CHEMICAL AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING 4/02/03 (Report No. 19) Name change to Chemical and Biomedical Engineering Department approved 5/2/07 (Report No. 33) 4+1 Program in Chemical Engineering approved. 12/3/08 (Report No. 12) Master of Science Degree in Biomedical Engineering approved. 4/8/09 (Report No. 20) 3+1+1 program in biomedical engineering with Bahcesehir University approved. 4/3/13 (Report No. 68) International admissions requirement revised to allow students with TOEFL scores between 525-550 to be considered for admission on a case by case basis and to permit MS/CHE program to require students to take additional ESL course work as needed. 5/7/14 (Report No. 73) Graduate program revisions to MSBME program as part of 4 to 3 conversion approved. 3/4/15 (Report No. 51) Master of Science in Chemical Engineering program revised to allow Biomedical Engineering program courses to count as electives. 3/9/16 (Repor No. 33) Addition of 33 credit course-only track in Master of Science in Chemical Engineering 5/1/19 (Report No. 84) Approved Engineered Soft Materials certificate program consisting of 3 required courses (CHE 586 Fundamentals of Polymers, CHE 544 Colloidal and Interfacial Phenomena; and CHE 609 Rheology). The fourth course may be selected from any of the graduate courses in Chemical Engineering. Total credit hours: 12 credits