Graduate Catalog 1993-1994
College of Engineering
Department of Chemical Engineering
Requirements for the Master's Degree

   To develop the skills that recipients of master's degrees are
expected to possess and use effectively, students enroll in courses
that sharpen their analytic tools and provide practice in the
application of these to engineering problems. They may also select
studies that develop an appreciation for society's constraints on, and
opportunities for, science and technology. The M.Ch.E. program is
typically elected by students wishing to carry out industrial design
analysis or process and product development, and by some students who
continue their studies toward the Ph.D. The formal requirements of 24
credit hours of course work and a 6-credit-hour thesis for the M.Ch.E.
degree are substantial and are recognized as such by industrial
organizations. We also offer a M.Ch.E. degree after 30 credit hours of
appropriate course work.
   One of the M.Ch.E. programs unique to Delaware nationally is our
industrial internship, in which full-time students carry out their
thesis work in an industrial organization under the supervision of
senior practicing engineers who hold adjunct faculty positions at the
University. Our location provides access to many major industrial
processing and design centers; for some master's candidates this
experience is preferable to a conventional research-oriented
dissertation; it may be used as a prelude to a Ph.D. program. The
internship program is restricted to U.S. citizens.