Master of Science (Course Option)

The 96 satisfactorily completed units that are offered for the degree shall be subject to the following distribution requirements:

• At least 60 units must be graduate courses (700 series).
• At least 40 units must be graduate courses in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering (27-700 series).
• Not more than 18 units may be advanced undergraduate courses in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering.
Individualized study is permitted, but not required. Not more than 36 units may be Masters Project (27-756) or Materials Problems (27-755).
• All full-time students must enroll, attend and actively participate in the Graduate Seminar course, (27-774), each semester in which they are registered. Completion of each semester is a formal degree requirement for all full-time students.
• Students are required to take 24 units of the following departmental common core courses. However, all core courses are recommended since these courses provide a broad range of fundamental principles for subsequent departmental graduate courses.

27-766 Diffusion in Materials (6 units)
27-788 Defects in Materials (6 units)
27-796 Structure of Materials (6 units)
27-797 Bonding of Materials (6 units)
27-798 Thermodynamics I (6 units)
27-799 Thermodynamics II (6 units)

• Graduate course units with a grade lower than a "C" are not acceptable towards satisfying degree requirements.

All students must maintain a B average (3.0) in order to graduate. Course units with a grade lower than "C" are not acceptable toward the degree requirements for the M.S. degrees. The average grade of course work shall be at least a "B," and the student may choose any 60 to 96 units of the first 120 units attempted to compute the average course grade. Project grades may not be used in calculation of the "B" average for the M.S. coursework degree but can be used towards the unit calculation. Project grades must be "B" or above to count towards graduation.