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Curriculum for the B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering

Sophomore year, first semester (17 credits)
 
MAT 33 - Engineering Materials and Processes (3)*
MAT 10 - Materials Laboratory (2)
MATH 23 - Analytic Geometry & Calculus III (4)
PHY 21, 22 - Introductory Physics II and Laboratory (5)
ECO 1 - Economics (4)
 
Sophomore year, second semester (18-19 credits)
 
MAT 20 - Computational Methods in Materials Science (3)
MAT 203 - Materials Structure at the Nanoscale (3)
MAT 205 - Thermodynamics of Macro/Nanoscale Materials (3)
MATH 205 - Linear Methods (3)
MECH 3 - Fundamentals of Engineering Mechanics (3)
HSS - Humanities/Social Sciences Elect (3-4)
 
Junior year, first semester (18 credits)
 
MAT 201 - Physical Properties of Materials (3)
MAT 216 - Diffusion and Phase Transformations (3)
MAT 218 - Mechanical Behavior of Macro/Nanoscale Materials (3)
MAT 101 - Professional Development (2)
HSS - Humanities/Social Sciences Elect (4)
Elect - Free Elective (3)
 
Junior year, second semester (18-19 credits)
 
MAT 204 - Processing and Properties of Polymeric Materials (3)
MAT 206 - Processing and Properties of Metals (3)
MAT 214 - Processing and Properties of Ceramic Materials (3)
ENGR 211 - Integrated Product Development Projects I (3)
HSS - Humanities/Social Sciences Elective (3-4)
Elect - Free Elective (3)
 
Senior year, first semester (15 credits)
 
MAT 302 - Electronic Properties of Materials (3)
ENGR 212 - Integrated Product Development Projects II (2)
Engr Sci Elect - Engineering Science Elective (3)
Engr Sci Elect - Engineering Science Elective (3)
HSS - Humanities/Social Sciences Elective (3-4)
 
Senior year, second semester (16 credits)
 
MAT 338 - Materials Selection and Failure Analysis (3)
CHE 60 - Unit Operations Survey (3)
ECE 83 - Introduction to Electrical Engineering (3)
ECE 162 - Electrical Laboratory (1)
Appr Elect - Approved Elective (3)
Elect - Free Elective(3)
 
* MAT 33 is taught in both the spring and fall semesters
 
Electives for the sophomore, junior and senior years must be distributed as follows:
 
Humanities and Social Sciences: 13-15 credit hours. Free Electives: 9 credit hours in any department. Approved Elective (3) and Engineering Science Electives (6 credit hours) must be selected from a specific list supplied by the Materials Science and Engineering Department. The list includes the Industrial Option and the Research Option.