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Requirements for The Bachelor of Science in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Oklahoma

General Requirements
Overall GPA - Combined and OU
Major GPA - Combined and OU
Curriculum GPA - Combined and OU
Total Credit Hours
2.00
2.00
2.00
127

Freshman Year
FIRST SEMESTER Hours
ENGL 1113  Principles of English Composition (Core I)
CHEM 1315  General Chemistry (Core II)
MATH 1823  Calculus & Analytic Geometry I (Core I)
HIST 1483  U.S., 1492-1865, or
HIST 1493  U.S., 1865-Present (Core IV)
ENGR 1112  Intro. to Engineering
3
5
3
3

2

Total Credit Hours 16
 
SECOND SEMESTER Hours
ENGL 1213  Principles of English Composition (Core I)
CHEM 1415  General Chemistry
MATH 2423  Calculus & Analytic Geometry II (Core I)
PHYS 2514  General Physics for Engineering & Science
           Majors (Core II)
ENGR 1001  Engineering Computing
3
5
3
4

1

Total Credit Hours 16

Sophomore Year
FIRST SEMESTER Hours
MATH 2433  Calculus & Analytic Geometry III
PHYS 2524  General Physics for Engr. & Sci. Majors
GEOL 1114  Physical Geology
ENGR 2113  Rigid Body Mechanics
P E 2012  Intro. to Petroleum Engineering Systems
3
4
4
3
2
Total Hours 16
 
SECOND SEMESTER Hours
ECON 1113 Principles of Economics-Macro (Core III)
MATH 2443  Calculus & Analytic Geometry IV
ENGR 2153  Strength of Materials
ENGR 2213  Thermodynamics
PE 3213 Reservoir Properties Lab
PE 3221 Rock Properties Lab
3
3
3
3
3
1
Total Credit Hours 16

Junior Year
FIRST SEMESTER Hours
MATH 3113  Intro to Ordinary Differential Equations
GEOL 3003  Structural Geology for Petroleum Engineers
ENGR 3223  Fluid Mechanics
P E  3123  Petroleum Reservoir Fluids
P E 3313 Drilling and Completions I
P E 3021 Technical Communications
3
3
3
3
3
1
Total Credit Hours 16
 
SECOND SEMESTER Hours
P E 3813 Formation Evaluation with Well Logs
P E 3413 Subsurface Production Engineering
P E 3513 Reservoir Engineering Fundamentals
ENGR 3723  Numerical Methods for Engr. Computations
GPHY 3423 Petroleum Geology & Geophysics for PE
3
3
3
3
3
Total Credit Hours 15

Senior Year
FIRST SEMESTER Hours
‡MATH      Elective
P SC 1113  American Federal Government (Core III)
P E  4323  Drilling and Completions II
P E 4713 Petroleum project Evaluation
P E 4533 Applied Reservoir Engineering
P E 4521 Reservoir Fluid Mechanics Lab
†Elective  Western Civ. & Culture (Core IV)
3
3
3
3
1
3
Total Credit Hours 16
 
SECOND SEMESTER Hours
P E 4331 Drilling and Production Engineering Lab
P E 4423 Surface Production Engineering
P E 4543 Improved Recovery Techniques
P E 4553 Integrated Reservoir Management (Capstone)
†Elective  Non-Western Culture (Core IV)
†Elective Artistic Art Forms (Core IV)
1
3
3
3
3
3
Total Credit Hours 16

 
Courses designated as Core I, II, III, or IV are part of the General Education curriculum. Students must complete a minimum of 40 hours of General Education courses, chosen from the approved list, including at least one upper-division Gen. Ed. course outside of the student's major. Courses graded S/U or P/NP will not apply.
In the College of Engineering, in order to progress in your curriculum, and as a specific graduation requirement, a grade of C or better is required in each course in the curriculum. Please refer to the General Catalog for additional enrollment limitations.
Students should read the College of Engineering Scholastic Regulations which are posted on the Advising Bulletin Board across from CEC 104.
Students must sucessfully complete prerequisite courses (with a minimum C grade) before proceeding to the next course.
Two college-level courses in a single foreign language are required; this may be satisfied by successful completion of 2 years in a single foreign language in high school. Students who must take foreign language at the University will have an additional 6-10 hours of coursework.
To be chosen from the University-Wide General Education Approved Course List. Six of these 12 hours must be upper-division (3000-4000). See list in the Class Schedule.
§ To be selected from an approved list of PE electives. List available in PE Office, SEC T-304.
To be selected from an approved list of MATH electives. List available in PE Office, SEC T-304.
¤ To be selected from an approved list of reservoir engineering electives. List available in PE Office, SEC T-304.
 

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