MSE Program Courses
MSE 302 Solar Field Tour
MSE undergraduate courses that may be used to satisfy program requirements are listed below. The actual courses selected for a coherent program of study will be determined in conjunction with the student's departmental and program adviser.
Core Materials Course (choose one)
MSE 301 Materials Science and Engineering [SPRING]
MAE 324 Structure and Properties of Materials [FALL]
CEE 364 Materials in Civil Engineering [SPRING]
Experimental Methods Course (choose one)
MSE 302 Laboratory Techniques in Materials Science and Engineering [FALL]
MSE 505 Characterization of Materials [SPRING]
CHM 371 Experimental Chemistry [FALL]
ELE 308 Electronic and Photonic Devices [FALL]
Approved Electives (take 3 courses in at least 2 different areas)
Numerical Methods
APC 321 Numerical Methods
APC 350 Methods in Partial Differential Equations
CEE 361 Matrix Structural Analysis and Introduction to Finite-Elements Methods
MAE 305 Mathematics in Engineering I
MAE 306 Mathematics in Engineering II
ORF 309 Probability and Stochastic Systems
ORF 409 Introduction to Monte Carlo Simulation
Chemical and Biological Engineering
CBE 415 Polymers
CBE 422 Molecular Modeling Methods
CBE 433 Introduction to the Mechanics and Dynamics of Soft Living Matter
Chemistry
CHM 301 Organic Chemistry I: Biological Emphasis
CHM 302 Organic Chemistry II: With Biological Emphasis
CHM 304 Organic Chemistry II: Foundations of Chemical Reactivity and Synthesis
CHM 305 The Quantum World
CHM 403 Advanced Organic Chemistry
CHM 405 Advanced Physical Chemistry: Quantum Mechanics
CHM 407 Inorganic Chemistry: Structure and Bonding
CHM 408 Inorganic Chemistry: Reactions and Mechanisms
Civil and Environmental Engineering
CEE 312 Statics of Structures
CEE 365 Soil Mechanics
Electrical Engineering
ELE 341 Solid-State Devices
ELE 342 Principles of Quantum Engineering
ELE 351 Electromagnetic Field Theory and Physical Optics
Thermodynamics Course (choose one)
CBE 246 Thermodynamics [SPRING]
CHM 306 Physical Chemistry: Thermodynamics, Molecular Simulations and Kinetics [SPRING]
CHM 406 Advanced Physical Chemistry: Chemical Dynamics and Thermodynamics [SPRING]
ELE 342 Principles of Quantum Engineering [SPRING]
MAE 221 Thermodynamics [FALL]
PHY 301 Thermal Physics [FALL]
Electrical Engineering (continue)
ELE 431 Solar Energy Conversion
ELE 441 Solid-State Physics I
ELE 442 Solid-State Physics II
ELE 449 Micro-Nanofabrication and Thin-Film Processing
ELE 453 Optical Electronics
ELE 461 Design with Nanotechnologies
Geosciences
GEO 312 Introduction to Mineralogy and Petrology
GEO 363 Environmental Geochemistry: Chemistry of the Natural Systems
GEO 372 Rocks
GEO 378 Mineralogy
GEO 419 Physics and Chemistry of Earth's Interior
Materials Science and Engineering
MSE 304 Nanomaterials and Nanoscale Engineering
MSE 305 Engineering in the Micro/Nano Space
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
MAE 344 Biomechanics and Biomaterials: From Cells to Organisms
MAE 424 Energy Storage Systems
Molecular Biology
MOL 348 Cell and Developmental Biology
MOL 457 Computational Aspects of Molecular Biology
Physics
PHY 304 Advanced Electromagnetism
PHY 305 Introduction to the Quantum Theory
PHY 312 Experimental Physics
PHY 405 Modern Physics I: Condensed-Matter Physics
PHY 408 Modern Classical Dynamics