Program checklist · MS

Materials Science and Engineering, MS

Binghamton University · Vestal, NY

A checklist is the list of requirements to complete this program and receive the award, as the college publishes it in its catalog. It is the same for everyone. It does not say what you have completed; that comes from applying your own record.

Program

Award: MS
Credential class: ceterms:MasterDegree
Catalog edition: 2026-2027 Binghamton University Academic Guide
Checklist type: degree-program
Description: Materials Science and Engineering offers interdisciplinary programs leading to the degrees of Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy. Each student in the Materials Science and Engineering Program must select and obtain the consent of a full-time affiliated faculty member to serve as his or her advisor. Prior to selection of an advisor, the MSE director will serve as an interim advisor. On entering the graduate programs, students are expected to have a degree in a physical science or engineering. They are expected to be familiar with basic thermodynamics and with the material in a beginning materials science course. If deficient in these areas, they should be prepared to make up for these deficiencies by taking appropriate courses or examinations. With the cooperation of the advisor, the student forms a research committee to supervise his or her research thesis/project work. For MS students, the committee includes an advisor and two other Materials Science and Engineering faculty members.

Identifiers

IPEDS UNITID: 196079
CourseShelf checklist: CK_196079_45388337
CollegeTransfer.Net: Institution Transfer Profile
Source: CourseShelf publish 61

Requirements to complete

Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.

Program Requirements

3 items

Course taught 24 credits plus a master’s thesis (6 research credits). There will be a public presentation of a seminar on the subject of the thesis, and its oral defense.
Not resolved to a course
Course taught 26 credits plus a scholarly written report on a research project (4 research credits). There will be a public presentation of a seminar on the subject of the research project, and its oral defense.
Not resolved to a course
Students may request an all-course option (30 credits) for the MS degree.
Not resolved to a course

Course Requirements

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A. Required Courses

5 items

MSE 511
Techniques for Studying Solids
Not resolved to a course
MSE 593
Frontiers in Materials Science
Not resolved to a course
MSE 565
Crystallography & Diffraction
Not resolved to a course
MSE 590
Materials Communications & Sem
Not resolved to a course
MSE 566
Reactivity of Materials
Not resolved to a course

B. Additional required course

3 items

MSE 562
Mechanical Behav of Engr Mtls
Not resolved to a course
CHEM 544
Chemistry Of Solids
Not resolved to a course
MSE 572
Physics of Materials
Not resolved to a course

Additional Information About the Program

3 items

Courses presented to satisfy degree requirements must have a grade average of at least 3.0.
Not resolved to a course
Most of the courses in a student’s program should be taken during the first year of residence, so that emphasis can be placed on research in subsequent years.
Not resolved to a course
A majority of electives must be MSE courses. Upper level electives only.
Not resolved to a course

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