Undergraduate Degree Requirements
Below is a list of required courses for the Undergraduate Degree in Materials Science and Engineering. For a sample MSE undergraduate curriculum, including electives, click here. If you are interested in a sample curriculum for joint majors, click here.
For the latest course information, including syllabi and scheduling, visit Penn InTouch (login required). If you do not have a PennKey, you can view the MSE course list, provided by the university registrar. Please note that the registrar PDF is only updated twice per year and will not reflect all current information.
| Course | Title | Semester | Instructor |
| EAS 101 | Intro to Engineering | Fall | Pope |
| Chem 101 | General Chem. for Engineers | Fall | Davies |
| Chem 102 | General Chem. for Engineers | Spring | Composto |
| EAS 210 | Introduction to Nanotechnology | Spring | Bonnell |
| MSE 215 | Introduction to Nanoscale Functional Materials | Spring | Agarwal |
| MSE 220 | Structural Materials | Fall | Winey |
| MSE 221 | Quantum Physics of Materials | Fall | Khantha |
| MSE 250 | Nano-scale Materials Lab. | Spring | Gianola |
| MSE 260 | Energetics of Macro/Nanoscale Materials | Spring | Davies |
| MSE 330 | Soft Materials | Fall | Composto |
| MSE 360 | Structure at the Nanoscale | Fall | Khantha |
| MSE 393 | Materials Selection | Spring | Chen |
| MSE 405/505 | Mechanical Properties of Macro/Nanoscale Materials | Fall | Gianola |
| MSE 430/580 | Polymers & Biomaterials | Spring | Yang |
| MSE 440 | Phase Transformations | Spring | Pope |
| MSE 465 | Fabrication/Characterization of Nanostructured Devices (lecture/lab) | Fall | Bonnell |
| MSE 495/496 | Senior Design | Fall/Spring | Graham |