Advanced Standing Requirements

Advanced standing is required to take 300- and 400- level chemical and other engineering courses. Consequently, a student must petition for temporary advanced standing in the second semester of his/her sophomore year in order to register for their first semester junior year engineering courses. This is accomplished by seeing your advisor.

It is the policy of the Chemical Engineering Department to grant temporary advanced standing (TAS) for one semester only; exceptions can be made for extenuating circumstances, but such circumstances typically only arise in the case of transfer students. In addition, TAS is granted only if the balance of courses needed to legitimately achieve advanced standing are completed by the end of the same semester for which TAS is requested.

In order to convert from temporary to permanent advanced standing the following requirements must be met.

               1. Pass the following courses:

                        English 101 and 102

                        Math 124 (125), 129, 223 and 254

                        Chemistry 103a, 104a, 103b, 104b, 241a, 243a, 241b

                        Physics 141 and 241

                        9 units of General Education Tier 1

                        Engineering 102 and 170, and

                        Chemical Engineering 201, 202 and 203

*Note that the equivalent Honors courses or transfer credit can be used to fulfill these requirements.

2. Obtain a University of Arizona GPA of 2.3/4.0.

3. Complete the lower division English requirement as specified by their advisor.

In addition to these requirements, undergraduate students are advised that success in upper-division courses ordinarily requires an average of C or better in the prerequisite chemical engineering courses (ChEE 201, 202 and 203). If these requirements are not met, your temporary advanced standing can be revoked, and then you will need an additional year to complete your degree requirements.

Please see your advisor, as needed, to avoid problems.