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Materials Science and Engineering (120 Credits)
Criteria for Certification – Materials Science and Engineering Program
Any further questions should be addressed to the Undergraduate Student Services office located in Sloan 205 or to newcoug@mme.wsu.edu.
- The School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering will establish the total number of students to be certified into the Materials Science and Engineering program.
- Students should apply for certification in the semester after they have completed the following five courses: MATH 171, MATH 172, CHEM 105, CHEM 106, and PHYSICS 201. Students must have a minimum 2.5 cumulative GPA and a C or better grade for each of the five courses listed above to be considered for certification. Transfer students who meet the aforementioned minimum requirements may apply during their first semester at WSU, but no decision will be made until the end of the semester when the final grades become available.
- Certification Guarantee: Students who have completed the certification courses noted above with an average GPA of at least 3.2, who have an overall GPA of at least 3.2 in the completed courses required in the major, and who have not repeated any required courses, are guaranteed certification.
- Students need to submit an application for certification to the Undergraduate Student 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 spring semester respectively.
- The applicants will be ranked based on the average GPA of the math, science, and engineering courses completed. For those who are borderline, the semester and cumulative GPA will be considered and used as a reference. In addition to GPA, other factors may also be taken into consideration, such as the number of math science, and engineering courses taken at WSU. The committee has the authority to weigh these factors in its decision for certification.
- Students who are deficient under the University’s Academic Regulations are subject to decertification. The undergraduate studies committee will determine the eligibility and probation conditions for decertified students who will be permitted to apply for recertification.
Any further questions should be addressed to the Undergraduate Student Services office located in Sloan 205 or to newcoug@mme.wsu.edu.
| 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 - 4 |
| 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] [M] | 3 |
| MSE Elective2 | 3 |
| Technical Elective3 | 3 |
| Engineering and Science Elective1 | 3 |
| Complete Exit Survey | |
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). |