The New Materials Science and Engineering Curriculum at the Ohio State University
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The New Materials Science and Engineering Curriculum at the Ohio State University P.K. Gupta, P.M. Anderson, R.G. Buchheit, S.A. Dregia, J.J. Lannutti, M.J. Mills, and R.L. Snyder1 Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The Ohio State University 2041 College Road, Columbus, OH 43210, USA. 1 Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology 771 Ferst Drive NW, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA. ABSTRACT A new Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) curriculum is in effect at the Ohio State University starting fall, 2002. This curriculum is composed of four parts: 1) General Education Core (required by the University of all undergraduates). 2) Engineering Core (required by the College of Engineering). This includes courses in English, Math, Physics, Chemistry, Statistics, Programming, Statics, and Stress Analysis. 3) Materials Science and Engineering Core (required by the MSE Department). It includes courses on Atomic Scale Structure, Microstructure and Characterization, Mechanical Behavior, Electrical Properties, Thermodynamics, Transport and Kinetics, Phase Diagrams, Phase Transformations, Modeling of Material Processes, Materials Selection, and Materials Performance). 4) MSE-Specialization in the senior year (required by the MSE Department). Novel features of the new curriculum include: 1) concentration in a specialized area of MSE in the senior year. 2) increased exposure to MSE courses in the second year. 3) increased industrial exposure. 4) redesigned laboratory courses. INTRODUCTION The Department of Metallurgical Engineering at the Ohio State University (OSU) was founded in 1873 and a separate Department of Ceramic Engineering was formed in 1894. These Departments were merged in 1988 to form the present Department of Materials Science and Engineering (DMSE). In addition to the undergraduate degree programs in Metallurgical Engineering and in Ceramic Engineering, a third degree program in Materials Science and Engineering - the MSE program - was added in 1991. All three programs were last accredited by ABET in 2000 through the year 2006. When the MSE program was initiated, the enrollment numbers were strong in the Metallurgical and Ceramic Engineering programs. However, over the years the enrollment trends have changed significantly. At present, the enrollments in these two traditional programs have declined significantly. On the other hand, the MSE program has become the strongest of the three. The MSE program strongly reflected distinctive elements of our metallurgy and ceramics traditions. However, we recognized that many significant advances in the materials field in the last couple of decades have taken place outside the traditional areas of metallurgy and ceramics.
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As a result, the department decided to review and revise the curriculums of all three degree programs to achieve the following goals: 1. better align our course offerings with the field as it exists today, 2. improve the educational experience of students in the MSE degree program, 3. take advan
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