2002-2003 B.S. in Materials Engineering Curriculum


FRESHMAN YEAR

Units

1st Quarter

 
Chemistry and Biochemistry 20A -- Chemical Structure 4
English Composition 3 -- English Composition, Rhetoric, and Language 5
Materials Science and Engineering 88 -- Freshman Seminar: New Materials 2
Mathematics 31A -- Calculus and Analytic Geometry 4

2nd Quarter

 
Chemistry and Biochemistry 20B/20L -- Chemical Energetics and Change/General Chemistry Laboratory 7
Mathematics 31B -- Calculus and Analytic Geometry 4
Physics 1A -- Mechanics 5

3rd Quarter

 
Civil and Environmental Engineering 15 (Introduction to Computing for Civil Engineers) or Computer Science 31 (Introduction to Computer Science I) or Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 20 (FORTRAN Programming with Numerical Methods Applications) 4
Mathematics 32A -- Calculus of Several Variables 4
Physics 1B -- Oscillations, Waves, Electric and Magnetic Fields 5
HSSEAS GE Elective 4

SOPHOMORE YEAR

 

1st Quarter

 
Materials Science and Engineering 14 -- Science of Engineering Materials 4
Mathematics 32B -- Calculus of Several Variables 4
Physics 1C (Electrodynamics, Optics, and Special Relativity) or Electrical Engineering 1 (Electrical Engineering Physics I) 4 or 5

2nd Quarter

 
Mathematics 33A -- Linear Algebra and Applications 4
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering M105A -- Introduction to Engineering Thermodynamics 4
Life Sciences Elective 4
HSSEAS GE Elective* 4

3rd Quarter

 
Civil and Environmental Engineering 108 -- Introduction to Mechanics of Deformable Solids 4
Electrical Engineering 100 -- Electrical and Electronic Circuits 4
Materials Science and Engineering 90L -- Physical Measurement in Materials Engineering 2
Mathematics 33B -- Infinite Series and Differential Equations 4

JUNIOR YEAR

 

1st Quarter

 
Materials Science and Engineering 110/110L -- Introduction to Materials Characterization A/Laboratory 6
Materials Science and Engineering 130 -- Phase Relations in Solids 4
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 102 -- Mechanics of Particles and Rigid Bodies 4
Elective† 4

2nd Quarter

 
Materials Science and Engineering 120 -- Physics of Materials 4
Materials Science and Engineering 131/131L -- Diffusion and Diffusion-Controlled Reactions/Laboratory 6
Materials Science and Engineering 143A -- Mechanical Behavior of Materials 4

3rd Quarter

 
Materials Science and Engineering 132 -- Structure and Properties of Metallic Alloys 4
Materials Engineering Electives (2) 8
HSSEAS GE Elective* 4

SENIOR YEAR

 

1st Quarter

 
Materials Science and Engineering 160 -- Introduction to Ceramics and Glasses 4
Materials Engineering Elective 4
HSSEAS GE Elective* 4
Upper Division Mathematics Elective 4

2nd Quarter

 
Materials Science and Engineering 150 -- Introduction to Polymers 4
Materials Science and Engineering 191L -- Computer Methods and Instrumentation in Materials Science 2
Elective† 4
HSSEAS GE Elective* 4

3rd Quarter

 
Materials Science and Engineering 161L -- Laboratory in Ceramics 2
Materials Science and Engineering 190 -- Materials Selection and Engineering Design 4
Elective† 4
HSSEAS GE Elective* 4

TOTAL

183 or 183


*See page 22 for details.

†See page 81, B.S. in Materials Engineering, item 4, for list of electives.