Undergraduate Designated Minors in Carnegie Institute of Technology
Undergraduate students in the Carnegie Institute of Technology can elect to complete an interdisciplinary Designated Minor in addition to their regular majors for B.S. degrees. Designated minors have been added to the curriculum of the Carnegie Institute of Technology to promote flexibility and diversity among the college’s engineering students. Independent of a student’s major, he or she is able to pursue a selected designated minor from the following list:
- Audio Engineering
- Automation and Controls
- Biomedical Engineering
- Colloids, Polymers and Surfaces Technology
- Electronic Materials
- Environmental Engineering
- Global Engineering
- Manufacturing Engineering
- Materials Science and Engineering
- Mechanical Behavior of Materials
- Robotics (see "CIT Minors for Non-Engineering Students")
An engineering student may elect to complete a CIT designated minor. Generally, the student takes all the required courses in an engineering major but uses electives to take courses needed to fulfill the requirements of the designated minor. Upon completion of the requirements of a CIT designated minor and the engineering degree, the minor is a formally recognized on the student’s transcript.
Each of the CIT designated minors is administered by a Program Committee consisting of faculty from all major engineering departments who serve as faculty advisors. Each Program Committee certifies the completion of requirements of the designated minor. But the student’s major department is responsible for approving the degree with a designated minor after reviewing a student’s entire academic record. Any substitution or departure from the published curriculum should be avoided. For example, non-technical courses may not be substituted for required technical courses or electives. Equivalent technical electives offered by a designated minor as substitutions for required courses in a major must be approved by the Head of the student’s major department.
Although a student generally can complete a designated minor without increasing the number of required units for graduation, early planning in electing a designated minor is important. A student also may find that some minors are more compatible than others with his/her major because of different relations between various major and minor requirements. The requirements for these CIT designated minors are listed below.
Audio Engineering Designated Minor
Tom Sullivan, Director
This sequence is for candidates who are engineering majors with interest in and/or have background in music, recording, sound-editing and/or other music technology areas; or majors from any discipline in the university who have the above interests and who can meet the prerequisite requirements for the engineering courses in the minor.
Note: Students who do not have the requisite engineering/science/math background should investigate the Minor in Music Technology offered by the School of Music.
Faculty Advisor
Tom Sullivan
Course Requirements
The student must have taken the appropriate prerequisite courses for the listed courses.
Prerequisite Courses, 0-3 units
Beginning Piano is required of students who do not pass a piano proficiency test.
| 57-103 | Elective Studio (Beginning Piano Class) | 3 |
Music Courses, 40-43 units
Basic Harmony I is required of students who do not qualify for entrance into Harmony I, based on their scores on the theory placement test.
| 57-101 | Introduction to Music Technology | 6 |
| 57-149 | Basic Harmony I | 9 |
| or 57-152 | Harmony I | |
| 57-173 | Survey of Western Music History * | 9 |
| 57-188 | Repertoire and Listening for Musicians | 1 |
| 57-337 | Sound Recording | 6 |
* co-requisite 57-188.
(choose two of the courses below)
| 15-322 | Introduction to Computer Music | 9 |
| 57-338 | Sound Editing and Mastering | 6 |
| 57-347 | Electronic and Computer Music | 6 |
| 57-438 | Multitrack Recording | 9 |
Technical Courses, 33 units
Other courses may be taken with the approval of the Audio Engineering Minor Advisor.
| 33-114 | Physics of Musical Sound | 9 |
| 18-493 | Electroacoustics ** | 12 |
** prerequisites 18-220 and 18-290.
(choose one of the courses below)
| 15-210 | Parallel and Sequential Data Structures and Algorithms | 12 |
| or 15-214 | Principles of Software Construction: Objects, Design, and Concurrency | |
| 18-320 | Microelectronic Circuits + | 12 |
| 18-348 | Embedded Systems Engineering ** | 12 |
| 18-349 | Embedded Real-Time Systems ** | 12 |
| 18-391 | Noisy Signal Representation and Processing * | 12 |
* prerequisite 18-290.
