2011-2012 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 10 — Freshman Seminar: New Materials

1

Mathematics 31A — Differential and Integral Calculus 4

 

2nd Quarter

 

Chemistry and Biochemistry 20B/20L — Chemical Energetics and Change/General Chemistry Laboratory

7

Mathematics 31B — Integration and Infinite Series

4

Physics 1A — Mechanics

5

 

3rd Quarter

 

Mathematics 32A — Calculus of Several Variables

4

Physics 1B — Oscillations, Waves, Electric and Magnetic Fields

5

HSSEAS GE Elective *

4

HSSEAS GE Elective * 5

 

SOPHOMORE YEAR

 

1st Quarter

 

Materials Science and Engineering 104 — 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)

5 or 4
 

2nd Quarter

Chemical Engineering 102A (Thermodynamics I) or Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 105A (Introduction to Engineering Thermodynamics)

4

Computer Science 31 — Introduction to Computer Science I

4

Mathematics 33A — Linear Algebra and Applications

4

HSSEAS GE Elective *

5

 

3rd Quarter

 

Civil and Environmental Engineering 101 (Statics and Dynamics) or Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 101 (Statics and Strength of Materials)

4

Materials Science and Engineering 90L — Physical Measurement in Materials Engineering

2

Mathematics 33B — Differential Equations

4

HSSEAS GE Elective * 5

 

JUNIOR YEAR

 

1st 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 110/110L — Introduction to Materials Characterization A/Laboratory

6

Materials Science and Engineering 130 — Phase Relations in Solids

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

Technical Breadth Course *

4

 

3rd Quarter

 

Materials Science and Engineering 132 — Structure and Properties of Metallic Alloys

4

Elective †

4

Materials Engineering Elective †

4

Technical Breadth Course * 4

 

SENIOR YEAR

 

1st Quarter

 

Materials Science and Engineering 160 — Introduction to Ceramics and Glasses

4

Materials Engineering Elective †

4

Upper Division Mathematics Elective †

4

 

2nd Quarter

 

Materials Science and Engineering 150 — Introduction to Polymers

4

HSSEAS Ethics Course

4

Materials Engineering Elective †

4

Materials Engineering Laboratory Course †

2

 

3rd Quarter

 

Materials Science and Engineering 140 — Materials Selection and Engineering Design

4

HSSEAS GE Elective *

5

Materials Engineering Laboratory Course †

2

Technical Breadth Course * 4

 

TOTAL

 

185 or 186

 

* Students should contact the Office of Academic and Student Affairs for approved lists in the categories of technical breadth and HSSEAS GE (see page 21 for details).

† See counselor in 6426 Boelter Hall for details.