Petroleum Engineering Requirements

Complete these Petroleum Engineering degree requirements.

Required 129 credits (36 of which must be numbered 300 or above) including:

I. Essential Studies Requirements (see University ES listing).

II. Petroleum Engineering required courses¹:

Course List
Code	Title	Credits
PTRE 201	Introduction to Petroleum Engineering	3
PTRE 301	Reservoir Rock Properties	3
PTRE 311	Petroleum Fluid Properties	3
PTRE 361	Petroleum Engineering Laboratory I	1
PTRE 401	Well Logging	3
PTRE 405	Petroleum Eng. Economy and Law	3
PTRE 411	Drilling Engineering	3
PTRE 421	Production Engineering	3
PTRE 431	Reservoir Engineering	3
PTRE 445	Well Testing	3
PTRE 451	Advanced Drilling Engineering	3
PTRE 462	Petroleum Engineering Laboratory II	1
PTRE 465	Petroleum Geomechanics	3
PTRE 471	Numerical Reservoir Simulation	3
PTRE 475	Well Completions	3
PTRE 484	Research Design	3
PTRE 485	Senior Design	3
Total Credits		47

III. Program Required Electives^1,2

Course List
Code	Title	Credits
Technical Electives		6
PTRE 461	Natural Gas Engineering	3
PTRE 493	Selected Topics in Petroleum Engineering	1-4
ENGR 490	Topics in Engineering	1-3
GEOL 312	Sedimentology and Stratigraphy	3
GEOL 330	Structural Geology	3
GEOL 414	Applied Geophysics	3
GEOE 417	Hydrogeology	3

IV. College of Engineering and Mines Requirements¹:

Course List
Code	Title	Credits
ENGR 200	Computer Applications in Engineering	2
ENGR 201	Statics	3
ENGR 203	Mechanics of Materials	3
ENGR 340	Professional Integrity in Engineering	3
GEOE 203	Earth Dynamics	3
GEOE 203L	Earth Dynamics Laboratory	1
GEOL 407	Petroleum Geology	3
CHE 315	Engineering Statistics and Design of Experiments	3
OR
MATH 321	Applied Statistical Methods
ME 306	Fluid Mechanics	3
ME 341	Thermodynamics	3
Total Credits		27

V. Requirements outside of the College of Engineering and Mines¹:

Course List
Code	Title	Credits
CHEM 121	General Chemistry I	3
AND
CHEM 121L	General Chemistry I Laboratory	1
CHEM 122 & 122L	General Chemistry II and General Chemistry II Laboratory	4
MATH 165	Calculus I	4
MATH 166	Calculus II	4
MATH 265	Calculus III	4
MATH 266	Elementary Differential Equations	3
PHYS 251	University Physics I	4
OR
PHYS 251C
AND
PHYS 251CL
PHYS 252	University Physics II	4
or PHYS 252C & 252CL	and
Total Credits		31

(1) All courses in this section must be completed with a grade of "C" or higher.

(2) 300 or 400 level courses from other CEM majors can also count as technical electives.

Students need to meet a minimum of 2.0 GPA within the College of Engineering and Mines.

Students must ensure all appropriate pre-requisites are met prior to registering for all courses in the curriculum.

Petroleum Engineering Licensure Requirements

UND Engineering programs are designed to help prepare students for various careers in engineering and may serve as an important step in the pathway for licensure. Students enrolled in, and planning on graduating from, one of the College of Engineering & Mines’ ABET-accredited majors are invited to take the Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) exam, a multiple-choice, knowledge-based exam administered by the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES).

The FE Exam covers subject matter taught in a typical baccalaureate engineering program accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET. Students may choose from computer-based exams in chemical engineering, civil engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, and other disciplines. Professional licensing in every U.S. state and territory requires, as the first step, that a student successfully pass the FE exam.

After passing the FE exam, in order to receive licensure in the field students must obtain at least four years of experience deemed acceptable to their licensing board and successfully pass a Principles and Practice of Engineering (PE) exam. The PE exams go beyond testing academic knowledge and require knowledge gained in engineering practice. If you are planning to seek professional licensure or certification in an engineering-related field, it is strongly recommended that you contact the appropriate licensing entity in the state in which you are located or plan to locate to in order to seek information and guidance regarding additional licensure or certification requirements.

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General Education Courses

Essential Studies (ES) is UND’s program in general education. Along with your required major courses, it helps form the core of your UND undergraduate education. Your ES courses focus on essential skills employers require including communication, critical thinking and problem solving.