** prerequisite 18-240 and 18-213.
+ prerequisite 18-220.
| Units required for minor: | 73-79 | |
Automation and Controls Designated Minor
Erik Ydstie, Director
Office: DH 4210 A
The objective of the Designated Minor in Automation and Control Engineering is to expose CIT students to the breadth of knowledge required by the modern practice of control and automation. With this objective in mind, the requirements include not only two courses in control system analysis and design, but also courses on real-time computation, software engineering, hardware implementation, and applications. The minor is expected to attract primarily students from Chemical Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering. The main interdisciplinary component of the minor is between engineering and computer science, although many opportunities exist for creating a program across several CIT departments.
Faculty Advisor
All CIT departments — Erik Ydstie
Course Requirements
The minor requires a minimum of six courses as described below:
Note: The course lists below are not necessarily current or complete. Appropriate courses not listed below may be counted toward the requirements for the minor upon approval by one of the departmental the faculty advisors. Students interested in the Automation and Control Engineering Designated Minor are encouraged to look for applicable courses each semester in CIT, CS, and Robotics.
| One basic control course: | Units | |
| 18-370 | Fundamentals of Control | 12 |
| 24-451 | Feedback Control Systems | 12 |
| One course on control system analysis and design: | ||
| 06-708 | Advanced Process Dynamics and Control | 12 |
| 18-771 | Linear Systems | 12 |
| One course on computing and software | ||
| 15-211 | Fundamental Data Structures and Algorithms | 12 |
| 12-741 | Data Management | 6 |
| 18-549 | Embedded Systems Design | 12 |
| 18-649 | Distributed Embedded Systems | 12 |
| One course on hardware implementation: | ||
| 06-423 | Unit Operations Laboratory | 9 |
| 18-474 | Embedded Control Systems | 12 |
| 18-578 | Mechatronic Design | 12 |
| One course on applications: | ||
| 06-606 | Computational Methods for Large Scale Process Design & Analysis | 9 |
| 16-311 | Introduction to Robotics | 12 |
| 16-761 | Mobile Robots | 12 |
| 24-356 | Engineering Vibrations | 11 |
| 24-351 | Dynamics | 10 |
| xx-xxx | Independent project | 12 |
| One elective course: | ||
| xx-xxx | Any course in the list above excluding the basic control course category | 6-12 |
| 15-381 | Artificial Intelligence: Representation and Problem Solving | 9 |
| 15-385 | Computer Vision | 9 |
| 15-413 | Software Engineering Practicum | 12 |
| 15-440 | Distributed Systems-Time Software | 12 |
| 18-348 | Embedded Systems Engineering | 12 |
| 18-349 | Embedded Real-Time Systems | 12 |
| 18-491 | Fundamentals of Signal Processing | 12 |
| 18-771 | Linear Systems | 12 |
| 24-341 | Manufacturing Sciences | 9 |
Biomedical Engineering Minor
Conrad M. Zapanta, Ph.D.
www.bme.cmu.edu
Campus Office for Student Affairs: Doherty Hall 2100
BME offers a minor program for those students who desire coordinated training in BME but may not have the time to pursue the BME additional major. The Biomedical Engineering Minor is designed to train students to apply engineering techniques to problems in medicine and biology. Emphasis is placed on describing biological organisms as engineering systems and on applying engineering technology to clinical and laboratory situations.
Upon completing the Biomedical Engineering Minor, the student may elect to continue graduate studies in Biomedical engineering or basic biomedical sciences at either the master's or Ph.D. level. In addition, some of the courses in BME minor will assist students in preparing for medical school. Students who pursue jobs in biomedical engineering are involved in developing and improving medical devices, automating medical procedures using information technology, characterizing the operation of physiological systems, designing artificial organs, and altering microbes and mammalian cells for the production of useful drugs and chemicals.
