Academics / Graduate Study / Materials Science Engineering (MS)Curriculum & Requirements
Academics
/ Graduate Study
/ Materials Science Engineering (MS)
The MS degree requires twelve advanced (graduate level) 300 and 400 level courses. Eight of the twelve must be in materials science, of which five must be 400-level courses. The remaining four courses may be in other disciplines.
Graduate Core and Foundational Courses
- 401 Analytical and Statistical Thermodynamics of Materials
- 404 Imperfections in Materials
- 405 Physics of Solids
- 406 Symmetry and Mechanical Properties of Materials
- 408 Phase Transformations in Materials
- 411 Phase Transformations in Crystalline Materials
- 416 Kinetics
- 458 Computational Materials Science
General Courses
- 318 Materials Selection
- 333 Composite Materials
- 381 Energy Materials
- 390 Materials Design
- 391 Process Design
Computational MSE Courses
- 390 Materials Design
- 391 Process Design
- 411 Phase Transformations in Crystalline Materials
- 458 Computational Materials Science
- ES_APPL 495 Advanced Special Topics: Modeling of Soft Materials
Characterization Courses
- 361 Crystallography and Diffraction
- 380 Introduction to Surface Science and Spectroscopy
- 460 Electron Microscopy
- 461 Diffraction Methods in Materials Science
- 465 Advanced Electron Microscopy and Diffraction
- 466 Analytical Electron Microscopy
Electronic, Photonic, and Magnetic Materials Courses
- 337 Conducting Polymers
- 376 Nanomaterials
- 381 Energy Materials
- 395 Special Topics: Magnetic Properties of Materials
- 398 Introduction to Plasma Science and Processing Technology
- 415 Fundamentals of Thin Film Materials
- 451 Advanced Physics of Materials
- 452 Selected Topics in the Solid State
- 455 Physics of Nanostructures
- 456 Functional Metamaterials
- 485 Electronic and Thermal Properties of Materials
Hard Materials Courses
- 333 Composite Materials
- 340 Ceramic Processing
- 341 Introduction to Modern Ceramics
- 434 Fracture of Brittle Solids
- 435 Special Topics in Mechanical Behavior of Solids
Soft and Hybrid Materials Courses
- 331 Physical Properties of Polymers
- 333 Composite Materials
- 337 Conducting Polymers
- 370 Biomaterials
- 371 Biominerals: Hierarchical Architecture & Function
- 372 Engineering Strategies in Tissue Engineering & Regenerative Medicine
- 445 Special Topics in High Polymer Science
- 495 Advanced Special Topics: Biomineralization