Polymers and Materials, Undergraduate Minor

The minor in polymers and materials consists of 18 hours, six of which must be taken outside of the student’s major. Two courses are required: CHEM 3306  and CHEM 4310  along with one Engineering materials course chosen from CHE 3330 , BSE 3394 /CHE 4394 , or ME 3311 . The remaining three courses should be selected from the following list:

• BSE 3394 - Soft Matter Engineering  / CHE 4394 - Soft Matter Engineering  (if not taken as core requirement)
• CHE 3330 - Engineering Materials Science  (if not taken as core requirement)
• CHE 4340 - Polymer Processing  
• CHE 4341 - Polymerization Engineering  
• CHE 4342 - Polymer Physics and Engineering  
• CHE 4344 - Polymers and Materials Laboratory  
• CHE 4346 - Polymer Viscoelasticity  
• CHEM 43xx Chemistry elective focused on polymers, materials, or characterization (approved by CHEM/CHE departments)
• CHE/ENGR 43xx Engineering elective focused on material properties or characterization (approved by CHE department)
• ECE 4381 - VLSI Processing  
• ENGR 4001 - Special Topics in Engineering  (Biomaterials Techniques)
• ENGR 4310/ENGR 5310 - Advanced Materials Characterization Techniques  
• FDSC 5304 - Rheological Properties of Food Materials  
• ME 3228 - Materials and Mechanics Laboratory  
• ME 4330 /ME 5358 - Biomaterials  
• PSS 4341 Biomass Chemistry, Biopolymer Science and Transformation
• PSS 4342 Biomaterial Engineering: Biopolymer Design and Applications
• PSS 4343 Integrated Biopolymer Refining