The Biomedical Engineering Minor accepts undergraduate students from both within and outside CIT. Students in the minor program can choose from a wide range of electives to build skills in a number of areas of biomedical engineering. Students who wish to complete the Biomedical Engineering Designated Minor should contact the Associate Head of the Department of Biomedical Engineering.
Requirements for all BME Minor students: six courses, minimum of 57 units
| 03-121 | Modern Biology | 9 |
| 42-101 | Introduction to Biomedical Engineering (co-req. or pre-req. 03-121) | 12 |
| 42-202 | Physiology (pre-req. 03-121 or permission of instructor) | 9 |
| 42-xxx | BME Elective: Any course offered by the Department of Biomedical Engineering numbered 42-300 or higher (>= 9 units) | |
| xx-xxx | Elective I (>= 9 units) # | |
| xx-xxx | Elective II (>= 9 units) + |
Electives I and II may be selected from the following (see notes # and +):
1. Any Track Gateway, Track Elective or Track Capstone course selected from any of the four Biomedical Engineering tracks. A list of track electives is provided under the BME Additional Major listing in the catalog and is periodically updated on this website.
2. Any course with a 42-5xx or 42-6xx number.
3. 42-203 Biomedical Engineering Laboratory (or the cross-listed version 03-206 for students in the Health Professions Program)**.
4. One semester of 42-200 Sophomore BME Research Project, 42-300 Junior BME Research Project, 42-400 Senior BME Research Project or 39-500 Honors Research Project, as long as the research project is supervised by a regular or courtesy Biomedical Engineering faculty member and the project is conducted for 9 or more units of credit.
5. Some Special Topics, newly offered or intermittently offered courses may be acceptable as track electives. Students should consult with their advisors and petition the BME Undergraduate Affairs Committee for permission to include such courses as track electives.
Notes:
# This course cannot be a required course in the student’s major.
+ This course must be a Biomedical Engineering Track Gateway, Track Elective or Track Capstone course that is offered by one of the CIT Departments (06-xxx, 12-xxx, 18-xxx, 19-xxx, 24-xxx, 27-xxx or 42-xxx). The only exception is that 03-232, the biotechnology version of Biochemistry I taught each spring by the Department of Biological Sciences, is also acceptable provided students meet the prerequisite and corequisites for that course.
** Priority for enrollment in 42-203 or 03-206 will be given to students who have declared the Additional Major in Biomedical Engineering. If sufficient room in the course remains after all majors have been accommodated in a given semester, students who have declared the Biomedical Engineering Designated Minor will be given the next priority for enrollment. If space still allows, other students will be enrolled.
Colloids, Polymers and Surfaces Designated Minor
Annette Jacobson, Director
Office: Doherty Hall 3102B
Website: http://www.cit.cmu.edu/current_students/services/majors_minors/engineering_minors/cps.html
The sequence of courses in the Colloids, Polymers and Surfaces (CPS) designated minor provides an opportunity to explore the science and engineering of fine particles and macromolecules as they relate to complex fluids and interfacially engineered materials. These topics are very relevant to technology and product development in industries that manufacture pharmaceuticals, coatings and paints, pulp and paper, biomaterials, surfactants and cleaning products, cosmetics and personal care products, food, textiles and fibers, nanoparticles, polymer/plastics, composite materials.
Course Requirements
This minor requires a total of five classes. The following four courses are mandatory:
| 06-609/09-509 | Physical Chemistry of Macromolecules | 9 |
| 06-607 | Physical Chemistry of Colloids and Surfaces | 9 |
| 06-426 | Experimental Colloid Surface Science | 9 |
| 06-466 | Experimental Polymer Science | 9 |
In addition, the student must take one course from the following list:
| 06-221 | Thermodynamics | 9 |
| 24-221 | Thermodynamics I | 10 |
| 27-215 | Thermodynamics of Materials | 12 |
| 33-341 | Thermal Physics I | 10 |
| 09-345 | Physical Chemistry (Thermo): Macroscopic Principles of Physical Chemistry | 9 |
Electronic Materials Designated Minor
David W. Greve, Director
Office: Hamerschlag Hall B204
Lisa A. Porter, Co-Director
Office: Roberts Engineering Hall 145
Website: http://www.cit.cmu.edu/current_students/services/majors_minors/engineering_minors/electronic_materials.html
Many of the technological changes in recent decades-notably the rise of digital data processing-has been made possible by continuing advances in the performance of electronic devices. These advances include continuous improvement in microprocessor performance, optical communication bandwidth, and magnetic disk storage capacity. Other new areas of innovation include the development of micromechanical systems and the development of flat panel display technology. These advances depend on interactions between engineers from many different disciplines. In particular, there is a strong interaction between device design and materials engineering and processing.
The Electronic Materials Minor is intended to provide students with a firm basis for the application of electronic materials in advanced systems. This minor is well suited for students who intend to pursue careers in the electronics industry (included, but not limited to, semiconductor integrated circuit design and manufacturing, and magnetic storage engineering). The minor also provides an excellent preparation for students interested in pursing graduate work in MSE, ECE, or Applied Physics.
This minor is primarily intended to offer ECE and MSE students an understanding of the important features that must be built into a material during processing so that it will function as required in an electronic or magnetic device. Other students interested in pursuing this minor should consult their advisors to determine whether it will be practical in their own curriculum. Such students are expected to take both 18-100 and 27-201 as introductory courses.
Students in the Electronic Materials program are urged to consider registering for an undergraduate project in addition to the requirements below, especially if they intend to apply to graduate school. The co-directors will make every effort to arrange a suitable project for interested students.
Course Requirements
The minor requires an introductory course together with a minimum of 48 additional units as specified below.
Required Introductory Courses:
| 18-100 | Introduction to Electrical and Computer Engineering (MSE students) | 12 |
| 27-201 | Structure of Materials (ECE students) | 9 |
Elective Courses:
48 additional units, with 24 units from Group A and 24 units from Group B. Some courses are a required part of one of the curricula and consequently cannot be counted again for the minor program.
We have determined that “courses which are a required part of a curriculum” are those which are specifically named in the curriculum requirements. Consequently technical electives and breadth and depth electives may be double-counted.
Group A
| 27-202 | Defects in Materials (ECE students only) | 9 |
| 06-619 | Semiconductor Processing Technology | 9 |
| 27-542 | Processing and Properites of Thin Films | 9 |
| 27-217 | Phase Relations and Diagrams (ECE students only) | 12 |
| 27-533 | Principles of Growth and Processing of Semiconductors | 6 |
| 27-432 | Electronic and Thermal Properties of Metals, Semiconductors and Related Devices | 9 |
| 27-433 | Dielectric, Magnetic, Superconducting Properties of Materials & Related Devices (only if not required in your curriculum) | 9 |
| 27-551 | Properties of Ceramics and Glasses | 9 |
| 27-216 | Transport in Materials (ECE students only) | 9 |
| 33-225 | Quantum Physics and Structure of Matter (ECE students only) | 9 |
Group B
| 18-310 | Fundamentals of Semiconductor Devices | 12 |
| 18-715 | Physics of Applied Magnetism | 12 |
| 18-716 | Advanced Applied Magnetism | 12 |
| 18-8xx — An appropriate 800-level course (for example, 18-813, 18-815, 18-819). | ||
Note: Other appropriate courses may be substituted with the approval of the coordinators in the event that limited course offerings make it impossible to satisfy the requirements as described above.
Environmental Engineering and Sustainability Designated Minor
Jeanne VanBriesen, Director
Office: Porter Hall 119
Concern for the environment now influences a wide range of public, private and engineering decisions. Environmental Engineering is widely recognized as a discipline at the graduate and professional level, and undergraduate training in environmental issues and processes can provide the preparation necessary to pursue this career path, or serve as a useful complement to a career in any of the traditional areas of engineering. Sustainablility issues are not considered critical across engineering disciplines.Effective preparation requires broad knowledge and skills in the areas of environmental engineering, sustainability, and environmental policy.
