Petroleum Engineering, B.S.

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Undergraduate Curriculum

*Course meets USP requirement.

CHEM 1020 - General Chemistry I Credits: 4 *
CHEM 1030 - General Chemistry II Credits: 4
CHEM 2300 - Introductory Organic Chemistry Credits: 4
ES 2110 - Statics Credits: 3
ES 2120 - Dynamics Credits: 3
ES 2310 - Thermodynamics I Credits: 3
ES 2330 - Fluid Dynamics Credits: 3
ES 2410 - Mechanics of Materials Credits: 3
GEOL 1100 - Physical Geology Credits: 4 *
GEOL 4190 - Petroleum Geology Credits: 3
GEOL Technical Elective Credits: 3
MATH 2200 - Calculus I Credits: 4 *
MATH 2205 - Calculus II Credits: 4
MATH 2210 - Calculus III Credits: 4
MATH 2310 - Applied Differential Equations I Credits: 3
PHYS 1220 - Engineering Physics II Credits: 4
PETE 1060 - Introduction to Petroleum Engineering Problem Solving Credits: 1
PETE 2050 - Fundamentals of Petroleum Engineering Credits: 3
PETE 2060 - Introduction to Petroleum Engineering Computing Credits: 3
PETE 3025 - Heat and Mass Transfer Credits: 3
PETE 3100 - Rock and Fluids Lab Credits: 2
PETE 3255 - Basic Drilling Engineering Credits: 3
PETE 3015 - Multicomponent Thermodynamics Credits: 3
PETE 3200 - Reservoir Engineering Credits: 3
PETE 3265 - Drilling Fluids Laboratory Credits: 3
PETE 3715 - Production Engineering Credits: 3
PETE 3725 - Well Completions Credits: 3
PETE 4320 - Well Log Interpretation Credits: 3
PETE 4225 - Well Test Analysis Credits: 3
PETE 4340 - Petroleum Economics Credits: 3
PETE 4736 - Petroleum Engineering Design Credits: 3 *
PETE Technical Electives Credits: 15

Technical Electives Policy

The technical electives in the PETE curriculum can be used to complete a curriculum emphasis option or a minor. The number of credits of upper division courses must be satisfied, therefore, 13 elective credits must be 3000-level courses or higher.

Notes: Technical Electives must be selected with your advisor’s documented approval.

Minimum Grade Requirements

A grade of C or better is required for the following courses:

USP designated courses: FYS, COM1, COM2, COM3
All Engineering Science (ES) courses
MATH courses that are prerequisites to ES & PETE courses
PETE 1060 - Introduction to Petroleum Engineering Problem Solving Credits: 1
PETE 2050 - Fundamentals of Petroleum Engineering Credits: 3
PETE 4736 - Petroleum Engineering Design Credits: 3