Semester (16 credit hours)

Senior Year, Second Semester (17 credit hours)

Smart Oilfield Concentration Elective (3 credit hours)

General Education Curriculum