Materials Science Major

Course Title
Program Courses (13 units)
Laboratory components of general and organic chemistry courses require separate registration and bear separate credit; see the chemistry section for details.
5 core courses:
MAT_SCI 201-0 Introduction to Materials
or MAT_SCI 301-0 Materials Science Principles
MAT_SCI 315-0 Phase Equilibria & Diffusion of Materials
MAT_SCI 316-1 & MAT_SCI 316-2 Microstructural Dynamics and Microstructural Dynamics
MAT_SCI 351-1 Introductory Physics of Materials
5 courses in the chosen track:
General Materials Track
Soft Materials Track
3 advanced electives:
At least 1 in materials science chosen from: 1
MAT_SCI 332-0 Mechanical Behavior of Solids
MAT_SCI 333-0 Composite Materials
MAT_SCI 336-0 Chemical Synthesis of Materials
MAT_SCI 337-0 Conducting Polymers
MAT_SCI 340-0 Ceramic Processing
MAT_SCI 341-0 Introduction to Modern Ceramics
MAT_SCI 351-2 Introductory Physics of Materials
MAT_SCI 355-0 Electronic Materials
MAT_SCI 360-0 Introduction to Electron Microscopy
MAT_SCI 361-0 Crystallography & Diffraction
MAT_SCI 370-0 Biomaterials
MAT_SCI 371-0 Biominerals: Hierarchical Architecture & Function
MAT_SCI 376-0 Nanomaterials
MAT_SCI 380-0 Intro Surface Science & Spectroscopy
MAT_SCI 381-0 Materials for Energy-Efficient Technology
MAT_SCI 382-0 Electrochemical Energy Materials and Devices
MAT_SCI 385-0 Electronic and Thermal Properties of Materials
MAT_SCI 390-0 Materials Design
MAT_SCI 391-0 Process Design
MAT_SCI 397-0 Special Topics in Materials Science and Engineering
At least 1 in another department chosen from the following:
CHEM 210-3 Organic Chemistry
or CHEM 212-3 Organic Chemistry
CHEM 307-0 Materials and Nanochemistry
CHEM 333-0 Inorganic Chemistry
CHEM 342-2 Quantum Mechanics and Spectroscopy
CHEM 342-3 Kinetics and Statistical Thermodynamics
CHEM 360-0 Nanopatterning: Top-down meets Bottom-up
EARTH 300-0 Earth and Planetary Materials
MATH 250-0 Elementary Differential Equations
MATH 351-0 Fourier Analysis and Boundary Value Problems
or MATH 381-0 Fourier Analysis and Boundary Value Problems for ISP
PHYSICS 332-0 Statistical Mechanics
PHYSICS 333-1 Advanced Electricity & Magnetism
PHYSICS 333-2 Advanced Electricity & Magnetism
PHYSICS 337-0 Physics of Condensed Matter
PHYSICS 339-3 Particle and Nuclear Physics
PHYSICS 357-0 Optics Laboratory
PHYSICS 358-0 Nanolithography
Foundations in Mathematics and Science (Units depend on chemistry and mathematics sequences taken.)
MATH 220-0 & MATH 224-0 Differential Calculus of One-Variable Functions and Integral Calculus of One-Variable Functions
or MATH 212-0 & MATH 213-0 & MATH 214-0 Single Variable Calculus I and Single Variable Calculus II and Single Variable Calculus III
MATH 230-0 & MATH 234-0 & MATH 240-0 Differential Calculus of Multivariable Functions and Multiple Integration and Vector Calculus and Linear Algebra
or MATH 281-1 & MATH 281-2 & MATH 281-3 Accelerated Mathematics for ISP: First Year and Accelerated Mathematics for ISP: First Year and Accelerated Mathematics for ISP: First Year
or MATH 285-1 & MATH 285-2 & MATH 285-3 Accelerated Mathematics for MMSS: First Year and Accelerated Mathematics for MMSS: First Year and Accelerated Mathematics for MMSS: First Year
or MATH 290-1 & MATH 290-2 & MATH 290-3 MENU: Linear Algebra and Multivariable Calculus and MENU: Linear Algebra and Multivariable Calculus and MENU: Linear Algebra and Multivariable Calculus
or MATH 291-1 & MATH 291-2 & MATH 291-3 MENU: Intensive Linear Algebra and Multivariable Calculus and MENU: Intensive Linear Algebra and Multivariable Calculus and MENU: Intensive Linear Algebra and Multivariable Calculus
CHEM 110-0 & CHEM 131-0 & CHEM 132-0 Quantitative Problem Solving in Chemistry and General Chemistry 1 and General Chemistry 2
or CHEM 151-0 & CHEM 152-0 Accelerated General Chemistry 1 and Accelerated General Chemistry 2
or CHEM 171-0 & CHEM 172-0 Advanced General Inorganic Chemistry and Advanced General Physical Chemistry
PHYSICS 135-1 & PHYSICS 135-2 & PHYSICS 135-3 General Physics and General Physics and General Physics
or PHYSICS 125-1 & PHYSICS 125-2 & PHYSICS 125-3 General Physics ISP and General Physics for ISP and General Physics for ISP
Students in the soft materials track who are interested in biomaterials and/or medicine are encouraged to take additional courses in biology.