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2009-2010 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2009-2010 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Materials Science and Engineering Major, BS in Materials Science and Engineering - Biomaterials Concentration


Requirements for the Bachelor of Science in Materials Science and Engineering - Biomaterials Concentration


   

First Year

Hours Credit

MSE 101  1
1ENGL 101 * or ENGL 118 *, ENGL 102 * 6
CHEM 120 * or CHEM 128 *, CHEM 130 * or CHEM 138 * 8
MATH 141 * or MATH 147 *, MATH 142 * or MATH 148 * 8
EF 105 , EF 151  or EF 157 , EF 152  or EF 158  9
   

Second Year

 
MSE 201 , MSE 250 , MSE 260 , MSE 290 , MSE 291  11
PHYS 231 *, PHYS 232 * 7
MATH 200 , MATH 231 , MATH 241  or MATH 247  8
ECON 201  or ECON 207  4
2General Education Elective (Social Science) 3
   

Third Year

 
MSE 300 , MSE 302 , MSE 304 , MSE 320 , MSE 340 , MSE 350 , MSE 360 , MSE 370 , MSE 390  23
STAT 251  3
2General Education Electives (Arts and Humanities) 3
3Technical Elective 3
   

Fourth Year

 
MSE 405 *(WC), MSE 480 , MSE 489 *(OC) 10
4Materials Science and Engineering Elective 6
ECE 301  3
EF 402  1
3Technical Elective 3
2General Education Electives (Cultures and Civilizations, Arts and Humanities) 9
   
 

Total 128

   
* Meets General Education Requirements .
1 Students receiving a grade of A or B in ENGL 118  will complete their first year composition requirement by choosing ENGL 102 , a sophomore literature course in the English Department, or ENGL 355 .
2 General Education courses must include any two approved courses under the Arts or Humanities cluster, any two approved courses under the Cultures and Civilizations cluster, and one approved course in the Social Sciences cluster.
3Technical electives: BCMB 230 ; BIOL 140 ; BME 300 , BME 409 ; CBE 475 ; CHEM 350 ; any MSE course (except MSE 220 ); ME 321 ; NE 483 , NE 484 .
4Materials Science and Engineering electives: MSE 410 , MSE 421 , 429, MSE 445 , MSE 470 , 472, MSE 474 , MSE 484 , MSE 494 , MSE 495 .

Biomaterials Concentration

In addition to satisfying the requirements described the materials science and engineering major, candidates for biomaterials concentration must also satisfy the following stipulations.
   
 

Hours Credit

  3
MSE 485  or MSE 486  (or equivalents MSE 578, MSE 588) 3
BIOL 140  (4) or BCMB 230  (5) 4-5
Select one: MSE 470 , MSE 485 ; MSE 486 ; BME 409 ;  ;   3
   
 

Total 13-14

Honors Biomaterials Concentration


Students who wish to pursue the honors materials science and engineering concentration or the honors biomaterials concentration will normally be part of the Chancellor’s Honors Program. Candidates for these honors concentrations must complete the following requirements.

  • First-year courses for honors concentration in the engineering majors.
  • Two upper-division honors courses in Materials Science and Engineering via Honors-by-Contract or Honors Independent Study. The contract or independent study must be submitted to the Chancellor’s Honors Program for approval by the third week of the semester. (Note: These honors requirements are course substitutions for the materials science and engineering major.)
  • A minimum of 3-credit hours of an honors senior design course. This requirement is normally satisfied as part of their senior capstone design course (MSE 489 ).