Faculty Advisors
The Environmental Engineering program is a focus for faculty members from diverse engineering backgrounds. The faculty are actively engaged in teaching and conducting research in this field. Current faculty advisors are:
- Biomedical Engineering — Robert Tilton
- Chemical Engineering – Neil M. Donahue
- Civil and Environmental Engineering — Peter Adams and Scott Matthews
- Electrical and Computer Engineering — Marija Ilic
- Engineering and Public Policy — Edward Rubin
- Mechanical Engineering — TBD
- Materials Science and Engineering — Paul Salvador and Robert Heard
Course Requirements
The requirements include two core courses, three technical electives, and two policy electives.
(12 units)A1. Core Courses in Sustainability
Select one course from:
| 12/19-712 | Introduction to Sustainable Engineering | 12 |
| 12/19-714 | Environmental Life Cycle Assessment | 12 |
(9 units)A2. Core Courses in Environmental Engineering
Select one course from:
| 12-351 | Environmental Engineering | 9 |
| 24/19-424 | Energy and the Environment | 9 |
| 12-651 | Air Quality Engineering | 9 |
| 24-425 | Combustion and Air Pollution Control | 9 |
| 12-702 | Fundamentals of Water Quality Engineering | 12 |
(27 units)B. Technical Electives in Environmental Engineering and Sustainability
Select three from the following list
| 03-121 | Modern Biology | 9 |
| 09-106 | Modern Chemistry II | 10 |
| 09-510 | Introduction to Green Chemistry | 9 |
| 12-201 | Geology | 9 |
| 12-351 | Environmental Engineering | 9 |
| 12-651 | Air Quality Engineering | 9 |
| 12-702 | Fundamentals of Water Quality Engineering | 12 |
| 12-657 | Water Resources Engineering | 9 |
| 12-658 | Hydraulic Structures | 9 |
| 24-424 | Energy and the Environment | 9 |
| 24-425 | Combustion and Air Pollution Control | 9 |
| 12/19-712 | Introduction to Sustainable Engineering | 12 |
| 12/19-714 | Environmental Life Cycle Assessment | 12 |
| 12-718 | Sustainable Engineering Project | 12 |
| 27-322 | Processing of Metals ** | 9 |
| 27-323 | Powder Processing of Materials ** | 9 |
| 27-421 | Processing Design * | 6 |
| 27-367 | Selection and Performance of Materials * | 6 |
| 27-594 | Electrochemical Degradation of Materials | 9 |
| 48-315 | Environment I: Climate & Energy | 9 |
| 48-415 | Advanced Building Systems | 6 |
* 6 units; must be combined with 3 additional units
** Students may take either 27-322 Processing of Metals, or , but not both, as technical electives for list B.
C. Policy Electives (18 units)
Select two from the following list of humanities/social science-oriented courses:
| 19-448 | Science, Technology & Ethics | 9 |
| 48-576 | Mapping Urbanism | 9 |
| 73-357 | Regulation: Theory and Policy | 9 |
| 73-358 | Economics of the Environment and Natural Resources | 9 |
| 73-359 | Benefit-Cost Analysis | 9 |
| 76-319 | Environmental Rhetoric | 9 |
| 79-326 | History of German Cinema History of Modern Germany through its Cinema | 9 |
| 79-303 | Pittsburgh and the Transformation of Modern Urban America | 6 |
| 79-372 | Perspectives on the Urban Environment | 9 |
| 80-244 | Environmental Ethics | 9 |
| 88-220 | Policy Analysis I | 9 |
| 88-221 | Policy Analysis II | 9 |
| 88-223 | Decision Analysis and Decision Support Systems | 9 |
| 90-758 | Ethics & Public Policy in a Global Society | 6 |
| 90-765 | Cities, Techonology and the Environment | 6 |
| 90-789 | Sustainable Community Development | 12 |
| 90-798 | Environmental Policy & Planning | 12 |
NOTES:
- Courses cannot be double-counted for lists A and B.
