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 5024 Materials Chemistry & Structure (3)
MCEN 5044 Mechanical Behavior of Materials (3)
MCEN 5034 Thermodynamics of Materials (3)
MCEN 5228 Introduction to Polymers (3)
MCEN 5023 Solid Mechanics (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 5044 Mechanical Behavior of Materials
MCEN 5228 Introdution to Polymers
MCEN 6184 Structure & Dynamics of 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
MCEN 5636 MEMS 1
MCEN 5248 MEMS 2
Recommended for Biomaterials Interest
MCEN 5228 Materials In Medicine
MCEN 5228 Biomechanics
MCEN 5044 Mechanical Behavior of Materials
MCEN 5228 Biocolloids/Biomembranes
MCEN 6228 Structure and Dynamics 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 3220 Quantum Mechanics 1
PHYS 4230 Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
PHYS 4340 Solid-State Physics
CHEM 5571 Surface Science
MCEN 5115 Mechatronics & Robotics
MCEN 5228 Introduction to Nanoscience
Recommended for Energy Materials Interest
MCEN 5228 Energy Conversion & Storage
Elective Courses (12 hours)
Thesis Requirements (Optional) (These 9 hours would replace 9 hours of elective courses above)
MCEN 5208 Intro to Research (3)
MCEN 6959 Masters Thesis (3)
MCEN 6959 Masters Thesis (3)