Materials Track
A total of 30 hours are required for the M.S. degree. At least 18 must be in MCEN courses, or 15 must be in MCEN courses with 6 MCEN thesis hours.
In addition to the coursework for each track, M.S. students are required to take two semesters of Graduate Seminar, MCEN 5027. This class is pass/fail and is attendance based. It does NOT count towards the 30 credit hours required for the degree. Attendance is required at 2/3 of the seminars for a passing grade.
Core Courses (12 hours)
MCEN 5020 Methods of Eng Anal (3)
Choose three of the following five courses:
MCEN 5228 Materials Chemistry & Structure (3)
MCEN 5228 Mechanical Behavior of Materials (3)
MCEN 5228 Thermodynamics & Kinetics of Materials (3)
MCEN 5228 Introduction to Polymers (3)
MCEN 5023 Solid Mechanics (3)
Elective Courses (12 hours)
Thesis Requirements (Optional)
MCEN 5208 Intro to Research (3)
MCEN 6959 Masters Thesis (3)
MCEN 6959 Masters Thesis (3)
Enrichment Courses (min 6 hours from the list
below)
Some courses may have prerequisites. Additional
courses may be approved on a petition basis.
Recommended for Mechanics of Materials Interest
MCEN 5183 Mechanics of Composites
MCEN 5228 Mechanical Behavior of Materials
MCEN 5228 Introdution to Polymers
ASEN 5519 Advances in Materials Processing
Recommended for Electrical/Optical Materials
Interest
ECEN 5345 Introduction to Solid State
ECEN 5365 Semiconductor Materials & Devices
1
ECEN 6365 Semiconductor Materials & Devices
2
ECEN 5385 Optical Properties of Materials
Recommended for Biomaterials Interest
MCEN 5228 Materials In Medicine
MCEN 5228 Biomechanics
MCEN 6184 Structure and Properties of Polymers
CHEN 5450 Polymer Chemistry
CHEN 5710 Molecular Basis of Biological Behavior
PHYS 5130 Biological Electron Microscopy: Principles
and Recent Advances
Recommended for Nanomaterials Interest
PHYS 4230 Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
PHYS 4340 Solid-State Physics
CHEM 5571 Surface Science
MCEN 5268 Mechatronics
Recommended for Energy Materials Interest
MCEN 5228 Energy Conversion & Storage