Materials are the enabling basis for almost all other engineering and scientific disciplines.
The purpose of this minor is to broaden the materials background of non-materials students and to introduce them to a materials approach to problem solving that is different than that provided by their major. Many students will be able to complete a considerable portion of this requirement by scheduling some of the required courses as the free electives required by their major. Courses required by name and number in a student's major degree program may not be used in satisfying the course requirements for a minor. No more than 4 semester hours of special topics courses may be included in a minor program. Special problem courses may not be used in the minimum 18 hours of a minor program.