CHBE301

Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Thermodynamics I

Prerequisite: CHBE101; and must have completed or be concurrently enrolled in CHBE250 and MATH241. Restriction: Must be in Engineering: Chemical program; and permission of ENGR-Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering department. Credit only granted for: ENCH300 or CHBE301. Formerly: ENCH300. Principles of thermodynamics and their application to engineering problems. First and second laws of thermodynamics, properties of gases, liquids and solids, phase equilibrium, flow and non-flow systems, energy conversion, production of work from heat, thermodynamic analysis of processes, equilibrium stage operations and the thermodynamics of chemically reacting systems.

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During the Spring 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters, students could choose to take some of their courses pass-fail mid-semester which skews grade data aggregated across multiple semesters.

Average GPA of 2.88 between 782 students*

CHBE301 Grade Distribution+-05101520253035404550% of studentsABCDFWother
A-: 8.7%
A: 12.28%
A+: 7.67%
B-: 9.08%
B: 25.96%
B+: 12.79%
C-: 2.69%
C: 8.06%
C+: 2.69%
D-: 0.26%
D: 3.2%
D+: 0.26%
F: 2.69%
W: 3.45%
other: 0.26%
* "W"s are considered to be 0.0 quality points. "Other" grades are not factored into GPA calculation. Grade data not guaranteed to be correct.