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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.

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