2015-2016 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

 

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

2

Mathematics 32A — Calculus of Several Variables

4

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

5

HSSEAS GE Elective*

5

SOPHOMORE YEAR

 

1st Quarter

 

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

4

Mathematics 32B — Calculus of Several Variables

4

Physics 1C — Electrodynamics, Optics, and Special Relativity

5

HSSEAS GE Elective* 5

2nd Quarter

 

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

4

Materials Science and Engineering 104 — Science of Engineering Materials

4

Mathematics 33A — Linear Algebra and Applications

4

HSSEAS GE Elective*

5

3rd Quarter

 

Civil and Environmental Engineering M20 (Introduction to Computer Programming with MATLAB) or Computer Science 31 (Introduction to Computer Science I)

4

Mathematics 33B — Differential Equations

4

HSSEAS Ethics Course

4

Technical Breadth Course*

4

JUNIOR YEAR

 

1st Quarter

 

Civil and Environmental Engineering 108 — Introduction to Mechanics of Deformable Solids

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

Materials Engineering Electives (2)†

8

Technical Breadth Course*

4

SENIOR YEAR

 

1st Quarter

 

Electrical Engineering 100 — Electrical and Electronic Circuits

4

Materials Science and Engineering 160 — Introduction to Ceramics and Glasses

4

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 181A (Complex Analysis and Integral Transforms) or 182A (Mathematics of Engineering)

4

Materials Engineering Elective†

4

2nd Quarter

 

Materials Science and Engineering 150 — Introduction to Polymers

4

HSSEAS GE Elective*

5

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

 

* 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.

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