MSE at University of Washington

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 73 MSE and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 45 more MSE 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 MSE. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 9 courses deep, ending at MSE 466

  1. CHEM 466Energy Materials, Devices, and Systems
  2. MSE 466Energy Materials, Devices, and Systems

• 7 courses deep, ending at MSE 495

  1. CHEM 142General Chemistry I
  2. MSE 170Fundamentals of Materials Science
  3. MSE 311Integrated Undergraduate Laboratory I
  4. MSE 312Integrated Undergraduate Laboratory II
  5. MSE 313Integrated Undergraduate Laboratory III
  6. MSE 494Design in Materials Engineering I
  7. MSE 495Design in Materials Engineering II

• 6 courses deep, ending at MSE 431

  1. CHEM 142General Chemistry I
  2. MSE 170Fundamentals of Materials Science
  3. MSE 331Crystallography and Structure

• 6 courses deep, ending at MSE 452

  1. CHEM 142General Chemistry I
  2. MSE 170Fundamentals of Materials Science
  3. MSE 331Crystallography and Structure

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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