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​MS in Materials Science & Engineering

• The quantitative requirement for the degree is 30-credit hours. A minimum of 24 of these units must be course credit, and a minimum of 6 units must be Masters Research, MEMS 599.
• Full-time MS students in any area are required to take MEMS 501 Seminar every semester, which is a zero-unit, pass-fail course.
• The overall grade-point average must be 2.70 or better.
• Courses are to be Engineering courses at 500-level or above, or Chemistry or Physics courses at 400-level or above, and course credit must include 3 units (one course) of mathematics at the graduate level. The following restrictions apply:
• A maximum of 3 units of Independent Study, MEMS 400/500, are allowed.
• A maximum of 6 units of 400-level courses are allowed.
• Each course must be approved by the candidate’s thesis advisor.
• A maximum of 6 units of transfer credit is allowed for courses taken at other graduate institutions, and these must have been taken with grade B or better.
• A minimum of 15 units of the total 30 units must be in MEMS courses.
  
• The student must also write a satisfactory thesis and successfully defend it in an oral examination before a faculty committee consisting of at least three members, at least two of which are from the Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science.
  

Course Option

• The quantitative requirement for the degree is 30-credit hours (normally 10 courses) completed with a grade-point average of 2.70 or better.
  
• Full-time MS students in any area are required to take MEMS 501 Seminar every semester, which is a zero-unit, pass-fail course.
  
• Course credits must include 18 units (six courses) from the list as well as 3 units (one course) of mathematics at the graduate level. It is recommended that the student take at least one course from each of the following areas: