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Materials Science and Engineering (120 Credits)
Certification Requirements:
Certification into the Bachelor of Science program in Materials Science and Engineering is limited to 21 students per entering class. Students who have completed at least 30 semester hours of graded course work with an overall minimum 2.0 gpa and who have completed the following courses with a minimum grade of 2.0 in each course: CHEM 105, CHEM 106, ENGLISH 101, MATH 171, 172, and PHYSICS 201 or their equivalents are eligible. When it becomes necessary to limit enrollment, the overall gpa as well as the gpa for the prerequisite courses listed above, will be important factors.
Students need to submit an application for certification to the Undergraduate Students Services office, Sloan 205 or electronically to newcoug@mme.wsu.edu. The application deadline is the Monday after finals week in December and May for the fall and the spring semesters respectively. For additional details, contact the school’s office of student services.
Certification into the Bachelor of Science program in Materials Science and Engineering is limited to 21 students per entering class. Students who have completed at least 30 semester hours of graded course work with an overall minimum 2.0 gpa and who have completed the following courses with a minimum grade of 2.0 in each course: CHEM 105, CHEM 106, ENGLISH 101, MATH 171, 172, and PHYSICS 201 or their equivalents are eligible. When it becomes necessary to limit enrollment, the overall gpa as well as the gpa for the prerequisite courses listed above, will be important factors.
Students need to submit an application for certification to the Undergraduate Students Services office, Sloan 205 or electronically to newcoug@mme.wsu.edu. The application deadline is the Monday after finals week in December and May for the fall and the spring semesters respectively. For additional details, contact the school’s office of student services.
First Year | |
First Term | Credits |
CHEM 105 [PSCI] | 4 |
Creative & Professional Arts [ARTS] | 3 |
ENGLISH 101 [WRTG] | 3 |
MATH 171 [QUAN] | 4 |
MSE 110 | 2 |
Second Term | Credits |
Biological Sciences [BSCI] | 3 |
CHEM 106 | 4 |
HISTORY 105 [ROOT] | 3 |
MATH 172 | 4 |
PHYSICS 201 | 4 |
Second Year | |
First Term | Credits |
CE 211 | 3 |
Humanities [HUM] | 3 |
MATH 220 | 2 |
MATH 273 | 2 |
MSE 201 | 3 |
PHYSICS 202 | 4 |
Second Term | Credits |
CE 215 | 3 |
CPT S 121 or E E 221 | 2 |
Diversity [DIVR] | 3 |
ECONS 102 [SSCI] | 3 |
MATH 315 | 3 |
ME 220 | 1 |
Complete Writing Portfolio | |
Third Year | |
First Term | Credits |
E E 304 | 2 |
MSE 302 | 3 |
MSE 316 | 3 |
MSE 320 [M] | 3 |
MSE 402 | 3 |
STAT 360 or 370 | 3 |
Second Term | Credits |
ME 310 | 2 |
MSE 321 | 3 |
MSE 323 | 2 |
MSE 401 | 3 |
MSE 403 | 3 |
Fourth Year | |
First Term | Credits |
ME 416 [CAPS] | 3 |
MSE 413 | 3 |
MSE 425 [M] | 3 |
Engineering and Science Elective1 | 3 |
Second Term | Credits |
ENGLISH 402 [WRTG] | 3 |
MSE Elective2 | 3 |
Technical Elective3 | 3 |
Engineering and Science Elective1 | 3 |
Footnotes
1 | Six credits from BIOLOGY 301, BIO ENG 481, CE 341, CHEM 331, 332, 345, 346, 347, E E 214, ME 212, 303, 304, 313, 316, 348, 414, 449, 461, 472, PHYSICS 303, 304, 463, MBIOS 303, any 400 or 500-level MSE (except Integrated Capstone course in MSE), or any 500-level ME . |
2 | Any 400 or 500-level MSE course except MSE 499 not used to fulfill other requirements. |
3 | Any upper-division CE, CH E, CHEM, CPT S, E E, MATH, ME, MSE, PHYSICS, or STAT course not used to fulfill other requirements(except Integrated Capstone courses in Engineering). |