- Courses used to fulfill the first year restricted technical electives for CIT cannot be double counted for list B requirements
- A group of three environmental policy courses, from List C, excluding Heinz courses, may be counted as fulfilling the general education depth requirement required of all CIT students if and only if the student completes the Environmental Engineering and Sustainability Minor. Approval of the selected courses from List C for fulfillment of this CIT depth sequence is required from the student’s home department advisor.
- Courses required within a student’s CIT major can be double counted for list A or B course requirements, with the exception that 12-351 Environmental Engineering can be counted toward completion of the minor for non-CEE students only.
- Students may take up to two list B courses in their home department. One list B course must be from outside their home department. EPP double majors should NOT consider EPP their home department. BME double majors should NOT consider BME their home department.
- At most ONE 48-xxx course can be used as a List B course and one as a List C course. The 48-xxx courses may not be acceptable as technical electives by some CIT engineering departments.
- Other Environmentally related technical electives with similar or related content may be substituted for List B courses only with written permission of the Director.
- Other humanities and social science courses with similar or related content may be substituted for Type C courses only with written permission of the Director.
- A list of available courses for the minor in each semester is provided to students who have declared the minor and to all faculty advisors for the minor.
Global Engineering Designated Minor
Treci Bonime, Director
Office: Scaife Hall 110
Many engineers work on international projects or for multinational companies. Carnegie Mellon is an international community, with a significant fraction of international students and many events featuring foreign speakers and cultural experiences. This minor is intended for engineering students interested in broadening their background in international experiences and global awareness and engagement.
Course Requirements
International Management (1 course)
Complete one course in international management or business such as:
| 70-342 | Managing Across Cultures | 9 |
| 70-365 | International Trade and International Law | 9 |
| 70-381 | Marketing I | 9 |
| 70-430 | International Management | 9 |
| 88-384 | Conflict and Conflict Resolution in International Relations | 9 |
| Or approved equivalent. | ||
Regional Specialization (1 course)
Complete one course in non-US History, international politics, or literature in a single region of the world. See the list at http://www.cit.cmu.edu/global/courses_degrees.html below for examples (Note: Please consult with the Global Engineering director before planning your course schedule, as some course information may have changed).
Ethics (1 course)
Any ethics course that provides some exposure to international ethics issues such as:
| 70-332 | Business, Society and Ethics | 9 |
| 80-136 | Social Structure, Public Policy & Ethics | 9 |
| 80-243 | Business Ethics | 6 |
| 80-244 | Environmental Ethics | 9 |
| 80-247 | Ethics and Global Economics | 9 |
| Or approved equivalent | ||
Modern Languages
Demonstration of basic competency in a foreign language via one of the three options listed below:
- Complete one (1) Modern Languages course at the 200 level, with a minimum grade of C, or
- Achieve a score of 4 or higher in one foreign language Advanced Placement examination, or
- Demonstrate equivalent proficiency to the satisfaction of the Department of Modern Languages
Study/Work Abroad
Study or engineering internship work abroad for a semester or a summer. The region visited should be consistent with the language and regional culture/history studied.
Manufacturing Engineering Designated Minor
Burak Ozdoganlar, Director Office: Scaife Hall 312
The Designated Minor in Manufacturing Engineering provides the student with a background in the basic engineering issues that arise in all manufacturing enterprises, from product design through production processes, to issues in marketing and management.
Faculty Advisors
A faculty member from each department will serve as the faculty advisor for the students who are pursuing the minor degree in their respective departments. Current faculty advisors are:
- Chemical Engineering — Lorenz Biegler
- Civil and Environmental Engineering — Susan Finger
- Electrical and Computer Engineering — Bruce H. Krogh
- Engineering and Public Policy — Deanna Matthews
- Materials Science and Engineering — Robert Heard
- Mechanical Engineering — Burak Ozdoganlar
Course Requirements
This minor requires a total of five courses comprising of two core courses and three technical electives.
