Curriculum and Degree Plan
Degree Plan
Individual plans may vary
Semester 1
Summer before Semester 1: Four-day Entrepreneurship Boot Camp
- MSEC 7401 Fundamental Materials Science and Engineering (4 Hour Credit)
- MSEC 7301 Practical Skills in Commercialization and Entrepreneurship (3 Hour Credit)
- MSEC 7101 Commercialization Forum (1 Hour Credit)
- MSEC 7102 Materials Science, Engineering, and Commercialization Seminar (1 Hour Credit)
Semester 2
- MSEC 7402 Advanced Materials Science and Engineering Concepts (4 Hour Credit)
- MSEC 7302 Leadership Skills in Commercialization and Entrepreneurship (3 Hour Credit)
- MSEC 7101 Commercialization Forum (1 Hour Credit)
- MSEC 7102 Materials Science, Engineering, and Commercialization Seminar (1 Hour Credit)
Summer after Semester 2: Four-day Entrepreneurship Boot Camp
Semester 3
- MSEC 7101 Commercialization Forum (1 Hour Credit)
- MSEC 7102 Materials Science, Engineering, and Commercialization Seminar (1 Hour Credit)
- MSEC Prescribed Elective(s)
Semester 4
- MSEC 7101 Commercialization Forum (Lead) (1 Hour Credit)
- MSEC 7102 Materials Science, Engineering, and Commercialization Seminar (Lead) (1 Hour Credit)
- MSEC Prescribed Electives
Semester 5
- MSEC 7999 Dissertation in Materials Science, Engineering, and Commercialization (9 Hour Credit)
Semester 6
- MSEC 7999 Dissertation in Materials Science, Engineering, and Commercialization (9 Hour Credit)
TOTAL - Minimum required semester credit hours 55
Prescribed Elective Courses
- MSEC 7103 Research in Materials Science, Engineering, and Commercialization
- MSEC 7203 Research in Materials Science, Engineering, and Commercialization
- MSEC 7303 Research in Materials Science, Engineering, and Commercialization
- MSEC 7304 Collaborative Research/Commercialization Experience *Requires MSEC Director approval
- MSEC 7310 Nanoscale Systems and Devices
- MSEC 7311 Materials Characterization
- MSEC 7315 Quantum Mechanics for Materials Scientists
- MSEC 7320 Nanocomposites
- MSEC 7325 Principles of Technical Project Management
- MSEC 7330 Computational Materials Science
- MSEC 7340 Biomaterials & Biosensors
- MSEC 7350 Frontiers of Nanoelectronics
- MSEC 7360 Nanomaterials Processing
- MSEC 7370 Advanced Polymer Science
- MSEC 7395A Electronic Device Materials
- MSEC 7395B Thin Film Photovoltaic Devices
- MSEC 7395C Materials for Sustainable Materials
- MSEC 7395D Polymer Characterization and Processing
- MSEC 7395E Industrial Ecology and Sustainability Engineering
- MSEC 7395F Catalysis in Materials Science
- MSEC 7395G Applied Plasma Physics
- MSEC 7395H Environmental Chemistry
- MSEC 7395I Structure and Prop of Alloys
- MSEC 7395J Concrete Materials and Durability
- MSEC 7395K Electrical and Magnetic Characterization Methods
- MSEC 7395L Advanced Solid State Physics
- MSEC 7395M Semiconductor Devices and Processing
- MSEC 7395N Advanced Infrastructure Materials
- MSEC 7395O Modern Concepts in Materials Science