MSE at North Carolina State University

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 MSE coursework.

• MSE 201Structure and Properties of Engineering Materialsopens 22 courses (10.3 directly)
• MSE 200Mechanical Properties of Structural Materialsopens 12 courses (0.3 directly)
• MSE 301Introduction to Thermodynamics of Materialsopens 11 courses (2 directly)
• MA 341Applied Differential Equations Iopens 10 courses (3 directly)
• MSE 320Introduction to Defects in Solidsopens 10 courses (1 directly)
• MSE 370Microstructure of Inorganic Materialsopens 9 courses (7 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 MSE 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 66 MSE and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 33 more MSE courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Concentration routes

The concentrations and majors that build on MSE, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.

Tracks

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

The longest ladders

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

• 6 courses deep, ending at MSE 456

  1. CH 101Chemistry - A Molecular Science
  2. MSE 200Mechanical Properties of Structural Materials
  3. MSE 301Introduction to Thermodynamics of Materials
  4. MSE 370Microstructure of Inorganic Materials
  5. MSE 420Mechanical Properties of Materials
  6. MSE 456Composite Materials

• 5 courses deep, ending at MSE 440

  1. CH 101Chemistry - A Molecular Science
  2. MSE 200Mechanical Properties of Structural Materials
  3. MSE 301Introduction to Thermodynamics of Materials

• 4 courses deep, ending at MSE 455

  1. CH 101Chemistry - A Molecular Science
  2. CH 220Introductory Organic Chemistry
  3. MSE 380Microstructure of Organic Materials

• 4 courses deep, ending at MSE 460

  1. MA 242Calculus III
  2. MA 341Applied Differential Equations I
  3. MSE 355Electrical, Magnetic and Optical Properties of Materials

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for MSE yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under MSE yet.

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Department events

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