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Sample A.B./B.E. Program: Materials Science and Engineering

Materials are fundmental to engineering. Students interested in materials science and engineering learn about metals, ceramics, polymers, semiconductors, and composites.

Faculty advisors: Professors Baker, Frost, Gibson, Schulson

Sample A.B. Engineering Sciences Major

Common core (3 courses)

• ENGS 21 Introduction to Engineering
• ENGS 22 Systems
• ENGS 23 Distributed Systems and Fields

Distributive core (2 courses)

• ENGS 24 Science of Materials
• ENGS 25 Introduction to Thermodynamics

Gateway (2 courses)

• ENGS 31 Digital Electronics
• ENGS 33 Solid Mechanics

Electives (3 courses)

• ENGS 73 Materials Processing and Selection
• PHYS 19 Introductory Physics III
• PHYS 24 Introductory Physics IV

Sample B.E. Program

Mathematics (1 course)

• ENGS 103 Statistical Methods in Engineering

Engineering design (2-course sequence)

• ENGS 190 Engineering Design Methodology and Project Initiation
• ENGS 290 Engineering Design Methodology and Project Completion

Materials science and engineering (6 courses)

• ENGS 130 Mechanical Behavior of Materials
• ENGS 131 Science of Solid State Materials
• ENGS 132 Thermodynamics and Kinetics in Condensed Phases
• ENGS 135 Thin Films and Microfabrication Technology
• ENGS 137 Methods of Materials Characterization
• ENGG 138 Corrosion and Degradation of Materials