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Karyn Biasca, Chair
Room D-274, Science Building
Phone: 715-346-3962
Email: papersci@uwsp.edu
Web: www.uwsp.edu/papersci

This department is in the COLLEGE OF NATURAL RESOURCES .

Faculty: S Amirfakhri, K Biasca, R Gong.

Abbreviations:
PSEN = Paper Science and Engineering

Academic Standards for Paper Science and Engineering and Chemical Engineering Majors

To be approved for graduation with a Paper Science and Engineering  or Chemical Engineering  major, you must:

1. Have a minimum grade point average of 2.00 in all PSEN courses and required collateral courses.
2. Have no grade below C- in any PSEN, chemistry, mathematics, or physics courses numbered below 299 required in the PSEN major, and
3. Apply no grade below C- in PSEN and collateral courses numbered 300 or above to the major.

Academic Standards for the College of Natural Resources 

You must apply for official acceptance as a College of Natural Resources major before the beginning of your junior year. Requirements for acceptance to the fisheries and water resources, forestry, wildlife, resource management (in the human dimensions of natural resource management discipline) or soil and waste resources major are:

1. Complete 45 university credits.
2. Have at least a 2.00 grade point average in courses required for the major.
3. Complete an application to the College of Natural Resources. We will notify you within four weeks of your application, and if accepted will assign an adviser. Certain 300-400 level courses are restricted to approved CNR and/or biology majors. Nonmajors must have written consent of instructor to enroll.
4. If you are transferring to UW-Stevens Point to major in the College of Natural Resources, Wildlife Ecology excepted, you must have a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.00. To be accepted as a CNR major, complete steps 1-3 above.

To be retained as a major or minor and to be approved for graduation, you must meet the minimum grade point average established for your discipline in all UW-Stevens Point courses taken within the major or minor (2.75 to student teach in resource management), including transfer courses, regardless of any declaration of academic forgiveness. Minimum GPA by discipline:

1. 2.0 GPA for Paper Science and Engineering  and Chemical Engineering .
2. 2.25 GPA for all major options and minors in the CNR with the exception of the Forest Ecosystem Restoration and Management option in forestry, and Wildlife Ecology.
3. 2.50 GPA for Wildlife Ecology  and the Forestry Ecosystem Restoration and Management Option  in forestry.

Please note: Entry of new students into the Biofuels Engineering Minor  has been suspended as of Spring 2021.

Programs

• Chemical Engineering, BS
• Paper Science and Engineering, BS

• Biofuels Engineering Minor

Courses

• PSEN 103 - Paper, Society and the Environment
• PSEN 105 - Freshman Forum
• PSEN 110 - Introduction to Environmental Engineering
• PSEN 115 - Pulp and Paper Laboratory Methods
• PSEN 215 - Introduction to Process Engineering Calculations
• PSEN 216 - Engineering Statistical Design and Analysis
• PSEN 300 - Mill Internship
• PSEN 316 - Engineering Economics and Project Management
• PSEN 320 - Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics
• PSEN 326 - Heat Transfer Operations
• PSEN 340 - Chemical Kinetics and Reactor Design
• PSEN 350 - Pulping and Chemical Manufacturing Technology
• PSEN 355 - Paper and Fiber Physics
• PSEN 365 - Colloid and Surface Phenomena
• PSEN 382 - Water and Wastewater Treatment
• PSEN 385 - Systems Engineering and Simulation
• PSEN 390 - Special Topics in the Chemical Processing Industry
• PSEN 399 - Research Problem
• PSEN 420 - Air Pollution Control and Engineering
• PSEN 430 - Mass Transfer Operations
• PSEN 440 - Industrial Thermodynamics
• PSEN 445 - Paper Coating and Converting
• PSEN 450 - Renewable Fuels Production
• PSEN 452 - Renewable Fuels Laboratory
• PSEN 460 - Process Dynamics and Control
• PSEN 475 - Paper Machine Operations
• PSEN 484 - Senior Design Project: Paper Science and Engineering
• PSEN 486 - Senior Design Project: Chemical Engineering
• PSEN 489 - Industrial Environmental Management
• PSEN 582 - Water and Wastewater Treatment
• PSEN 590 - Special Topics in the Chemical Processing Industry

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