Mechanical Engineering with Concentration in Materials Science, MSME (Boston)

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Core Requirements

From the catalog

Complete 16 semester hours from the following:

• Choose 16 semester hours from:
  • MATL 6250 — Soft Matter
  • MATL 6285 — Structure, Properties, and Processing of Polymeric Materials
  • MATL 7350 — Mechanical Behavior and Strengthening Mechanisms
  • MATL 7355 — Thermodynamics of Materials
  • MATL 7365 — Properties and Processing of Electronic Materials
  • ME 5600 — Materials Processing and Process Selection
  • ME 5620 — Fundamentals of Advanced Materials

Electives

16 semester hours.

From the catalog

Complete 16 semester hours in the following subject areas:

ME, MATL

Project Option

• MATL 7945 — Master’s Project

Electives (2)

12 semester hours.

From the catalog

Complete 12 semester hours in the following subject areas:

ME, MATL

Thesis Option1

• ME 7945 — Master’s Project
• ME 7990 — Thesis

Electives (3)

8 semester hours.

From the catalog

Complete 8 semester hours in the following subject areas:

ME, MATL

In addition to completing the thesis course, students must successfully complete the thesis submission process, including securing committee and Graduate School of Engineering signatures and submission of an electronic copy of their MS thesis to ProQuest.

Optional Co-op Experience

From the catalog

Complete the following (students must complete ENCP 6100 to qualify for co-op experience):

• ENCP 6100 — Introduction to Cooperative Education
• One of:
  • ENCP 6964 — Co-op Work Experience
  • ENCP 6954 — Co-op Work Experience - Half-Time
  • ENCP 6955 — Co-op Work Experience Abroad - Half-Time
  • ENCP 6965 — Co-op Work Experience Abroad

GPA requirements

• Minimum 3.000 GPA required

Substitutions

Stated by the catalog on this program's requirements:

• Thesis option is required for all students who receive financial support from the university in the form of a research, teaching, or tuition assistantship.

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