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MS&E 1 is a cooperative education program where students apply engineering theory in a professional workplace setting.

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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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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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Introduction to inorganic-organic hybrid materials, focusing on polymeric and framework structures like MOFs.

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

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

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

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MS&E 702 is a Graduate Cooperative Education Program offering work experience combining theory and operations practice for MS students.

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

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MS&E 758 is a laboratory course introducing transmission electron microscopy (TEM) practice and sample preparation through hands-on training.

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

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MS&E 790 is a master's research or thesis course conducted under faculty supervision.

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

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MS&E 890 is a supervised research course for pre-dissertator students.

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MS&E 900 introduces graduate students to the breadth and practices of materials research at UW and in the professional community.

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MS&E 990 is a research and thesis course for Ph.D. students under faculty supervision.

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Nuclear Engineering Materials covers the fundamentals of fuel and cladding behavior, focusing on thermal, chemical, and radiation damage properties.

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Principles of Corrosion covers thermodynamics, kinetics, and prevention of metallic corrosion.

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