Materials Science and Engineering Minor
The Materials Science and Engineering Minor is available to and useful for students in any engineering discipline, as well as students from chemistry, physics and textiles. It is designed to provide students with the fundamentals necessary for advanced study in Materials Science and Engineering and improve their marketability to employers in materials-related fields.
Hillary Stone
Academic Advisor
hmstone2@ncsu.edu
Admission
The multidisciplinary nature of MSE is a unique draw for undergraduate students who major in fields outside of materials science, and the department has a significant number of associated faculty from disciplines beyond materials science: physics, chemistry, biomedicine and computer science.
Completion of the MSE minor requires a minimum of 15 credit hours, which includes 9 credits of required courses and at least 6 credits of elective courses.
MSE Minor Requirements
The Materials Science and Engineering Minor includes a three-hour introductory course, six hours of required courses and six hours of electives selected from a list of courses covering a wide variety of materials science and engineering topics. To apply for the MSE Minor, a minimum overall GPA of 2.0 is required. A grade of C or better is required in MSE 200 Mechanical Properties of Structural Materials or MSE 201 Structure and Properties of Engineering Materials, and a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 must be maintained in the Minor courses.
Total Hours Needed: 15
| COURSE | CREDIT HOURS |
| Select one of the following: MSE 200 Mechanical Properties of Structural Materials, or MSE 201 Structure and Properties of Engineering Materials | 3 |
| MSE 300 Structure of Materials at the Nanoscale | 3 |
| MSE 301 Introduction to Thermodynamics of Materials | 3 |
Required courses total: 9 hours
| COURSE (Select six credits of the following:) | CREDIT HOURS |
| MSE 255 Experimental Methods for Structural Analysis of Materials | 2 |
| MSE 320 Introduction to Defects in Solids | 3 |
| MSE 335 Experimental Methods for Analysis of Material Properties | 2 |
| MSE 355 Electrical, Magnetic and Optical Properties of Materials | 3 |
| MSE 360 Kinetic Processes in Materials | 3 |
| MSE 370 Microstructure of Inorganic Materials | 3 |
| MSE 380 Microstructure of Organic Materials | 3 |
| MSE/NE 409 Nuclear Materials | 3 |
| MSE 455 Polymer Technology and Engineering | 3 |
| MSE 460 Microelectronic Materials | 3 |
| MSE 465 Introduction to Nanomaterials | 3 |