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MATSE 201Introduction to Materials Science

3 credits · Materials Science and Engineering · Penn State

Concepts of relationships between structure and thermal, optical, magnetic, electrical, and mechanical properties of metals, ceramics, glasses, and polymers.

Before you enroll

Prerequisites

None listed in the catalog.

Where it fits

Where it sits in degree plans

Suggested plans most often put it in Year 2 · Fall (2 programs).

Required in (1)

  • Materials Science and Engineering, B.S.

One of the options in (1)

  • Materials Science and Engineering, Minor
What it opens up

Courses that list MATSE 201 as a prerequisite (8)

  • BME 443 Biomedical Materials
  • EGEE 437 Design of Solar Energy Conversion Systems
  • EGEE 455 Materials for Energy Applications
  • ENGR 421 Materials Properties Measurements II
  • ESC 450 Synthesis and Processing of Electronic and Photonic Materials
  • MATSE 403 Biomedical Materials
  • MATSE 449 Fundamentals of Composite Materials Science and Engineering
  • MATSE 450 Synthesis and Processing of Electronic and Photonic Materials