2014-2015 Undergraduate Course Catalog 
    
    Mar 29, 2024  
2014-2015 Undergraduate Course Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Paper Science Minor


The paper and related industries (including pulp, mineral, chemical and machinery suppliers) continually seek knowledgeable and skilled employees. This minor is available to SU students as well as ESF students. Each year, companies hire numerous graduates of chemical, mechanical and environmental engineering programs as well as chemists and other environmental professionals in addition to paper science and engineering graduates. Salaries for new hires are among the highest for all fields of study at the bachelor’s degree level. This minor gives students a thorough understanding of the paper industry that will allow them to apply their major field of study to this growth industry. The paper science minor is available to all ESF and SU undergraduate students (except students in the paper science and paper engineering programs) who maintain a minimum cumulative grade point average of 2.8 and with permission of the Paper and Bioprocess Engineering Curriculum Director (313 Walters Hall). A student should declare the minor by the end of the sophomore year, but may petition to his/her own department for enrollment at any time after that. Successful completion of the minor will be noted on the student’s transcript. Eighteen credit hours (6 courses) in paper science courses are required.

Specified courses


  • PSE 300 - Introduction to Papermaking
  • PSE 302 - Pulp and Paper Laboratory Skills
  • PSE 370 - Principles of Mass and Energy Balance

Directed electives courses (at least 11 credits):


  • PSE 350 - Pulping and Bleaching Processes
  • PSE 351 - Pulping and Bleaching Laboratory
  • PSE 465 - Paper Properties
  • PSE 466 - Paper Coating and Converting
  • PSE 467 - Papermaking Wet End Chemistry
  • PSE 468 - Papermaking Processes