2004-2005 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

2

Mathematics 31A -- Differential 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

 

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 (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

HSSEAS GE Elective *

4

Life Sciences 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 -- 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

HSSEAS GE Elective *

4

Materials Engineering Electives (2)

8

SENIOR YEAR

 

   1st Quarter

 

Materials Science and Engineering 160 -- Introduction to Ceramics and Glasses

4

HSSEAS GE Elective *

4

Materials Engineering Elective

4

Upper Division Mathematics Elective

4

   2nd Quarter

 

Materials Science and Engineering 141L -- Computer Methods and Instrumentation in Materials Science

2

Materials Science and Engineering 150 -- Introduction to Polymers

4

Elective †

4

HSSEAS GE Elective *

4

   3rd Quarter

 

Materials Science and Engineering 140 -- Materials Selection and Engineering Design

4

Materials Science and Engineering 161L -- Laboratory in Ceramics

2

Elective †

4

HSSEAS GE Elective *

4

TOTAL

182 or 183

 

* See page 21 for details.

† See page 84, B.S. in Materials Engineering, item 4, for list of approved electives.