Petroleum Engineering Program

BE in Petroleum Engineering ENPMED track

The School of Engineering offers an Engineering Pre-Med (ENPMED) track as part of all its undergraduate programs.

The fast advancements in the medical and health professions has exerted additional pressure on practitioners to acquire a better understanding of the underlying technologies. Due to the growing use of technologies for medicine and health, there is a growing interest among students who pursue medical degrees and health related degrees, to acquire a strong engineering background prior to joining medical and health-related professions. This need presents an opportunity for the SOE to bridge this gap by providing students with an option of acquiring a BE in engineering with a PreMed track, referred to herein as Engineering PreMED (ENPMED). ENPMED credits are integrated within each curriculum based on a different mix of credits depending on each degree program requirements.

The offered ENPMED track provides an opportunity for engineering students to apply to Medical School and pursue an MD degree, or pursue graduate studies in the biomedical and health related fields, or work in their chosen major after receiving their Bachelor of Engineering degree.

Curriculum effective Fall 2022

First year

Fall

Number Course Cr
MTH201 Calculus III 3
CHM201 Chemical Principles 3
CIE200 Statics 3
PTE200 Introduction to Petroleum Engineering 3
COE201 Computer Proficiency 1
ENG202 Advanced Academic English 3

Spring

Number Course Cr
CIE202 Mechanics of Materials 3
MTH206 Calculus IV 3
MEE241 Dynamics 3
PTE204 Geology for Petroleum Engineers 3
BIO201 General Biology I 4

Summer

Number Course Cr
MTH304 Differential Equations 3
—- Liberal Arts & Sciences Curriculum Elective* 3

Second year

Fall

Number Course Cr
CIE302 Structural Analysis I 3
CIE303 Structural Analysis - SOFT 1
MEE301 Thermodynamics 3
PTE320 Reservoir Petrophysics 3
PTE321 Petroleum Engineering Lab 1
GNE331 Probability and Statistics 3
INE320 Engineering Economy 3

Spring

Number Course Cr
PTE310 Transport Processes Through Porous Media 3
PTE322 Fundamental of Reservoir Engineering 3
PTE330 Well Drilling 3
PTE331 Drilling Fluids -LAB 1
PTE340 Financial Management of Engineered Assets 3
CIE320 Fluid Mechanics 3
CIE321 Fluid Mechanics Lab 1

Summer

Number Course Cr
GNE301 Professional Communication 2
COM203 Art of Public Communication 3
—— Liberal Arts & Sciences Curriculum Elective* 3

Third year

Fall

Number Course Cr
PTE431 Fundamentals of Well Test Analysis 3
PTE470 Petroleum Engineering Design 3
PTE432 Well Logging and Formation Evaluation 3
PTE450 Introduction to Process Engineering 3
PTE441 Petroleum Leasing Regulations and Practices 3
GNE303 Engineering Ethics 2

Spring

Number Course Cr
PTE451 Petroleum Production Engineering 3
PTE452 Petroleum Production - LAB 1
PTE471 The Petroleum Engineering Profession 2
PTE472 Modeling and Computer Applications 3
PTE460 Natural Gas Engineering 3
PTE461 Natural Gas - LAB 1
CHM311 Organic Chemistry I 3

Summer

Number Course Cr
PTE498 Professional Experience 6

Fourth year

Fall

Number Course Cr
PTE543 Life Cycle and Risk Management 3
PTE573 Detailing for Petroleum Engineers 2
BIO321 Genetics 3
BCH300 Essentials of Biochemistry 3
—- Liberal Arts & Sciences Curriculum Elective* 3

Spring

Number Course Cr
PTE499 Capstone Design Project 3
PTE 5— Technical Elective 3
PTE 5— Technical Elective 3
BIO260 Human Anatomy and Physiology 3

Summer

Number Course Cr
Prepare and take MCAT

Fifth year

Fall

Number Course Cr
PTE 5— Technical Elective 3
PTE 5— Technical Elective 3
—- Liberal Arts & Sciences Curriculum Elective* 3
*While sitting for the MCAT entrance exams does not require candidates to have taken any particular liberal arts course, some questions may require knowledge of psychology and sociology. It is therefore recommended that students in the pre-med track take PSY201 Intro to Psychology and SOC201 Intro to Sociology to increase their chances of passing the MCAT. These courses do not count towards meeting the university requirements of Liberal Arts and Science Curriculum, and thus they will need to be taken above and beyond the required 12 credits of LASC electives.


Technical electives

Number Course Cr
PTE510 Structural Engineering of Offshore Platforms 3
PTE511 Fundamentals of Subsurface Environmental Engineering 3
PTE512 Fixed offshore Structures 3
PTE513 Piping Systems 3
PTE514 Offshore Development Practices 3
PTE515 Thermal recovery 3
PTE516 Process Control and Instrumentation 3
PTE517 Industrial Process Management 3
PTE523 Advanced Reservoir engineering 3
PTE524 Reservoir Simulation 3
PTE533 Advanced Drilling Engineering 3
PTE534 Advanced Well Test Analysis 3
PTE544 Petroleum Project Evaluation 3
PTE545 Energy Finance 3
PTE553 Advanced Production Mechanics 3
PTE563 Unconventional oil exploitation 3
PTE564 Unconventional gas exploitation 3
PTE565 Water Flooding and Enhanced Oil Recovery 3
PTE574 Artificial Lift Design 3
PTE594 Undergraduate Research Project 3
PTE599 Directed Studies in Petroleum Engineering 3
PTE600 Topics 3
or any other Technical Elective course approved by the Program Steering Committee.
Note that all Technical Electives courses require at least senior standing in addition to their relevant prerequisites

Course Map

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