U-MSE-C - Materials Science and Engineering Certificate

Successful completion of seven (7) courses from the following categories will lead to a Certificate in Materials Science & Engineering:

• Two (2) required centerpiece courses

  • ME 221 Structure and Properties of Solids (For BME, Chemistry or Physics majors, possible alternates are BME 221, CHEM 548, or PHYSICS 516 respectively.)

  • At least one course from:

    • ME 412 (Chem 512) Modern Materials

    • ME 490 Statistical Thermodynamics of Materials

• Four (4) elective courses (one must be outside the student's major department)

• One (1) humanities/social science course in one of the following areas

  • History (if applicable to the role of technology and science)

  • Public Policy (if applicable to the use and impact of technology)

  • Economics