2007-2008 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 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*

4

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 19 for details).

**See counselor in 6426 Boelter Hall for details.