BA/BS in Chemical Engineering

The chemical engineering major teaches students to combine chemistry, physics, math, and engineering when designing and operating industrial processes. It sits within Widener's chemical and materials engineering department. Graduates can help create everything from food and fuel to medicines, safe water, and the materials found in electronics, clothing, and buildings. The program also stresses more sustainable processes that lead to a cleaner and healthier world. Students study on the Chester, PA campus in a bachelor of science program, and a minor is available. The curriculum introduces the methods and disciplines engineers use to tackle large-scale manufacturing and societal problems. Faculty in the department emphasize combining theory with practice, so students learn to connect classroom principles to the design and operation of real production systems and to think about the environmental effects of manufacturing.