Minor in Materials Engineering

For the minor, 14–19 semester hours are required, excluding prerequisite courses. Students who wish to minor in Materials Engineering must complete the following:

Prerequisite Courses
MATH 180Calculus I4
MATH 181Calculus II4
PHYS 141General Physics I (Mechanics)4
CHEM 122
CHEM 123
Matter and Energy
and Foundations of Chemical Inquiry I
5
or CHEM 116 Honors and Majors General and Analytical Chemistry I
Total Hours17

Some of these courses have prerequisites not included in the minor. Consult the Course Descriptions in the catalog for course prerequisites. 

Required Courses
Select one of the following:2-3
Properties of Materials
Materials for Manufacturing
Select four of the following:12-16
Materials in Biomedical Engineering
Non-Newtonian Fluids
Selected Topics in Chemical Engineering (when topic is Design of Microelectronics Processing)
Fracture Mechanics and Failure Analysis I
Crystallography and X-Ray Diffraction
Physical and Mechanical Properties of Materials
Thermodynamics of Materials
Welding Metallurgy
Solid State Device Theory
Integrated Circuit Engineering
Microdevices and Micromachining Technology
Manufacturing Process Principles
Modern Experimental Physics I
Total Hours14-19