Degree Plan

Suggested Degree Plan for Coursework by Semester

*Individual plans may vary

Summer before Semester 1: Four-day Entrepreneurship Boot Camp

Semester 1

MSEC 7401 Fundamental Materials Science and Engineering (4 Hour Credit)

MSEC 7301 Practical Skills in Commercialization and Entrepreneurship (3 Hour Credit)

MSEC 7101 Commercialization Forum (1 Hour Credit)

MSEC 7102 Materials Science, Engineering, and Commercialization Seminar (1 Hour Credit)

Semester 2

MSEC 7402 Advanced Materials Science and Engineering Concepts (4 Hour Credit)

MSEC 7302 Leadership Skills in Commercialization and Entrepreneurship (3 Hour Credit)

MSEC 7101 Commercialization Forum (1 Hour Credit)

MSEC 7102 Materials Science, Engineering, and Commercialization Seminar (1 Hour Credit)

Summer after Semester 2: Four-day Entrepreneurship Boot Camp

Semester 3

MSEC 7101 Commercialization Forum (1 Hour Credit)

MSEC 7102 Materials Science, Engineering, and Commercialization Seminar (1 Hour Credit)

MSEC Prescribed Elective(s)

Semester 4

MSEC 7101 Commercialization Forum (Lead) (1 Hour Credit)

MSEC 7102 Materials Science, Engineering, and Commercialization Seminar (Lead) (1 Hour Credit)

MSEC Prescribed Electives

Semester 5

MSEC 7999 Dissertation in Materials Science, Engineering, and Commercialization (9 Hour Credit)

Semester 6

MSEC 7999 Dissertation in Materials Science, Engineering, and Commercialization (9 Hour Credit)

TOTAL - Minimum required semester credit hours 55

Prescribed Elective Courses

*Courses may not be offered every semester

MSEC 7103 Research in Materials Science, Engineering, and Commercialization

MSEC 7203 Research in Materials Science, Engineering, and Commercialization

MSEC 7303 Research in Materials Science, Engineering, and Commercialization

MSEC 7304 Collaborative Research/Commercialization Experience *Requires MSEC Director approval

MSEC 7310 Nanoscale Systems and Devices

MSEC 7311 Materials Characterization

MSEC 7315 Quantum Mechanics for Matierals Scientists

MSEC 7320 Nanocomposites

MSEC 7325 Principles of Technical Project Management

MSEC 7330 Computational Materials Science

MSEC 7340 Biomaterials & Biosensors

MSEC 7350 Frontiers of Nanoelectronics

MSEC 7360 Nanomaterials Processing

MSEC 7370 Advanced Polymer Science

MSEC 7395A Electronic Device Materials

MSEC 7395B Thin Film Photovoltaic Devices

MSEC 7395C Materials for Sustainable Materials

MSEC 7395D Polymer Characterization and Processing

MSEC 7395E Industrial Ecology and Sustainability Engineering

MSEC 7395F Catalysis in Materials Science

MSEC 7395G Applied Plasma Physics

MSEC 7395H Environmental Chemistry

MSEC 7395I Structure and Prop of Alloys

MSEC 7395J Concrete Materials and Durability

MSEC 7395K Electrical and Magnetic Characterization Methods

MSEC 7395L Advanced Solid State Physics