Each PhD student must take three related courses from outside the School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering (Cross-listed courses offered by ChBE are allowed) that form a cohesive minor course of study. One class may be at the 4000 level, but at least two must be at a graduate level. The classes are usually chosen in consultation with the student's faculty advisor and must be approved by the Associate Chair for Graduate Studies before they are taken.

Examples of possible minors are shown here:

Materials Science and Engineering

MSE 6110 – Transmission Electron Microscopy
CHEM 6170 – Inorganic Chemistry 1
CHEM 6182 – Chem of Solid State

Applied Biochemistry

CHEM 6501 – Biochemistry I
CHEM 6582 – Biophysical Chemistry
CHEM 4341 – Applied Spectroscopy

Electronic Design / Microwave Engineering

ECE 6360 – Microwave Design
ECE 6350 – Advanced Electromagnetics
ECE 6370 – Electromagnetic Radiation and Antennas

Biomedical Engineering

BMED 6042 – Systems Physiology
APPH 6225 – Biostatistics
BIOL 4150 – Genomics and Applied Bioinformatics

Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

EAS 6792 – Air Pollution Meteorology
EAS 6122 – Biogeochemical Cycles
EAS 6795 – Atmospheric Aerosols

Properties of Nanomaterials

MSE 6405 – Advanced Nanomaterials
PHYS 4262 – Solid State Physics
CHEM 6491 – Quantum Mechanics

Materials Science and Engineering

MSE 4803 – Special Topics: Nanoscale Devices
MSE 6402 – Crystal Structure and Defects
MSE 6406 – Corrosion of Materials

Materials Science and Engineering

CHBE 6750 – Preparation & Reactions of Polymer
CHBE 6751 – Physical Chemistry of Polymer Solutions
CHBE 6752 – Polymer Characterization

Paper Science and Engineering

CHBE 6741 – Pulp & Paper Manufacture I
CHBE 6742 – Pulp & Paper Manufacture II
Additional course from the PSE Core Courses

Management

MGT 6000 – Financial & Managerial Accounting I
MGT 6772 – Management of Technologhy: Managing Resources of the Technological Firm
MGT 6056 – Electronic Commerce