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Materials Science and Engineering

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GPA and percentages are weighted by recorded letter grades. UW comparisons use the same terms. Cross-listed courses count once within this department and once across UW; department totals should not be added together. Grade counts are not unique students. Offering counts reflect captured records, not a complete historical schedule.

Fall 2026

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32 courses

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CHEM/MS&E 421 covers polymeric materials, focusing on polymer chemistry, physics, structure-property relationships, and synthesis for optoelectronic applications.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

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Spring 2022–Fall 2025

ME/MS&E 431 is a technical study and laboratory investigation into metal casting manufacturing processes.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

No recorded grade history

MS&E 260 provides an overview of Materials Science and Engineering, focusing on the societal impact of materials and hands-on design, synthesis, and fabrication skills.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

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Fall 2022–Fall 2025 · limited sample

MS&E 299 is an independent study course conducted under faculty supervision.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

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Spring 2022–Fall 2022 · limited sample

MS&E 330 introduces the thermodynamics of materials, covering equilibrium constants, solutions, heterogeneous equilibria, and electrochemistry.

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Spring 2022–Fall 2025

Covers macroprocessing of materials including iron/steel production, electrolytic metal production, alloy solidification, and single crystal growth.

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Fall 2022–Fall 2025

Introduction to the structures and properties of solid materials, covering phase equilibria, mechanical behavior, and selection.

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Spring 2022–Spring 2026

Introduction to materials science focusing on structure-property relations in solids.

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Fall 2022–Fall 2025

MS&E 360 is a laboratory course teaching sample preparation and application of quantitative microscopy, X-ray diffraction, and properties measurement for structure-property relationships.

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Fall 2022–Fall 2025 · limited sample

MS&E 362 is a laboratory course focusing on the synthesis and characterization of materials, including experiments on mechanical and electronic properties, computer instrument control, and data analysis.

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Fall 2022–Fall 2025

MS&E 401 covers special topics in materials science and engineering.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

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Fall 2022–Spring 2026

This course covers crystallography and X-ray diffraction, focusing on crystal symmetry, projection methods, and X-ray studies of structural problems in the solid state.

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Fall 2022–Fall 2025 · limited sample

Introduction to ceramic materials covering crystal structure, phase equilibria, defects, transport phenomena, and processing technologies.

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Fall 2022–Fall 2025

MS&E 456 covers the quantitative description of electronic, optical, and magnetic structure-property relationships and strategies for developing new materials.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

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Fall 2022–Fall 2025

Covers the design, properties, processing, and selection of high temperature materials for structural applications.

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Fall 2022–Fall 2025 · limited sample

MS&E 470 is a capstone course focusing on materials design, selection, and application through creative problem solving and experimental analysis.

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Fall 2022–Fall 2025

MS&E 530 covers the thermodynamics of condensed matter as applied to materials science and engineering.

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Fall 2022–Fall 2025 · limited sample

MS&E 550 is an accelerated introduction to materials fundamentals, focusing on the materials paradigm for problem solving and research.

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Fall 2023–Fall 2024 · limited sample

MS&E 699 is an independent study course in Metallurgical Engineering requiring consent of the instructor.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

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Spring 2022–Fall 2022 · limited sample

MS&E 748 introduces structural analysis of materials using transmission electron microscopy, covering imaging, diffraction, and microanalysis.

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Fall 2022–Fall 2025 · limited sample

MS&E 760 teaches hands-on experience in modern atomic and molecular modeling tools for materials.

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Fall 2024–Fall 2025 · limited sample

MS&E 803 covers varying special topics in Materials Science.

Offering recorded · Fall 2026

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Spring 2022–Spring 2025

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Recorded offerings over time

Offering snapshots currently cover Fall 2026. Earlier grade records do not provide a complete offering history.