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(Fall, 2008)
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Students:
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Additional Programs:
Nanotechnology Certificate Program
National Institute of Aerospace (NIA)
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See brochure: Distance Education in Materials Science
The purpose of this distance learning program is to provide graduate level instruction in Materials Science and Engineering to industrial personnel throughout the State of Virginia and to selected sites outside Virginia. Courses may be taken either for credit leading to a Master of Materials Science and Engineering (MMSE) degree or for general information.
The courses are taught live in Charlottesville in the late afternoon or early evening to graduate students at UVA and transmitted simultaneously via video conferencing to special sites in Virginia as well as out of state. Two-way video and audio communication is maintained during the lectures so that the students have direct interaction with the classroom. The lectures are video recorded and each site is provided with equipment so that any student who must miss a regularly scheduled class due to job commitments can view the lecture later.
Applicants for the MMSE Degree program must have a Bachelor's Degree in engineering or related fields from a recognized college or university. Each applicant is required to submit a copy of GRE test scores, official transcripts and three references. The application process is on-going, but applications must be completed by the end of the first semester of study. For more information on the admission requirements and procedures click here.
Degree Requirements
- The requirement for the MMSE degree is the successful completion of 30 semester hours of graduate-level coursework (10 courses). It may be accomplished in 3-5 years or less by taking one or more courses per semester. No thesis is required.
- The degree must be completed within 7 years. An extension can be granted upon submission of a petition to the Graduate Studies Committee.
- Up to 15 hours of transfer credit is accepted from other institutions participating in the Distance Learning program. A transfer form should be submitted for each course taken at other participating universities.
- Up to 6 credits of electives may be earned in faculty-supervised independent study or advanced topics courses.
- The majority of courses (at least 6) should be MSE courses.
- A minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 must be maintained. For more information on the degree requirements click here.
Plan of Study
A faculty advisor is available to provide assistance in the selection of courses which will constitute an approved plan of study. A plan of study should be submitted by mid-term of the second semester and has to be approved by the faculty advisor. The plan can be altered later if program changes are made.
A program of studies leading to the MMSE degree must include four "core" courses:
- Electronic and Crystal Structure of Materials (MSE 601)
- Defects and Microstructure in Materials (MSE 602)
- Thermodynamics of Materials (MSE 623)
- Kinetics of Solid State Reactions (MSE 624)
Note to current students: The above core courses are reflecting the changes made in the MSE graduate curriculum in 2007. Students who started in the program before the fall of 2007 have a choice between the old and new core requirements. The old core requirements were: MSE 601 (old version - before 2007), MSE 623, MSE 624 and one out of four Properties/Characterization Courses (MSE 608, MSE 532, MSE 602 (old version - Materials Characterization), MSE 567).
Students without an undergraduate degree in MSE are encouraged to take a two-course sequence that reviews the basics of materials science:
- Structure and Properties of Materials I (MSE 605)
- Structure and Properties of Materials II (MSE 606)
A graduate student with an undergraduate degree in MSE will not be credited for taking MSE 605/606 unless he/she and the distance learning faculty advisor petition the MSE Curriculum Committee with an explanation of why these basic courses are needed.
The core courses and MSE 605/606 courses are repeated every three years.
The following courses are offered on an irregular basis, once per 5-9 years.
- Electrical, Optical, and Magnetic Properties of Materials (MSE 567)
- Materials Characterization (MSE 6??)
- Chemical and Electrochemical Properties of Solid Materials (MSE 608)
- Deformation and Fracture of Materials (MSE 532)
- Physical Metallurgy of Light Alloys (MSE 635)
- Physical Metallurgy of Transition-Element Alloys (MSE 647)
- Nanomaterials (MSE 610)
- Surface Science (MSE 722)
- Modeling in Materials Science (MSE 524)
- Fatigue and Fracture of Engineering Materials (MSE 732)
- Phase Transformations (MSE 734)
- Mechanical Behavior of Materials (MSE 731)
- Advanced Electrochemistry (MSE 771)
- Physics of Solids (MSE 792)
- Diffusional Processes in Materials (MSE 712)
- Electron Microscopy of Crystal (MSE 703)
- Contemporary Engineering Physics (EP 691)
Recommended sequence of courses: MSE 605/606 before other courses (for students without an undergraduate degree in MSE); from MSE 623 to MSE 624; from MSE 623 to MSE 734; from MSE 608 to MSE 771; from MSE 532 to MSE 731 to MSE 732; from MSE 623 & MSE 601 to MSE 602. In cases when it is not possible to take courses in the suggested order, student should contact instructor for permission and information on the background reading materials that can help to prepare for the course.
7/12/07
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