BS in Materials Science and Engineering
Materials Science and Engineering
With a Bachelor of Science in Materials Science and Engineering (BSMSE), you will have an understanding of the application, methods, and principles involved in studying engineering materials. Materials scientists and engineers are concerned with how materials behave at all scales—from electrons to skyscrapers. They are interested in improving the performance of existing materials and in designing and fabricating new, higher performance materials that don’t exist in nature. An important part of designing new materials is to understand the structure of materials from the atomic level upwards.
Curriculum
Undergraduate curriculum emphasizes the relationship of microscopic structures to macroscopic properties of materials, experimental techniques for characterizing, and the design/selection of materials for engineering applications.
Course Syllabi
Download the most recent syllabi for the core courses in the Materials Science and Engineering program.
- MSE 201 Materials Science (PDF)
- MSE 202 Materials Science Fundamentals (PDF)
- MSE 241 Engineering Computations (PDF)
- MSE 302 Electronic Materials (PDF)
- MSE 316 Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Materials (PDF)
- MSE 318 Materials Design (PDF)
- MSE 320 Materials Structure-Properties Laboratory (PDF)
- MSE 321 Materials Characterization (PDF)
- MSE 323 Materials Characterization Laboratory (PDF)
- MSE 331 Metallic Materials (PDF)
- MSE 332 Polymeric Materials (PDF)
- MSE 333 Ceramic Materials (PDF)
- MSE 404 Engineering Composites
- MSE 406 Biomaterials
- MSE 413 Mechanics of Solids
- MSE 425 Senior Thesis
Financial Support
Scholarships and other opportunities are available to help students finance their college education.