2005-2006 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)

4

Mathematics 32A -- Calculus of Several Variables

4

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

5

HSSEAS GE Elective*

5

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

HSSEAS GE Elective*

5

   3rd Quarter

 

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

2

Mathematics 33B -- Differential Equations

4

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 102 -- Mechanics of Particles and Rigid Bodies

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

   3rd Quarter

 

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

4

Materials Engineering Electives (2)

8

Elective

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 141L -- Computer Methods and Instrumentation in Materials Science

2

Materials Science and Engineering 150 -- Introduction to Polymers

4

Elective

4

HSSEAS GE Elective*

5

   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.