MSE recommended course sequence - Materials Engineering - Purdue University

Freshman Year

First Semester

Second Semester

(4) MA 16500 (Analytic Geometry And Calculus I)

(4) MA 16600 (Analytic Geometry And Calculus II)

(4) CHM 11500 (General Chemistry I) or CHM 13600 Honors

(4) CHM 11600 (General Chemistry II) or CHM 13600

(4/3) Written Communication Foundational Outcome course

(4) PHYS 17200 (Modern Mechanics)

(2) ENGR 13100 or 1 (Transforming Ideas to Innovation I)

(4/3) Oral Communication Foundational Outcome course

        or ENGR 14100 (Honors version)

(2) ENGR 13200 (Transforming Ideas to Innovation II)

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         or ENGR 14200 (Honors version)

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Sophomore Year

Third Semester

Fourth Semester

(3) MSE 23000 (Structure and Properties of Materials)

    Prerequisites: CHM 11500, MA 16500

(3)   MSE 2^nd year course^*

(3) MSE 2^nd year course^*

(3) MSE 2^nd year course^*

(3)  MSE 2^nd year course^*

(4) MA 26100 (Multivariate Calculus)

(3)  PHYS 24100 (Electricity and Optics)

(3) MA 26500 (Linear Algebra)

(3) MA 26600 (Ordinary Differential Equations)

(1) PHYS 25200 (Elec. And Optics Lab)

(0) MSE 39000 (Seminar)

(3) General Education Elective

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(0) MSE 39000 (Seminar)

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^*MSE 2^nd  year courses:

MSE 23500 Materials Properties Laboratory     

      Prerequisites: CHM 11500, MA 16500

MSE 25000 Physical Properties in Engineering Systems

      Prerequisites PHYS 17200; Corequisites: MSE 23000, MA 26500 (or MA 26200)

MSE 26000 Thermodynamics of Materials

      Prerequisites MA 26100, Corequisites: MSE 23000 CHM 11600 (or CHM 13600)

MSE 27000 Atomistic Materials Science

     Corequisites: MA 26100, MA 26500 (or MA 26200), MSE 23000

Junior Year

Fifth Semester

Sixth Semester

(3) MSE 3^rd year Lab course^**

(3)  MSE 3^rd year Lab course^**

(3) MSE 34000 (Transport Phenomena)

     Pre-MA 26600 (or MA 26200), MSE 26000

(3)  MSE 33000 (Proc. and Props. of Matls.)

      Prerequisite MSE 23000

(3) MSE 37000 (Elec,Opt, and Mag. Props. of Materials)

      Prerequisites MSE 23000, MSE 27000, PHYS 24100  (or  PHYS 27200)

(3) MSE 38200 (Mechanical Response of Materials)

      Prerequisites MSE 25000, MA 26500 (or MA 26200)

(3) MSE 420 (Structure & Props. of Organic Matls.)

(3)  General Education Elective

(3) General Education Elective

(3) Technical Elective

(0) MSE 39000 (Seminar)

(0) MSE 39000 (Seminar)

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^**MSE 3^rd  year  Lab courses:

MSE 33500 (Materials Characterization Laboratory) -- Prerequisite: MSE 23500

MSE 36700 (Materials Processing Laboratory) -- Prerequisites MSE 23500, MSE 26000

Senior Year

Seventh Semester

Eighth Semester

(3) MSE 43000 (Materials Processing and Design I)

      Prerequisites MSE 33500 or 36700

(3) MSE 44000 (Materials Processing and Design II)

      Prerequisites MSE, 43000

(3) MSE 44500 (Materials Engineering Systems Analysis)

(9) Technical Electives

    Pre-MSE 33000, 34000, Co-MSE 43000

(6) Technical Electives

(6) General Education Electives

(3) General Education Elective

(0) MSE 39000 (Seminar)

(0) MSE 39000 (Seminar)

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