Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering

Required 129 credits (36 of which must be numbered 300 or above) including:

I. Essential Studies Requirements (see University ES listing).

II. Petroleum Engineering required courses:  

PTRE 201Introduction to Petroleum Engineering *3
PTRE 301Reservoir Rock Properties *3
PTRE 311Petroleum Fluid Properties *3
PTRE 361Petroleum Engineering Laboratory I *1
PTRE 401Well Logging *3
PTRE 405Petroleum Eng. Economy and Law *3
PTRE 411Drilling Engineering *3
PTRE 421Production Engineering *3
PTRE 431Reservoir Engineering *3
PTRE 445Well Testing *3
PTRE 451Advanced Drilling Engineering *3
PTRE 462Petroleum Engineering Laboratory II *1
PTRE 465Petroleum Geomechanics *3
PTRE 471Numerical Reservoir Simulation *3
PTRE 475Well Completions *3
PTRE 484Research Design *3
PTRE 485Senior Design *3
Total Credits47

III. Program Required Electives

Technical Electives6
PTRE 461Natural Gas Engineering *3
PTRE 493Selected Topics in Petroleum Engineering *1-4
ENGR 490Topics in Engineering *1-3
GEOL 330Structural Geology *3
GEOL 411 *
GEOL 414Applied Geophysics *3
GEOE 417Hydrogeology *3

IV. College of Engineering and Mines Requirements:

ENGR 200Computer Applications in Engineering *2
ENGR 201Statics *3
ENGR 203Mechanics of Materials *3
ENGR 340Professional Integrity in Engineering *3
GEOE 203Earth Dynamics *3
GEOE 203LEarth Dynamics Laboratory *1
GEOL 407Petroleum Geology *3
CHE 315Engineering Statistics and Design of Experiments *3
OR
MATH 321
Applied Statistical Methods *
ME 306Fluid Mechanics *3
ME 341Thermodynamics *3
Total Credits27

 V. Requirements outside of the College of Engineering and Mines:

CHEM 121General Chemistry I *3
AND
CHEM 121LGeneral Chemistry I Laboratory *1
CHEM 122
& 122L		General Chemistry II
and General Chemistry II Laboratory		4
MATH 165Calculus I *4
MATH 166Calculus II *4
MATH 265Calculus III *4
MATH 266Elementary Differential Equations *3
PHYS 251University Physics I *4
OR
PHYS 251C
University Physics I *
AND
PHYS 251CL
University Physics I Lab *
PHYS 252University Physics II4
or PHYS 252C
& 252CL		 University Physics II
and University Physics II Lab
Total Credits31

*Courses with asterisk must be completed with a "C" or higher.

Students need to meet a minimum of 2.0 GPA within the College of Engineering and Mines. 

Students must ensure all appropriate pre-requisites are met prior to registering for all courses in the curriculum.