3 at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Intro sequences

The shortest canonical route from each entry point to a gateway course.

• 1. 3.010Structure of Materials
  2. 3.020Thermodynamics of Materials
  3. 3.030Microstructural Evolution in Materials
• 1. 3.020Thermodynamics of Materials
  2. 3.010Structure of Materials
  3. 3.030Microstructural Evolution in Materials
• 1. 3.013Mechanics of Materials
  2. 3.010Structure of Materials
  3. 3.020Thermodynamics of Materials

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate 3 coursework.

• 3.030Microstructural Evolution in Materialsopens 25 courses (12 directly)
• 3.033Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Properties of Materialsopens 20 courses (11 directly)
• 3.023Synthesis and Design of Materialsopens 11 courses (2 directly)
• 3.042Materials Project Laboratoryopens 10 courses (1 directly)
• 3.20Materials at Equilibriumopens 9 courses (9 directly)
• 3.044Materials Processingopens 9 courses (4 directly)

The map

Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate 3 work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.

Showing the 101 3 and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 72 more 3 courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in 3. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 5 courses deep, ending at 3.30

  1. 3.010Structure of Materials
  2. 3.030Microstructural Evolution in Materials
  3. 3.042Materials Project Laboratory
  4. 3.20Materials at Equilibrium
  5. 3.30[J] Properties of Solid Surfaces

• 5 courses deep, ending at 3.31

  1. 3.010Structure of Materials
  2. 3.030Microstructural Evolution in Materials
  3. 3.044Materials Processing

• 4 courses deep, ending at 3.43

  1. 18.03Differential Equations
  2. 3.23Electrical, Optical, and Magnetic Properties of Materials
  3. 3.42Electronic Materials Design

• 3 courses deep, ending at 3.039

  1. 6.100AIntroduction to Computer Science Programming in Python
  2. 3.029Mathematics and Computational Thinking for Materials Scientists and Engineers I
  3. 3.039Mathematics and Computational Thinking for Materials Scientists and Engineers II

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for 3 yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under 3 yet.

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Department events

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