Thinking about a career change to ChemE

[gravenewworld]

So I have a BS in Chemistry and a BS in mathematics and just have been recently laid off from my job as a chemist at a pharmaceutical company. I have been thinking about going back to graduate school for ChemE. It seems right up my alley. The only thing is that I really don't want to have to go back and take out more student loans to take undergrad ChemE courses if I don't have to. Graduate school for ChemE should be free like it is for all the sciences right? If I were to go back to school for ChemE could anyone please fill me in as to how many and what undergrad courses I would have to take move into ChemE?

 

[Wax]

This is a question that would be best answered by the school you are looking at.

 

[lewdtenant]

hmm... I suspect you would need some/all of the following..

Intro Thermodynamics
Process Engineering (Mass/Energy Balances)
ChemE Thermo (Advanced Thermodynamics)
Momentum/Heat/Mass Transfer (This would probably be covered in 2 courses, just depends on how the school divides it up).

These are all bread-and-butter courses for ChemE. You may be required to take some general engineering courses as well. For instance, Statics, Dynamics, Materials Science, Electrical Systems, etc.

I guess it all depends on the school though.