INTRODUCTION TO MATERIALS SCIENCE

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: CHEM 103 , 109 , 115 , graduate/professional standing, or member of Engineering Guest Students. Not open to students with credit in M S & E 351 . Course Designation: Core GenEd - Natural Science & Wellness Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe some of the ways a range of materials, including ceramics, metals, and polymers, have economic, societal, and political ramifications, both on the present and in history Audience: Undergraduate 2. Explain how the structure inside a material can be manipulated across a wide range of length scales (0.1nm – 1mm) to control its properties Audience: Undergraduate 3. Analyze the interrelationships among structure, processing, properties, and performance in material Audience: Undergraduate 4. Justify the use of a material based on the material properties, the engineering constraints of project, functionality, and human and environmental interaction Audience: Undergraduate 5. Demonstrate a quantitative understanding of material properties and structure Audience: Undergraduate 6. Interpret commonplace representations of data and concepts in materials (e.g. Arrhenius relationship, TTT diagram, Larson-Miller Plot, Ashby Map) Audience: Undergraduate 7. Communicate with peers to analyze problems in materials selection and design and develop skills for working in collaborative environments Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe some of the ways a range of materials, including ceramics, metals, and polymers, have economic, societal, and political ramifications, both on the present and in history Audience: Undergraduate 2. Explain how the structure inside a material can be manipulated across a wide range of length scales (0.1nm – 1mm) to control its properties Audience: Undergraduate 3. Analyze the interrelationships among structure, processing, properties, and performance in material Audience: Undergraduate 4. Justify the use of a material based on the material properties, the engineering constraints of project, functionality, and human and environmental interaction Audience: Undergraduate 5. Demonstrate a quantitative understanding of material properties and structure Audience: Undergraduate 6. Interpret commonplace representations of data and concepts in materials (e.g. Arrhenius relationship, TTT diagram, Larson-Miller Plot, Ashby Map) Audience: Undergraduate 7. Communicate with peers to analyze problems in materials selection and design and develop skills for working in collaborative environments Audience: Undergraduate