MSE at University of Alabama at Birmingham

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 281Physical Materials I.opens 14 courses (12 directly)
• MSE 401Materials Processingopens 2 courses (1 directly)
• MSE 413Composite Materialsopens 2 courses (0.3 directly)
• MSE 430Polymeric Materialsopens 2 courses (0.3 directly)
• MSE 465Characterization of Materialsopens 2 courses (0.3 directly)
• MSE 470Ceramic Materialsopens 2 courses (0.3 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 37 MSE and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 11 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.

• 5 courses deep, ending at MSE 499

  1. MA 125Calculus I.
  2. MSE 281Physical Materials I.
  3. MSE 413Composite Materials
  4. MSE 498Capstone Design Project I.
  5. MSE 499Capstone Design Project II.

• 4 courses deep, ending at MSE 474

  1. MA 125Calculus I.
  2. MSE 281Physical Materials I.
  3. MSE 464Metals and Alloys

• 3 courses deep, ending at MSE 380

  1. MA 125Calculus I.
  2. MA 126Calculus II.
  3. MSE 380Thermodynamics of Materials

• 3 courses deep, ending at MSE 489

  1. MA 125Calculus I.
  2. PH 221General Physics I.
  3. MSE 489Undergraduate Research in MSE.

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

MSE does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the UAB campus feed.