Two Core Courses:
The two core courses vary depending on the student’s major. MSE majors must take the following core courses:
| 27-401 | MSE Capstone Course I | 12 |
| 27-402 | MSE Capstone Course II | 12 |
Non-MSE majors must instead take the following core courses:
| 24-341 | Manufacturing Sciences | 9 |
| 27-357 | Introduction to Materials Selection | 6 |
Note: Instructor’s permission to waive the prerequisites for the core courses will be considered for students pursuing the Manufacturing Engineering Designated Minor.
Technical Electives:
A total of three courses must be selected from at least two of the following categories. Courses taken to fulfill requirements for the student’s major, other than technical elective requirements, cannot be used to fulfill this requirement.
Real-Time Systems and Robotics
| 16-721 | Learning-based Methods in Vision | 12 |
| 16-741 | Mechanics of Manipulation | 12 |
| 18-348 | Embedded Systems Engineering | 12 |
| 18-349 | Embedded Real-Time Systems-time Systems | 12 |
| 18-474 | Embedded Control Systems | 12 |
| 18-549 | Embedded Systems Design | 12 |
| 18-649 | Distributed Embedded Systems | 12 |
Design, Materials and Processes
| 24-683 | Design for Manufacture and the Environment | 12 |
| 27-322 | Processing of Metals | 9 |
| 27-323 | Powder Processing of Materials | 9 |
| 27-421 | Processing Design | 6 |
| 27-592 | Solidification Processing | 9 |
| 27-442 | Deformation Processing | 9 |
| 27-533 | Principles of Growth and Processing of Semiconductors | 6 |
| 39-245 | Rapid Prototype Design | 9 |
Production Management and Control
| 12-411 | Project Management for Construction | 9 |
| 12-611 | Project Management Construction | 9 |
| 36-220 | Engineering Statistics and Quality Control | 9 |
| 70-430 | International Management | 9 |
| 70-371 | Production/Operations Management | 9 |
| 70-471 | Logistics and Supply Chain Management | 9 |
Language
Because of the international nature of manufacturing enterprises, students are strongly encouraged to complete one of the following:
| 82-221-82-222 | Intermediate German I and Intermediate German II | 18 |
| 82-271-82-272 | Intermediate Japanese I and Intermediate Japanese II | 24 |
Materials Science and Engineering Designated Minor
Michael E. McHenry. Director
Office: Roberts Engineering Hall 243
The Designated Minor in Materials Science and Engineering provides the CIT student with a background in the field of Materials Science and Engineering. This minor is open to all CIT students, with the exception of MSE majors. All required and elective courses are taught within the MSE Department.
Course Requirements
The minor requires a minimum of 45 units, with two semester long required courses (the first being a sequence of two minis).
Prerequisites
Students wishing to take the MSE minor must have prerequisite thermodynamics and transport courses. The prerequisite MSE courses may be substituted for by a thermodynamics and transport course in another engineering discipline.
Core Courses (21 units)
| 27-211 | Structure of Materials (Minor Option) | 6 |
| 27-212 | Defects in Materials (Minor Option) | 6 |
| 27-217 | Phase Relations and Diagrams | 12 |
The laboratories with these courses are not required as core but will be counted as elective units if desired.
