Admissions: Undergraduate Program
The best place to start the undergraduate admission process is through the UNT Office of Admissions. We encourage you to simultaneously send a note to the department Undergraduate Advising Office. Transfer students are encouraged to contact the department office with their current school transcript. Unoffical transcripts are welcome at the planning stage to ensure a degree completion plan is established between the applicant and the department. Students may also get in contact with our advisors and review the Undergraduate degree plan (both listed below).
Advisors | Degree Plan | Student Relations
| Advisors |
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Thomas Scharf
Professor Thomas Scharf joined UNT in 2005. He prides himself on training students at the undergraduate level in all aspects of modern materials science and engineering. He cares about your success and will help you: (1) Select courses for your degree plan, (2) Provide you with career guidance and advice; (3) Help you find jobs or internships through his strong ties with industry, government, and academia both locally and throughout the world. Check out his page or e-mail him for more information.
Raj Banerjee
Check out his page or call him at 940-891-6812 for more information.
| Degree Plan |
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A four year plan is outlined below. Students are encouraged to contact the MTSE Advising Office to get details on courses available. Following is one suggested four-year degree plan. Students are encouraged to see their adviser each semester for help with program decisions and enrollment. Students are responsible for meeting all course prerequisites.
BS in Materials Science and Engineering
(Updated 17 August 2006)
| Freshman Year |
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Fall Semester |
Dept. and Course # |
Course |
Credit Hours |
| |
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|
| MATH 1710 |
Calculus I |
3 |
| CHEM 1410 |
General Chemistry for Science Majors |
3 |
| CHEM 1430 |
Laboratory for General Chemistry |
1 |
| ENGL 1310 |
College Writing I |
3 |
| PSCI 1040 |
American Government |
3 |
| |
Total |
16 |
Spring Semester |
|
|
|
| MATH 1720 |
Calculus II |
3 |
| PHYS 1710 |
Mechanics |
3 |
| PHYS 1730 |
Laboratory in Mechanics |
1 |
| CHEM 1420 |
General Chemistry for Science Majors |
3 |
| CHEM 1440 |
Laboratory for General Chemistry |
1 |
| ENGL 2700 |
Technical Writing |
3 |
| ENGR 2060 |
Professional Presentations |
3 |
| |
Total |
17 |
| Sophomore Year |
|
Fall Semester |
Dept. and Course # |
Course |
Credit Hours |
| |
|
|
| PHYS 2220 |
Electricity and Magnetism |
3 |
| PHYS 2240 |
Laboratory in Wave Motion, Electricity, Magnetism, and Optics |
1 |
| ENGR 1304 |
Engineering Graphics |
3 |
| ENGR 2301 |
Statics |
3 |
| HIST 2610 |
US History to 1865 |
3 |
| TBA |
Cross-Cultural Diversity and Global Studies |
3 |
| |
Total |
16 |
Spring Semester |
|
|
|
| MATH 3310 |
Differential Equations |
3 |
| PHYS 3010 |
Modern Physics |
3 |
| PHYS 3030 |
Laboratory in Modern Physics |
1 |
| MFET 3450 |
Engineering Materials |
4 |
| HIST 2620 |
US History Since 1865 |
1 |
| TBA |
Wellness |
3 |
| |
Total |
17 |
| Junior Year |
|
Fall Semester |
Dept. and Course # |
Course |
Credit Hours |
| |
|
|
| MTSE 3010 |
Bonding and Structure |
3 |
| MTSE 3030 |
Thermodynamics and Phase Diagrams |
3 |
| MTSE 3020 |
Microstructure and Characterization of Materials |
3 |
| MTSE 3040 |
Transport Phenomena in Materials |
3 |
| MTSE 3090 |
MSE Laboratory I |
1 |
| TBA |
Visual and Performing Arts |
3 |
| |
Total |
16 |
Spring Semester |
|
|
|
| MTSE 3050 |
Mechanical Behavior of Materials |
3 |
| MTSE 3070 |
Electrical, Optical, and Magnetic Properties of Materials |
3 |
| MTSE 3060 |
Phase Transformation in Materials |
3 |
| MTSE 3080 |
Materials Processing |
3 |
| MTSE 3100 |
MSE Laboratory II |
1 |
| PSCI 1050 |
American Government |
3 |
| |
Total |
16 |
| Senior Year |
|
Fall Semester |
Dept. and Course # |
Course |
Credit Hours |
| |
|
|
| MTSE 4090 |
Senior Research Project I |
2 |
| MTSE 4010 |
Physical Metallurgy Principles |
3 |
| MTSE 4030 |
Ceramic Science and Engineering |
3 |
| MTSE 4050 |
Polymer Science and Engineering |
3 |
| MTSE 4070 |
Electronic Materials |
3 |
| TBA |
Humanities Elective |
3 |
| |
Total |
17 |
Spring Semester |
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|
|
| MTSE 4100 |
Senior Research Project II |
2 |
| MTSE 4020 |
Materials in Medicine |
3 |
| MTSE 4040 |
Computational Materials Science |
3 |
| MTSE 4060 |
Materials Selection and Performance |
3 |
| MTSE |
Technical Elective |
3 |
| |
Total |
14 |
Electives and the senior design project help a student to specialize in particular areas. Areas could be covered individually or with overlap between areas. For instance an interest in specializing in tissue scaffolding materials would cross polymers and biomaterials.
The program offers substantial electives and laboratories for senior projects that enable students to specialize in:
Microelectronics
Metals
Ceramics
Polymers
Energy
Failure analysis and design
Computational modeling
Biomaterials
Structural/Aerospace/Automotives
Characterization of Material Properties
*See the University Core Curriculum section of the Undergraduate Catalog for approved list of course options.
**See College of Engineering degree requirement section of the Undergraduate Catalog for approved list of course options.
| Need More Info? |
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You may also contact the department's Advising Office or MTSE Student Relations:
Advising Coordinator
Department of Materials Science
University of North Texas
1155 Union Circle #305310
Denton, TX 76203-5017
Phone: 940-565-3260
Fax: 940-565-4824
E-mail: mtse@unt.edu
April Porter , MTSE Student Relations
Phone:
940-369-8486
Fax:
940-565-4824 Fax
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