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Suggested Course Plan for a UC Riverside Major in Materials Science and Engineering
(Catalog Year 2007)

Fall Quarter Winter Quarter Spring Quarter
First Year
CHEM 1A/1LA CHEM 1B/1LB CHEM 1C/1LC
General Chemistry General Chemistry General Chemistry
ENGL 1A ENGL 1B CS 30
English Composition English Composition Intro to Comp Sci & Engr
MATH 9A MATH 9B ENGL 1C or 1SC*
First Year Calculus First Year Calculus English Composition
MSE 1 ENGR 092* MATH 9C
Fundamentals of Materials Science Freshman Seminar First Year Calculus
 
Second Year
CHEM 112A MATH 10A EE 1A/1LA
Organic Chemistry Multivariable Calculus Engineering Circuit Analysis
MATH 46 PHYS 40B MATH 10B
Differential Equations Physics (Heat/Waves/Sound) Multivariable Calculus
PHYS 40A BREADTH ME 10
Physics (Mechanics) Biological Science Statics
BREADTH   PHYS 40C
Humanities/Social Sciences   Physics (Electricity/Magnetism)
 
Third Year
EE 138 CHE 100 CEE 135
Electrical Properties of Materials Engineering Thermodynamics Chemistry of Materials
ENGR 180 ME 110 ME 156
Technical Communications Mechanics of Materials Mechanical Behavior of Materials
ME 114 TECHNICAL ELECTIVE MSE 160
Properties of Engineering Materials *See Catalog List Nanostructure Characterization Lab
BREADTH BREADTH TECHNICAL ELECTIVE
Humanities/Social Sciences Humanities/Social Sciences *See Catalog List
 
Fourth Year
MSE 161 MSE 175A MSE 175B
Analytical Materials Characterization Senior Design Senior Design
STAT 155 or STAT 100A TECHNICAL ELECTIVE TECHNICAL ELECTIVE
Probability, Statistics for Engr *See Catalog List *See Catalog List
TECHNICAL ELECTIVE BREADTH BREADTH
*See Catalog List Humanities/Social Sciences Humanities/Social Sciences

 

Notes

Humanities/Social Sciences courses fulfill the breadth requirements specific to the College of Engineering and is available on the College of Engineering Student Academic Affairs website: www.engr.ucr.edu/studentaffairs.
*Optional, but recommended.
**Technical Electives are courses in Materials Science & Engineering which explore specific topics. A list of Technical Electives is available on the College of Engineering Student Academic Affairs website: www.engr.ucr.edu/studentaffairs, and the UCR College Catalog website: www.catalog.ucr.edu/.


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