Electives
Policy
Students should be aware that some of the listed technical elective courses require prerequisites which would not normally be taken by MatE students. Students must talk to the course instructor or graduate advisor before enrolling in any course for which they do not have the recommended prerequisites. Please be aware of the work load required for the course before enrolling in it. If you want a course added to the technical electives, please send the course description and syllabus to the CME Graduate Coordinator for review.
- Per university policy, required transition courses and program of study courses cannot be used as electives.
- Per university policy, you may not have more than 9 units of 100 level courses that count towards your M.S. degree.
- You cannot take a 100-level course as an elective if you have already had a similar course as part of your undergraduate degree.
- 100W and 200W cannot be used as technical electives.
- Students must have a total of 9 units of technical electives as part of their program. With research advisor approval it may be possible to use up to 6 more 280 units as part of the technical electives requirement.
Technical Elective Courses
Group 1: CHE/MATE 200 Level Electives (3-12 units)
- MATE 220: Principles and Applications of Electrochemistry (3 units)
- MATE 232: Plasma Processing of Materials (3 units)
- MATE 260: Theory of Semiconductor Materials (3 units)
- MATE 265: Principles of Nanomaterials (3 units)
- MATE 270: Methods of Thin Film Deposition (3 units)
- MATE 297: Special Topics in Materials Engineering (1-4 Units)
Group 1: CHE/MATE 100 Level Electives (0-9 units)
- MATE 129: Introduction to Integrated Circuit Processing and Design (3 units)
- MATE 135: Introduction to Composite Materials (3 units)
- MATE 141: Structure and Analysis of Materials (3 units)
- MATE 143: Principles of Scanning Electron Microscopy (1 unit)
- MATE 144: X-Ray Diffraction Lab (1 unit)
- MATE 145: Principles of Scanning Probe Microscopy (1 unit)
- MATE 154: Metals and Alloys (3 units)
- MATE 155: Materials Selection and Process Design (3 units)
- MATE 165: Photovoltaic Fabrication/Testing Lab (1 unit)
- MATE 168: Microfluid Fabrication and Design (1 unit)
- MATE 169: Microelectromechanical Systems Fabrication and Design (1 unit)
- MATE 185: Ceramics (3 units)
- MATE 186: Polymers (3 units)
- MATE 199: Special Topics in Chemical and Materials Engineering (3 units)
- CHE 172: Biofuels Process Engineering (3 units)
- CHE 176: Energy Storage Systems (3 units)
- CHE 192: Introduction to Biochemical Engineering (3 units)
- CHE 194: Biochemical Engineering Lab (3 units)
Group 3: Engineering/Science Electives (0-6 units)
- BME 254: Microscale Biomedical Systems: Physics and Applications (3 units)
- BME 272: Biomedical Device Design and Principles (3 units)
- CHEM 145: Inorganic Chemistry (3 units)
- CHEM 170A: Foundations of Macromolecular Chemistry (1 units)
- CHEM 276: Physical Polymer Chemistry (3 units)
- ENGR 261: Battery Technologies I (3 units)
- ENGR 262: Battery Technologies II (3 units)
- ENGR 263: Battery Electrochemistry (3 units)
- GEOL 138: Hydrogeology (4 units)
- ME 170: Solar Energy Engineering (3 units)
- ME 172: Alternative and Renewable Energy Resources (3 units)
- ME 267: Engineering Biomechanics (3 units)
- ME 268: 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing (3 units)
- PHYS 158: Modern Optics (3 units)
- PHYS 208: Introduction to Electro-Optics (3 units)
- PHYS 258: Optics (3 units)
- PHYS 268: Laser Spectroscopy (3 units)
- PHYS 277: Superconductivity and Magnetism in Solids (3 units)
Group 4: Mathematical Electives (0-3 units)
- ISE 202: Design and Analysis of Engineering Experiments (3 units)
- ME 160: Introduction to Finite Element Method (3 units)
- ME 230: Advanced Mechanical Engineering Analysis (3 units)
- ME 273: Finite Element Methods in Engineering (3 units)
- PHYS 230: Methods in Mathematical Physics
- TECH 232: Advanced Statistical Process Control (3 units)
Group 5: Other Electives (0-3 units)
- BUS3 160: Fundamentals of Management and Organizational Behavior (3 units)
- ENGR 203: Engineering Management (3 units)
- ISE 235: Quality Assurance and Reliability (3 units)
- ISE 250: Leading the Six Sigma Improvement Project (3 units)