This Page Catalog Description 250 Introduction to Modern Materials. This course is designed to provide incoming students with an overview of the structure of materials and the relation to properties.
Special emphasis is placed on modern materials and recent advancements in their application.
This course is intended for incoming freshmen who are potentially interested in majoring in Materials Science and Engineering. Prerequisites are high school science courses that allow the student to be admitted to College of Engineering. No required text. Reading material is distributed throughout the semester. The course is designed for students to learn the different classes of materials, what makes them different, and where they are used.