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Chemical Engineering at Columbia Engineering: what LionPlan checks

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The groups below are the ones LionPlan actually checks for this program. They were transcribed from the 2026-2027 Bulletin. Confirm them with your school before you register.

  1. Calculus

    All of these

    All of these: MATH UN1101, MATH UN1102, APMA E2000.

    All three. APMA E2000 carries a required 0-point recitation, APMA E2001, which is not matched here.

  2. Differential Equations

    Choose N

    Choose 1 of: MATH UN2030, APMA E2101.

    One of the two, taken in semester IV.

  3. Math Elective

    Choose N

    Choose 1 of: APMA E3101, MATH UN2010, APMA E3102, APMA E4150, APMA E4300, STAT GU4001.

    One math elective, taken in semester VI. The Bulletin's list is open-ended — "or another course approved by the major adviser" — so a course your adviser approved that is not one of these six will not match here.

  4. Physics

    One sequence

    One sequence: Sequence 1 (PHYS UN1401, PHYS UN1402), or Sequence 2 (PHYS UN1601, PHYS UN1602), or Sequence 3 (PHYS UN2801, PHYS UN2802).

    One complete two-term physics sequence, both terms of whichever you pick.

  5. Physics Laboratory

    Choose N

    Choose 1 of: PHYS UN1494, PHYS UN3081.

    One physics laboratory, taken in semester III. Unlike the other engineering degrees this one does not accept a chemistry laboratory here — your general chemistry laboratory is already inside the chemistry sequence.

  6. Chemistry

    One sequence

    One sequence: Sequence 1 (CHEM UN1403, CHEM UN1500, CHEM UN1404, CHEM UN2443), or Sequence 2 (CHEM UN1604, CHEM UN1507, CHEM UN2443), or Sequence 3 (CHEM UN2045, CHEM UN2046, CHEM UN1507).

    One complete chemistry sequence, every course of whichever you pick. Sequences 1 and 2 run on into Organic Chemistry I in semester III; sequence 3 covers organic chemistry in the first year instead and does not take CHEM UN2443. Each sequence carries its own general chemistry laboratory — CHEM UN1500 in sequence 1, CHEM UN1507 in sequences 2 and 3 — so there is no separate general chemistry laboratory requirement.

  7. Advanced Natural Science Laboratory

    Points

    3 points matching including CHEM UN2493, CHEM UN2496, CHEM UN2543, CHEM UN2545, CHEM UN3085, BIOL UN2501, EEEB UN3015.

    3 points total, taken in semester V. Two of the options are 1.5-point half-laboratories that pair to make the 3 points. CHEM UN2493 and EEEB UN3015 are stored in our catalog with no point value, so they will under-count here until that is fixed. The Bulletin also allows "another course approved by the major adviser", which is not checked, and CHEM UN2543 is offered by the Bulletin but is not in our catalog.

  8. Chemical Engineering Core

    All of these

    All of these: CHEN E1000, CHEN E2100, CHEN E3020, CHEN E3110, CHEE E3010, CHEN E3230, CHEN E4140, CHEN E4500, CHEN E4300, CHEN E3810.

    All ten. CHEE E3010 is the one course in the core that is not a CHEN course — Principles of Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics is listed under CHEE. CHEN E3810 is the chemical engineering laboratory, taken in the final semester.

  9. Engineering Foundations

    All of these

    All of these: ENGI E1006, ENGI E1102.

    Computing and The Art of Engineering. ENGI E1006 is named with no alternative for chemical engineering students — unlike Mechanical Engineering and Operations Research, this page offers no COMS W1004 substitute. ELEN E1201 is not required for this degree. Principles of Economics is also required and is tracked on the Liberal Arts Core rather than repeated here.

  10. Technical Electives

    Attested

    You confirm this yourself. 21 points — 7 courses — of technical electives in the third and fourth years, split by the department into one thermodynamics elective, one transport elective, three engineering technical electives (at least one with a BMCH, CHEN, CHEE, CHAP or MECH designator) and two advanced STEM electives. Technical electives are generally 3000 level or above, with a few named exceptions including PHYS UN1403, PHYS UN2601, BIOL UN2005, BIOL UN2006, BIOL UN2501 and CHEM UN2444. Every category is defined as "qualifying courses are determined by Chemical Engineering advisors", and the full approved list is on the departmental website rather than in the Bulletin, so this one is yours to confirm. Up to 6 points of CHEN E3900 may count; more than 3 points of research requires a thesis.

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