Elective Courses (24 units minimum)
The student must select a minimum of 24 units from the following list:
| 27-100 | Engineering the Materials of the Future | 12 |
| 27-301 | Microstructure and Properties I | 9 |
| 27-302 | Microstructure and Properties II | 9 |
| 27-311 | Polymeric Biomaterials | 9 |
| 27-312 | Metallic and Ceramic Biomaterials | 9 |
| 27-322 | Processing of Metals | 9 |
| 27-323 | Powder Processing of Materials | 9 |
| 27-324 | Introduction to Polymer Science and Engineering | 9 |
| 27-325 | Polymer Physics and Morphology | 9 |
| 27-357 | Introduction to Materials Selection | 6 |
| 27-367 | Selection and Performance of Materials | 6 |
| 27-582 | Phase Transformations in Solids | 9 |
| 27-433 | Dielectric, Magnetic, Superconducting Properties of Materials & Related Devices | 9 |
| 27-432 | Electronic and Thermal Properties of Metals, Semiconductors and Related Devices | 9 |
| 27-421 | Processing Design | 6 |
| 27-445 | Structure, Properties and Performance Relationships in Magnetic Materials | 9 |
| 27-512 | Diffraction Methods in Materials Science | 9 |
| 27-510 | Polymeric Biomaterials | 9 |
| 27-511 | Introduction to Molecular Biomaterials | 12 |
| 27-591 | Mechanical Behavior of Materials | 9 |
| 27-530 | Advanced Physical Metallurgy | 9 |
| 27-454 | Supervised Reading | Var. |
| 27-533 | Principles of Growth and Processing of Semiconductors | 6 |
| 27-555 | Materials Project I | -1 |
| 27-565 | Nanostructured Materials | 9 |
| 27-542 | Processing and Properites of Thin Films | 9 |
| 27-551 | Properties of Ceramics and Glasses | 9 |
| 27-566 | Special Topics in MSE | 9 |
| 27-592 | Solidification Processing | 9 |
| 27-594 | Electrochemical Degradation of Materials | 9 |
| 42-444 | Medical Devices | 9 |
Mechanical Behavior of Materials Designated Minor
Warren M. Garrison, Jr., Director
Office: Wean Hall 3303
An understanding of mechanical behavior is important to both the development of new materials and the selection of appropriate materials for many applications. The mechanical behavior of materials is best investigated and understood by integrating solid mechanics with the microstructural basis of flow and fracture. The purpose of this minor is to allow a formal basis for students to pursue an integrated approach to the mechanical behavior of materials.
Although this minor is open to all CIT students, only students in the departments of Civil Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering can take advantage of the double counting permitted for some courses in their department majors. Students in other departments may have difficulty in fulfilling the requirements in four years.
Faculty Advisors
- Chemical Engineering — Paul Sides
- Electrical and Computer Engineering — David W. Greve
- Mechanical Engineering — Paul S. Steif
- Materials Science and Engineering — Warren M. Garrison, Jr.
Course Requirements
The minor requires six courses: three core courses, two solid mechanics courses, and one materials science course. In satisfying these course requirements, each student must take three out-of-department courses. Each student is required to complete three core courses:
Core Courses:
| 27-201 | Structure of Materials | 9 |
| 27-591 | Mechanical Behavior of Materials | 9-12 |
| or 27-791 | Mechanical Behavior of Materials | |
| 12-212 | Statics | 9 |
| or 24-261 | Statics | |
Group A: Materials Science Courses
Each student must take one course from this list of Materials Science courses:
| 27-202 | Defects in Materials 1 | 9 |
| 27-357 | Introduction to Materials Selection 2 | 6 |
| 27-551 | Properties of Ceramics and Glasses | 9 |
| 27-530 | Advanced Physical Metallurgy | 9 |
| 42-411 | Introduction to Molecular Biomaterials | 9 |
1 27-202 cannot be used by MSE students to satisfy the requirements of the minor.
2 27-357 cannot be used by MSE students to satisfy the requirements of the minor.
Group B: Solid Mechanics Courses
Each student must take two of the following Solid Mechanics courses:
| 12-231 | Solid Mechanics | 9 |
| or 24-262 | Stress Analysis | |
| 12-635 | Structural Analysis | 9 |
| or 24-351 | Dynamics | |
| 24-751 | Introduction to Solid Mechanics I | 12 |
Students should check with the director of the program or their faculty advisor for an up-to-date list of relevant courses that will count towards this minor. For more information, please consult the Undergraduate Course Catalog and the current Schedule of Classes.