Materials Science & Engineering (BS)

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Wed, 2009-07-01

FRESHMAN YEAR
Fall Semester	Credit	Spring Semester	Credit
CH 101 Chemistry, A Molecular Science¹ CH 102 General Chemistry Lab¹ E 101 Introduction to Engr & Prob Solv¹ E 115 Intro to Computing Environ ENG 101 Academic Writing and Research¹ MA 141 Calculus I¹ EC 205 Economics (or EC 201 or ARE 201)*	3 1 1 1 4 4 3 17	CH 201 Chemistry, A Quant Science CH 202 Quantitative Chemistry Lab MA 241 Calculus II¹ PY 205 Physics for Engr & Sc I¹ PE 10* Fitness & Wellness Course* GEP Requirement*	3 1 4 4 1 3 16

SOPHOMORE YEAR
Fall Semester	Credit	Spring Semester	Credit
MSE 201 Structure & Prop of Engr Materials ¹ CSC 11x Introd to Computing MA 242 Calculus III PY 208 Physics for Engr & Sc II Phsy Ed/Healthy Living Elective*	3 3 4 4 1 15	MSE 255 Exp Meth Struct Analysis of Matls MSE 260 Math Methods for Material Engrs. MSE 270 MSE Seminar CH 220 Intro Organic Chemistry MA 341 Applied Differential Equations I GEP Requirement*	2 3 1 4 3 3 16

JUNIOR YEAR
Fall Semester	Credit	Spring Semester	Credit
MSE 300 Structure of Materials at Nanoscale MSE 301 Intro to Thermodynamics of Matls MSE 320 Intro to Defects in Solids MSE 335 Exp Meth Analysis of Matls Prop. GEP Requirement* GEP Requirement*	3 3 3 2 3 3 17	MSE 355 Elect, Mag & Opt Prop of Materials MSE 360 Kinetic Process in Materials MSE 370 Microstructure of Inorganic Materials MSE 380 Microstructure of Organic Materials Engineering Elective²	3 3 3 3 3 15

SENIOR YEAR
Fall Semester	Credit	Spring Semester	Credit
MSE 420 Mechanical Prop of Materials MSE 423 Intro to Materials Eng Design ENG 331 Technical Writing (or ENG 333) Technical Elect² Technical Elect² GEP Requirement*	3 1 3 3 3 3 16	MSE 470 Mat. Sci & Eng. Design Project MSE 480 Materials Forensics MSE Processing Elective ³ Technical Elect² Ethics Elective (GEP Requirement*)⁴	3 3 3 3 2-3 14-15

Minimum Credit Hours Required for Graduation*:			126

Footnotes:

Major/Program requirements and footnotes: 1 Matriculation course. Minimum grade of C-. 2 Choose from departmental approved list. 3 Choose any course from the following list: MSE 440, MSE 445, MSE 455, MSE 460, or MSE 456. 4 Ethics course must be chosen from the following listlist: IDS 201, STS 302, STS 304, STS 320, STS/PHI 325, PHI 214, PHI 221, or PHI 375. General Education Program (GEP) requirements: To complete the requirements for graduation and the General Education Program, the following credit hours and co-requisites must be satisfied. University approved GEP course lists for each category can be found at http://oucc.ncsu.edu/gep-courses PHYSICAL EDUCATION* - 2 hours to be selected from the approved GEP Physical Education list. a. One fitness and wellness course (any PE 100-level course). b. One additional credit hour of PE activity courses. HUMANITIES - 6 credits to be selected in two different disciplines (two different course prefixes) from the approved GEP Humanities list. SOCIAL SCIENCES - 3 credits to be selected in a discipline other than economics from the approved GEP Social Sciences list. EC 205 taken as part of the Major requirements satisfies 3 credit hours of the 6 credit hours needed to fulfill the GEP Social Sciences requirement. ADDITIONAL BREADTH - 3 credits to be selected from the approved GEP Humanities, Social Sciences or Visual and Performing Arts lists. INTERDICIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES - 5 credits to be selected from the approved GEP Interdisciplinary Perspectives list. IDS 201, STS 302, STS 304, STS 320 or STS/PHI 325 taken as part of the Major requirements satisfies 3 credit hours of the 5 credit hours needed to fulfill the GEP IP requirement. Co-requisites: U.S. Diversity and Global Knowledge co-requisites must be satisfied to complete the General Education requirements. Choose course(s) that are identified on the approved GEP course lists as meeting the U.S. Diversity and Global Knowledge co-requisites. Some ethics elective courses may satisfy the Global Knowledge or U.S. Diversity co-requisite. Foreign Language proficiency at the FL_102 level will be required for graduation .

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