The Department of Materials Science & Engineering confers a Bachelor of Science degree upon all students who have successfully completed the program of study and have fulfilled all requirements for a specific specialty within the Department. An overall cumulative grade point average of 2.0 in all work attempted at the university is required.
Students must earn 125 credit hours of approved coursework which include 18 hours of general education courses, 31 hours of pre-professional tracking courses, 17 hours of engineering core courses, 38 hours of core MSE courses and 21 hours of courses in any of the following specialties: ceramics, electronic materials, metals, or polymers.
Technical foundation course work is required of all students who plan to pursue engineering degrees. This course work also satisfies the mathematics and physical/biological science categories of general education. Generally, all technical foundation course work must be completed or be in final progress before a student may register for junior/senior level engineering courses. A minimum grade of C is required in all calculus, chemistry and physics course work, based on a maximum of two attempts including withdrawals.
A grade of C or better, based on a maximum of two attempts including withdrawals, is required for each tracking course. All grade point averages are based on a 4.0 scale computed on the last of the maximum two attempts (including withdrawals) allowed for each course. For application to the Department, transfer students must have completed (or be in the process of completing) 6 of the 8 tracking courses listed below before applying to the Department.
| General Education Courses | |
|---|---|
| Course Name/Type | Credits |
| ENC 2210 - Technical Writing1 | 3 |
| Humanities/Social & Behavioral Sciences2 | 15 |
| (International Studies & Diversity)3 | |
| (Gordon Rule - Communication)4 | |
| Total Credits for General Education Courses | 18 |
| Pre-Professional Tracking Courses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Course Code | Course Name | Credits |
| CHM 2045 | General Chemistry & Qualitative Analysis | 3 |
| CHM 2045L | Lab for CHM 2045 | 1 |
| CHM 2046 | General Chemistry 2 | 3 |
| CHM 2046L | Lab for CHM 2046 | 1 |
| MAC 2311 | Analytical Geometry & Calculus I | 4 |
| MAC 2312 | Analytical Geometry & Calculus II | 4 |
| MAC 2313 | Analytical Geometry & Calculus III | 4 |
| MAP 2302 | Differential Equations | 3 |
| PHY 2048 | Physics with Calculus I | 3 |
| PHY 2048L | Lab for PHY 2048 | 1 |
| PHY 2049 | Physics with Calculus II | 3 |
| PHY 2049L | Lab for PHY 2049 | 1 |
| Total Credits for Pre-Professional Tracking Courses | 31 | |
| Engineering Core Courses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Course Code | Course Name | Credits |
| Computer Programming Requirement5 | 2 | |
| CHM 2200 | Organic Chemistry | 3 |
| EEL 3003 | Elements of Electrical Eng | 3 |
| EIN 43546 | Engineering Economy | 3 |
| EGM 2511 | Engr Mechanics - Statics | 3 |
| EGM 3520 | Mechanics of Materials | 3 |
| STA 3032 | Engineering Statistics | 3 |
| Total Credits for Engineering Core Courses | 20 | |
| Materials Science Core Courses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Course Code | Course Name | Credits |
| EMA 3010 | Materials | 3 |
| EMA 3050 | Intro to Ceramic Materials | 3 |
| EMA 3066 | Polymers Science & Engr | 3 |
| EMA 3080C | Materials Lab 1 | 2 |
| EMA 3013C | Materials Lab 2 | 2 |
| EMA 3123 | Metallurgical Engineering | 3 |
| EMA 3413 | Electronic Prop of Materials | 3 |
| EMA 3513C | Analy Struct of Materials | 4 |
| EMA 4125 | Transport Phenomena | 3 |
| EMA 4223 | Mech Behavior of Materials | 3 |
| EMA 4314 | Energ/Kinetics in Mtls Sci | 3 |
| EMA 4324 | Stability of Materials | 3 |
| EMA 4714 | Matls Selection/Failure Analy | 3 |
| EMA 4913 or EMA 49157 | Research in Materials Science 1 or Integrated Product and Process Design (IPPD) 1 | 2 or (3) |
| EMA 4914 or EMA 49167 | Research in Materials Science 2 or Integrated Product and Process Design (IPPD) 2 | 2 or (3) |
| Total Credits for Materials Science Core Courses | 42 | |
| Specialty Courses | |
|---|---|
| Course Name/Type | |
| Biomaterials | |
| Ceramics | |
| Electronic Materials | |
| Metals | |
| Polymers | |
| Total Credits for Specialty Courses | 14 |
| Total Credits for Bachelors Degree | 125 |
1 College of Engineering requires > 2.0 GPA in this class;
also satisfies 3 hours of Comp. and 6,000 Gordon Rule.
2 15 Hr. Total with a min. of 6 hr. in each category.
3 6 Hrs. concurrent with general education classes.
4 18,000 Words remaining with general education classes.
5 One of: CGS 2414, CGN 3421, CGS 3460, CGS 3462, CIS 3020, EEL 4930, CGS 2425
6 Option of MAN 3025 (Principles of Management) or MAR 3023 (Principles of Marketing) in lieu of EIN 4354
7 Additional credits from IPPD will be applied toward Technical Electives
8 Option of EGM 4590 (Biodynamics) in lieu of CHM 4272
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