Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Science and Engineering

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Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Program Requirements


Required Seminars
3.201	Introduction to DMSE	3
3.202	Essential Research Skills	3
Core Curriculum 1
3.20	Materials at Equilibrium	15
3.21	Kinetic Processes in Materials	15
3.22	Structure and Mechanics of Materials	12
3.23	Electrical, Optical, and Magnetic Properties of Materials	12
Electives 2		27-36
Minor 3		18-33
Select one of the following options:
Two graduate-level subjects 4
One graduate-level and one advanced undergraduate-level subject 4
Three advanced undergraduate-level subjects 5
Two graduate-level beginning-language sequence subjects 6
3.693-3.699 & 3.69	Teaching Materials Science and Engineering and Teaching Fellows Seminar 7
Thesis Research
3.995	First Year Thesis Research	18
3.998	Doctoral Thesis Update Meeting	1
3.THG	Graduate Thesis 4	518-542
Total Units		642-690

Note: Students in this program can choose to receive the Doctor of Philosophy or the Doctor of Science in Materials Science and Engineering. Students receiving veterans benefits must select the degree they wish to receive prior to program certification with the Veterans Administration.


1	Some students may require additional appropriate undergraduate coursework to ensure successful completion of the core curriculum. Students should consult with their registration officer and the core course instructors. Concurrent enrollment in such undergraduate subjects with the four core subjects in the first two semesters of the graduate program is permitted in place of restricted elective subjects.
2	See the list of graduate subjects offered by the department. Sample concentration areas include biomaterials; computational materials science; experimental/characterization computational materials application/design; materials for energy and the environment; electronic, magnetic, and photonic materials; high-performance structural materials; laboratory, characterization, and instrumentation; materials processing, economics, manufacturing, and entrepreneurship; materials design; nanoscale materials. Students may enroll in one non-DMSE 9–12 unit graduate elective with the approval of their thesis committee or may petition the departmental committee on graduate studies to enroll in two or more non-DMSE graduate electives.
3	Students must discuss their Minor Requirement plan with and obtain approval from their research supervisor. Subjects used to satisfy the minor do not need to be related to the thesis research area.
4	Subjects must total 24 units.
5	Subjects must total 33 units and cannot have been used to fulfill a bachelor's or master's degree requirement.
6	Subjects totalling 18 units may be approved.
7	Subjects total 24 units. In the fall semester, students register for 3.69 (3 units) and one subject in the 3.693–3.699 range for 9 units; in the spring semester, students register for one subject in the 3.693–3.699 range for 12 units.