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Materials Engineering
Bachelor of Science Degree: 192.0 credits

Required courses
General education requirements			Credits
ECON 201	Principles of Microeconomics		4.0
ECON 202	Principles of Macroeconomics		4.0
HIST 285	Technology in Historical Perspective		3.0
ENGL 101	Expository Writing and Reading		3.0
ENGL 102	Persuasive Writing and Reading		3.0
ENGL 103	Analytical Writing and Reading		3.0
PHIL 315	Engineering Ethics		3.0
UNIV 101	The Drexel Experience		2.0
	Technical electives		9.0
	Liberal studies electives		9.0
	Free elective		3.0
Foundation requirements
CHE 310	Transport Phenomena		4.0
CHE 335	Statistics and Design of Experiments		3.0
CHEC 353	Physical Chemistry and Applications III		4.0
CHEM 241	Organic Chemistry I		4.0
PHYS 451	Quantum Structure of Materials		4.0
MATH 121	Calculus I		4.0
MATH 122	Calculus II		4.0
MATH 200	Multivariate Calculus		4.0
PHYS 101	Fundamentals of Physics I		4.0
PHYS 102	Fundamentals of Physics II		4.0
PHYS 201	Fundamentals of Physics III		4.0
CHEM 101	General Chemistry I		3.5
CHEM 102	General Chemistry II		4.5
BIO 141	Essential Biology		4.5
CS 121	Computational Laboratory I		1.0
CS 122	Computational Laboratory II		1.0
CS 123	Computational Laboratory III		1.0
ENGR 100	Beginning CAD for Design		1.0
ENGR 101	Engineering Design Laboratory I		2.0
ENGR 102	Engineering Design Laboratory II		2.0
ENGR 103	Engineering Design Laboratory III		2.0
ENGR 201	Evaluation/Presentation of  Experimental Data I		3.0
ENGR 202	Evaluation/Presentation of Experimental Data II		3.0
ENGR 210	Introduction to Thermodynamics		3.0
ENGR 220	Fundamentals of Materials		4.0
ENGR 231	Linear Engineering Systems		3.0
ENGR 232	Dynamic Engineering Systems		3.0
Professional requirements
MATE 214	Introduction to Polymers		4.0
MATE 221	Introduction to Mechanical Behavior of Materials		3.0
MATE 240	Thermodynamics of MaterialsI		4.0
MATE 245	Kinetics of Materials		4.0
MATE 280	Advanced Materials Laboratory		4.0
MATE 315	Processing of Polymers		4.5
MATE 340	Fundamentals of Ceramics		4.0
MATE 345	Processing of Ceramics		4.5
MATE 362	Microstructure of Metallic Materials		4.0
MATE 366 WI	Processing of Metallic Materials		4.5
MATE 370	Mechanical Behavior of Solids		3.0
MATE 410	Case Studies in Materials		3.0
MATE 455	Biomedical Materials		3.0
MATE 460	Engineering Computational Laboratory		4.0
MATE 491 WI	Senior Project Design I		2.0
MATE 492	Senior Project Design II		2.0
MATE 493 WI	Senior Project Design III		4.0
Writing-Intensive Course Requirements In order to graduate, all students beginning with the entering class of 2002/01 (fall, 2002) must pass three writing-intensive courses after their freshman year. Two writing-intensive courses must be in a student's major. The third can be in any discipline. Students are advised to take one writing-intensive class each year, beginning with the sophomore year, and to avoid “clustering” these courses near the end of their matriculation. Transfer students need to meet with an academic advisor to review the number of writing-intensive courses required to graduate. A "WI" next to a course in this catalog indicates that this course can fulfill a writing-intensive requirement. Departments will designate specific sections of such courses as writing-intensive. Sections of writing-intensive courses are not indicated in this catalog. Students should check the section comments in Banner when registering. Students scheduling their courses in Banner can also conduct a search for courses with the attribute "WI" to bring up a list of all writing-intensive courses available that term. For more information on writing-intensive courses, see the Drexel University Writing Program's Writing-Intensive Course page.