MSE-1014: The Science of Materials in Everyday Life
Description: Introduction to the science of materials using everyday applications in modern society from medicine, transportation, sports, art, music, infrastructure, and electronics. Discussion of metals, ceramics, plastics, biomaterials, and hybrid materials based on the fundamental science dictating their structure properties, and processing. Considerations of tradeoffs between environmental sustainability, ethical and societal issues, and economics for materials choices.
Pathways: 4 Reasoning in Natural Sci., 10 Ethical Reasoning
Course Hours: 3 credits
Corequisites: N/A
Crosslist: N/A
Repeatability: N/A
Sections Taught: 5
Average GPA: 3.34 (A-)
Strict A Rate (No A-) : 30.20%
Average Withdrawal Rate: 7.88%
| Sean Mcginnis | 2024 | 51.5% | 30.6% | 5.3% | 1.8% | 3.0% | 7.9% | 3.34 | 5 |