MATSC-MIN - Materials Science and Engineering (Minor)
Program Overview
A Materials Science and Engineering minor allows interested students to explore the role of materials in modern technology and understand the fundamental processes that govern materials behavior.
Free Form Requisites
The following courses fulfill the minor requirements:
Course List | Units | |
|---|---|---|
Engineering Fundamentals | ||
Select one of the following: | 4 | |
Introduction to Materials Science, Nanotechnology Emphasis | ||
Introduction to Materials Science, Energy Emphasis | ||
Introduction to Materials Science, Biomaterials Emphasis | ||
Materials Science Fundamentals and Engineering Depth | ||
Select six of the following: | 24 | |
Quantum Mechanics of Nanoscale Materials | ||
Materials Structure and Characterization | ||
Thermodynamic Evaluation of Green Energy Technologies | ||
Kinetics of Materials Synthesis | ||
Microstructure and Mechanical Properties | ||
Electronic Materials Engineering | ||
Solar Cells, Fuel Cells, and Batteries: Materials for the Energy Solution | ||
Soft Matter in Biomedical Devices, Microelectronics, and Everyday Life | ||
Nanomaterials Laboratory | ||
Energy Materials Laboratory | ||
X-Ray Diffraction Laboratory | ||
Mechanical Behavior Laboratory | ||
Electronic and Photonic Materials and Devices Laboratory | ||
Nanoscale Materials Physics Computation Laboratory | ||
Data Science and Machine Learning Approaches in Chemical and Materials Engineering | ||
Thermodynamics and Phase Equilibria | ||
Rate Processes in Materials | ||
Defects and Disorder in Materials | ||
Structure and Symmetry | ||
Quantum Mechanics for Materials Science | ||
Organic and Biological Materials | ||
Mechanical Properties of Materials | ||
Electronic and Optical Properties of Solids | ||
Total Units | 28 | |
All courses for the minor requirements must be taken for a letter grade if offered by the instructor; the cumulative GPA for all minor courses must be at least 2.0. Students can petition to count graduate-level courses toward their minor.