Minor in Materials Science
The minor in
Materials is sponsored by faculty in Chemistry, Physics, and
Engineering with an interest in interdisciplinary education and
research in materials science. The minor can be readily combined
with majors in any of these three areas. The minor requires eight
courses—four prerequisites (most of which would be taken as
prerequisites for the major), two required courses, and two
electives. Some of the electives require additional prerequisites,
or permission of the instructor. The hundred-level courses listed
are appropriate for junior and senior level students.
Prerequisites:
CHEM
5: General Chemistry
CHEM
6: General Chemistry
PHYS
13: Introductory Physics I
PHYS
14: Introductory Physics II
Required:
ENGS
24: Science of Materials
PHYS 76:
Methods of Experimental Physics or ENGS 137: Methods of Materials
Characterization (If ENGS 137 is taken, one of the electives must be
from outside the engineering department)
Electives:
Two
courses from each bullet.
ENGS
131: Science of Solid State Materials OR PHYS 73: Solid State
Physics
CHEM
108: Chemistry of Macromolecules OR CHEM XXX: Polymer Chemistry
ENGS
73: Materials Processing and Selection, ENGS 132: Phase
Transformations: Theory and Application, PHYS 43: Statistical
Physics