Materials Science and Engineering Major, BS in Materials Science and Engineering

PROGRESSION POLICIES AND REQUIREMENTS

Graduation in materials science and engineering requires a minimum grade point average of 2.0 for all departmental courses taken at The University of Tennessee, Knoxville. No more than seven credit hours of materials science and engineering courses in which a C- or lower is the highest grade earned may be counted toward graduation. Students are strongly encouraged to meet with their advisor every semester.

uTrack Requirements

Universal Tracking (uTrack) is an academic monitoring system designed to help students stay on track for timely graduation. In order to remain on track, students must complete the minimum requirements for each tracking semester, known as milestones. Milestones include successful completion of specified courses and/or attainment of a minimum GPA. uTrack requirements only affect full-time, degree-seeking students.

Requirements for the Bachelor of Science in Materials Science and Engineering

Term 1	Hours	Milestone Notes
CHEM 122 * and CHEM 123 , or CHEM 128	4	MATH 130 or MATH 131 or higher or one Arts and Humanities , Global Citizenship – US or Global Citizenship – International , or Social Sciences Elective
EF 105	1
EF 142 * or EF 151 * or EF 157 *	4
ENGL 101 * or ENGL 118 ⁴* or ENGL 131 * or ENGL 198 *	3
MATH 132 * or MATH 141 * or MATH 147 *	3-4
Term 2
EF 152 * or EF 158 *	4	MATH 130 or MATH 131 or higher
ENGL 102 * or ENGL 132 * or ENGL 290 * or ENGL 298 *	3
MATH 142 * or MATH 148 *	4
MSE 110 or MSE 117	3
MSE 120 or MSE 127	3
Term 3
EF 230	2	EF 141 * and EF 142 , or EF 151 , or EF 157 , or PHYS 135 , or PHYS 137 *
MATH 241 or MATH 247	4
MSE 201 or MSE 207	3
MSE 210	3
PHYS 231 *	3
Term 4
¹Global Citizenship – US Elective*	3	EF 152 * or EF 158 * or PHYS 136 * or PHYS 138 *
MATH 231 or MATH 237	3
MSE 220 *	3
MSE 250	4
MSE 260	4
Term 5
MATH 200	2	CBE 201 or COSC 101 or COSC 102 or COSC 111 * or ME 202 or MSE 201
MSE 300	2
MSE 301	3
MSE 340 or MSE 347	4
MSE 360 or MSE 367	4
Term 6
¹Arts and Humanities Elective*	3	No milestones
MSE 302	3
MSE 304 *	3
MSE 350 or MSE 357	3
MSE 390 or MSE 397	4
Term 7
MSE 480	3	No milestones
³Materials Science and Engineering Elective	3
¹Expanded Perspectives Elective*	3
¹Global Citizenship – International Elective*	3
²Technical Elective	3
Term 8
¹Expanded Perspectives Elective*	3	No milestones
¹Social Sciences Elective*	3
MSE 489 *	3
³Materials Science and Engineering Elective	3
²Technical Elective	3
TOTAL	126

¹	Chosen from Volunteer Core list.
²	Chosen from BCMB 230 ; BIOL 150 * or BIOL 158 , BIOL 159 , BIOL 160 , BIOL 168 ; BME 409 ; CHEM 260 , CHEM 360 ; CBE 475 ; ECE 301 ; EF 333 ; ENGL 360 ; GEOL 310 ; MATH 475 ; MSE 457 , MSE 483 , MSE 484 , BME 485 , MSE 486 , any MSE course; PHYS 232 *, other 300- or 400-level science or engineering courses as approved by academic advisor and department head.
³	Chosen from MSE 405 , MSE 408 , MSE 410 , MSE 415 , MSE 425 , MSE 432 , MSE 443 , MSE 450 , MSE 451 , MSE 455 , MSE 460 , MSE 466 , MSE 474 , MSE 475 , MSE 494 , MSE 495 , MSE 496R .
⁴	ENGL 118 * – Students receiving a passing grade below B in ENGL 118 * will complete the English Composition requirement by taking ENGL 102 . Students receiving a grade of B or better will complete their freshman English requirements by choosing ENGL 102 , a sophomore-level course in the English Department, or ENGL 355 *.

* Meets Volunteer Core Requirements .

Materials Science and Engineering Major – Honors Concentration

In addition to satisfying the requirements for the materials science and engineering major, candidates for the honors materials science and engineering concentration must also complete the following requirements.

Maintain an overall GPA of 3.4.
Four 100- or 200-level honors courses* (14 hours minimum, at least two courses must be from Engineering Fundamentals, Physics, Math, Chemistry, Biology, Statistics, or MSE 117 - Honors: Materials Chemistry or MSE 207 - Honors: Introduction to Materials Science and Engineering ).
Two upper-division honors courses in materials science and engineering (from MSE 347 , MSE 357 , MSE 367 , MSE 397 ).
Satisfy the Breadth Requirements for the Cook Grand Challenge Honors Program.

*	While most students fulfill this requirement with 100- and 200-level courses, students may substitute upper level courses on approval of the Honors faculty.

Materials Science and Engineering Major – Five-Year BS/MS Program

The department offers a Five-Year BS-MS program with a BS (major in materials science and engineering) and an MS (major in materials science and engineering) for qualified students. The primary component of the program is that qualified students may take up to 9 hours of approved graduate courses for their senior undergraduate electives and have them count toward both their bachelor’s and master’s degrees at the University of Tennessee. This program is designed for students attending the University of Tennessee for their Master of Science degree because other universities may not accept these courses for graduate credit since they were used to satisfy requirements for the Bachelor of Science degree. Significant components of the program are:

Students must have an overall GPA of 3.4 in required coursework. Conditional admission to the five-year program may be granted after completion of 65 hours of required coursework, while full admission may be granted after the completion of 96 hours of required coursework with a minimum overall GPA of 3.4.
Students must at least be conditionally admitted to the program prior to taking graduate courses for both their bachelor’s and master’s degrees. All courses taken for graduate credit must be approved by the graduate program director. Students admitted to the program must request permission from the Graduate School to take approved courses for graduate credit.
Students admitted to the program must also follow the normal procedure for admission to the Graduate School. Admission of students into this program must be approved by the department and the Graduate School. Students will not be eligible for assistantships until they are enrolled as graduate-level students in the Graduate School.

Undergraduates

Graduate Students