Materials Engineering

Fall

• HASS Core Elective Credit Hours: 4

• CHEM 1100 - Chemistry I Credit Hours: 4
• ENGR 1100 - Introduction to Engineering Analysis Credit Hours: 4
• MATH 1010 - Calculus I Credit Hours: 4
• MTLE 1200 - Introduction to Materials Engineering Credit Hours: 1

• (See footnote 2 below)

Spring

• HASS Core Elective Credit Hours: 4

• ENGR 1600 - Materials Science Credit Hours: 4

• (See footnote 1 below)

• MATH 1020 - Calculus II Credit Hours: 4
• PHYS 1100 - Physics I Credit Hours: 4

Fall

• HASS Core Elective Credit Hours: 4

• ENGR 1200 - Engineering Graphics and CAD Credit Hours: 1

• (See footnote 3 below)

• MATH 2400 - Introduction to Differential Equations Credit Hours: 4
• MTLE 2100 - Structure of Engineering Materials Credit Hours: 4

• (See footnote 1 below)

• PHYS 1200 - Physics II Credit Hours: 4

Spring

• Science Elective, Credit Hours 4

• CSCI 1190 - Beginning Programming for Engineers Credit Hours: 1
• ENGR 2050 - Introduction to Engineering Design Credit Hours: 4
• ENGR 2250 - Thermal and Fluids Engineering I Credit Hours: 4
• MTLE 4200 - Electrical and Optical Properties of Materials Credit Hours: 4

The Arch Summer Semester*

*For students who have applied for and been granted an exception, The Arch Summer courses would be taken during the fall semester. For listing of the exception process go to: http://info.rpi.edu/arch/students/#ExceptionProcess. In that case, MTLE 2500 can be replaced by ENGR 1300. Such students should also talk to their adviser as other possible substitutions may be needed.

• Restricted Elective Credit Hours: 4
• HASS Core Elective Credit Hours: 4

• ENGR 2600 - Modeling and Analysis of Uncertainty Credit Hours: 3
• MTLE 2500 - Materials Laboratory Skills Credit Hours: 1
• MTLE 4250 - Mechanical Properties of Materials Credit Hours: 4

• (See footnote 4 below)

Fall OR Spring*

*If following the B.S. in Materials Engineering curriculum, students must select the spring term as their “on-campus” semester.

• Professional Development II  Credit Hours: 2
  (See footnotes 4 below) 
• HASS Core Elective Credit Hours: 4
• Free Elective I Credit Hours: 4

• MTLE 4100 - Thermodynamics of Materials Credit Hours: 4
• MTLE 4910 - Materials Selection Credit Hours: 3

Fall

• Materials Elective I Credit Hours: 3
  (See footnote 1 below)
• Free Elective II Credit Hours: 4
  (See footnote 1 below)

• ENGR 4010 - Professional Development III Credit Hours: 1
• MTLE 4150 - Kinetics in Materials Systems Credit Hours: 4
• MTLE 4500 - Computational Materials Design Credit Hours: 3

Spring

• Materials Elective II
• Free Elective III 

• MTLE 4400 - Materials Synthesis and Processing Credit Hours: 4
• MTLE 4920 - Multidisciplinary Capstone Design Credit Hours: 3

• (See footnote 1 below)

Restricted Electives (4 credits each)

• BMED 2540 - Biomechanics Credit Hours: 4

• (See footnote 5 below)

• ECSE 2010 - Electric Circuits Credit Hours: 4
• ENGR 2090 - Engineering Dynamics Credit Hours: 4
• ENGR 2300 - Electronic Instrumentation Credit Hours: 4
• ENGR 2350 - Embedded Control Credit Hours: 4
• ENGR 2530 - Strength of Materials Credit Hours: 4

Materials Electives (3 credits each)

(See footnote 1 below)

Note:  The courses in the Materials Electives list may be substituted with any MTLE 4000- or 6000-level course.  In order to take a 6000-level course, students may be required to obtain formal approval from the Office of Graduate Education, as specified in the course catalog.

• MTLE 4030 - Glass Science Credit Hours: 3
• MTLE 4050 - Introduction to Polymers Credit Hours: 3
• MTLE 4310 - Corrosion Credit Hours: 3
• MTLE 4430 - Fundamentals of Metallurgical Alloy Systems Credit Hours: 3
• MTLE 4440 - Thin Films Credit Hours: 3
• MTLE 4460 - Materials for Energy Applications Credit Hours: 3
• MTLE 4470 - Biology in Materials Science Credit Hours: 3
• MTLE 4520 - Materials under Extreme Conditions Credit Hours: 3
• MTLE 4720 - Applied Mathematical Methods in Materials Credit Hours: 3
• MTLE 4960 - Topics in Materials Engineering Credit Hours: 3