Materials Science and Engineering Minor

Requirements

The Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science is offering a minor for students who are not majoring in Materials Science. A total of fifteen (15) credits is required to complete the minor, as specified below. Students must obtain a GPA of at least 2.0 for the courses taken towards the minor.

Required

MEMS 0023 - INTRODUCTION TO MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING  or ENGR 0022 - MATERIALS STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES  

Core Courses

Students must pass at least two of the following core materials science courses:

• MEMS 0041 - MATERIALS PROCESSING  or MEMS 0040 - MATERIALS AND MANUFACTURING  
• MEMS 1053 - STRUCTURE OF CRYSTALS AND DIFFRACTION  
• MEMS 1058 - ELECTROMAGNETIC PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS  
• MEMS 1063 - PHASE TRANSFORMATION AND MICROSTRUCTURE EVOLUTION  
• MEMS 1070 - MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR OF MATERIALS  

Elective Courses

Any of the following courses can be used to complete the fifteen credits required for the minor:

• MEMS 0041 - MATERIALS PROCESSING  or MEMS 0040 - MATERIALS AND MANUFACTURING  
• MEMS 0048 - THERMODYNAMICS OF MATERIALS  
• MEMS 1030 - MATERIAL SELECTION  
• MEMS 1053 - STRUCTURE OF CRYSTALS AND DIFFRACTION  
• MEMS 1058 - ELECTROMAGNETIC PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS  
• MEMS 1063 - PHASE TRANSFORMATION AND MICROSTRUCTURE EVOLUTION  
• MEMS 1066 - METHODS FOR MATERIAL CHARACTERIZATION  
• MEMS 1070 - MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR OF MATERIALS  

Notes:

• Students must have passed the prerequisites, or approved equivalents, before taking a MEMS course.
• Regarding courses from other departments that are substantially equivalent to MEMS courses:
  • A student cannot take a MEMS course that is equivalent to another course they have taken.
  • A student cannot apply a course from their major toward a materials science minor except if it is one of the MEMS courses listed above.