B.S. in Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering

Saint Francis University (SFU) offers a four-year Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering (PNGE). Our PNGE program incorporates a Franciscan approach with real world experience as an integral component of learning coupled with a vital liberal arts education. Small size classes and strong relationships with faculty are signature advantages of the learning environments established for undergraduate students at SFU. During the four year study in the PNGE program at SFU, our students develop a wide variety of skills required to be successful in the rapidly growing field of engineering. As a petroleum and natural gas engineer you can experience a variety of work environments: data analysis, design and modeling in an office; drilling and production operation in the field; drilling and production monitoring in the office and even from your own home; education at a university or in training companies; and others including management, marketing and consulting. In addition, you could even find yourself designing new equipment or developing new techniques resulting in your own small business in the petroleum and natural gas industry. Furthermore your workplace could be most anywhere of the world. To the well qualified petroleum and natural gas engineer opportunities abound. Major Requirements CHEM 121 - General Chemistry I CHEM 122 - General Chemistry II ECON 101 - Principles of Economics I ENGR 101 - Introduction to Engineering Concepts I, II ENGR 201 - Engineering Statics ENGR 301 - Fluid Mechanics ENGR 315 - Mechanics of Materials GEOL 205 - Physical Geology GEOL 221 - Structural Geology GEOL 321 - Petroleum Geology HIST 259 - U.S. Environmental History MATH 121 - Calculus with Analytic Geometry I MATH 122 - Calculus with Analytic Geometry II MATH 221 - Calculus III MATH 306 - Ordinary Differential Equations I STAT 103 - Statistics Lab PHIL 307 - Environmental Ethics PHYS 121 - General Physics I PHYS 122 - General Physics II PHYS 321 - Thermodynamics PNGE 192 - Freshman Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering Seminar PNGE 193 - Freshman Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering Seminar PNGE 231 - Reservoir Rock Properties PNGE 241 - Reservoir Fluid Properties PNGE 292 - Sophomore Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering Seminar PNGE 293 - Sophomore Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering Seminar PNGE 311 - Environmental-Petroleum Engineering PNGE 341 - Fundamentals of Reservoir Engineering PNGE 351 - Production Engineering I PNGE 361 - Drilling Engineering I PNGE 381 - Formation Evaluation PNGE 392 - Junior Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering Seminar PNGE 393 - Junior Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering Seminar PNGE 411 - Oil and Gas Property Evaluation PNGE 421 - Reservoir Engineering II (Natural Gas Engineering) PNGE 436 - Geophysics PNGE 492 - Senior Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering Seminar PNGE 493 - Senior Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering Seminar PNGE 498 - Senior Capstone Design Additional Requirements 9 elective credits from the courses below: PNGE 445 - Introductions to Reservoir Simulation and Modeling PNGE 451 - Production Engineering II PNGE 461 - Drilling Engineering II PNGE 465 - Geo-statistics PNGE 499 - Undergraduate Research in Petroleum Engineering Note(s): (46 credits in Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering, 9 credits Geology, 10 credits in Engineering, 33 credits collateral, 42 credits General Education - 140 total credits)