Minor in Materials Science & Engineering

A minor in Materials Science & Engineering is earned through completion of 20 units. Twelve units must be unique to the minor and may not count toward the fulfillment of majors or additional minors. No more than 8 units can be used to satisfy the student’s major degree program requirements.

• Students must take either ENG ME 306 or ENG BE 425 (4 units) (cannot both be taken for units)
• The remaining 16 units are to be selected from the elective courses listed below.
• Students are expected to obtain the necessary background (prerequisites or equivalents) to complete their chosen minor program.
• A minimum 2.00 GPA is required in the courses used to satisfy the minor, with no grade less than a C–.

Students must have a declared major on record in order to apply for the minor in Materials Science & Engineering, and applications must be approved by the Minor Coordinator of the Division of Materials Science & Engineering. Students planning to pursue the minor should apply as early as possible—or by May 1 of the junior year—to facilitate course planning.

Elective Courses

• ENG EC 471 Physics of Semiconductor Devices
• ENG ME 305 Mechanics of Materials
• ENG MS 503/ME 503 Kinetic Processes in Materials
• ENG MS 504/ME 504/BE 504 Polymers and Soft Materials
• ENG MS 505/ME 505 Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
• ENG MS 508 Computational Methods in Materials Science
• ENG MS 527/ME 527 Transport Phenomena in Materials Processing
• ENG MS 545/ME 545 Electrochemistry of Fuel Cells and Batteries
• ENG MS 555/ME 555 MEMS: Fabrication and Materials
• ENG MS 577/EC 577 Electronic Optical and Magnetic Properties of Materials
• ENG MS 582/ME 582 Mechanical Behavior of Materials
• CAS PY 451 Quantum Physics 1
• CAS PY 543 Introduction to Solid State Physics

Please note: ENG ME/MS 505 and PY 410 are both courses in statistical mechanics and cannot both be taken for units.

For questions regarding minor requirements, please contact:
Prof. Srikanth Gopalan, MSE Minor Coordinator
730 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 210
617-358-2297
sgopalan@bu.edu