Materials Science and Engineering, Minor
Program Overview
In addition to the Bachelor of Science in Engineering degree program with a major in Materials Science and Engineering, the department also offers a minor in materials science and engineering. The minor is intended primarily for students majoring in science or engineering, but it is open to any student with a sound background in introductory calculus, chemistry, and physics.
Interested students should contact Professor Hyeji Im.
Undergraduate Policies
For undergraduate policies and procedures, please review the Undergraduate Academics section of the General Bulletin.
Program Requirements
The Materials Science and Engineering minor is designed to be flexible; the minor only requires EMSE 276 and 12 additional credit hours of coursework selected from the lists of electives below. At least one course from Core Electives must be 3 or 4 credit hours. No more than 6 credit hours may be counted from Applications of Materials Engineering Courses.
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses: | ||
| EMSE 276 | Materials Properties: Composition and Structure | 3 |
| Core Electives: a,b | 6 | |
| Materials Laboratory I | ||
| Welding Metallurgy | ||
| Processing and Manufacturing of Materials | ||
| Materials Laboratory II | ||
| Thermodynamic Stability and Rate Processes | ||
| Mesoscale Structural Control of Functional Materials | ||
| Materials Laboratory III | ||
| Strategic Metals and Materials for the 21st Century | ||
| Processing of Electronic Materials | ||
| Engineered Materials for Biomedical Applications | ||
| Role of Materials in Energy and Sustainability | ||
| Structural Materials by Design | ||
| Design for Lifetime Performance | ||
| Applications of Materials Engineering Courses: c | 6 | |
| First Year Research in Materials Science and Engineering | ||
| Undergraduate Research in Materials Science and Engineering | ||
| Exploratory Data Science | ||
| Applied Data Science Research | ||
| Statistical and Machine Learning for Inference, Prediction and Reasoning | ||
| Data Visualization and Analytics | ||
| Total Credit Hours | 15 | |
- a
Other classes allowed with advisor approval.
- b
Students must take at least one 3-4 credit EMSE course from this list.
- c
No more than 6 credit hours combined from Applications of Materials Engineering courses.