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Program checklist · B.S.

Materials Science and Engineering

Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg · Middletown, PA

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Program
Award
B.S.
Credential class
ceterms:BachelorDegree
Credits (computed from items)
107-116
Catalog edition
2026
Checklist type
degree-program
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
214713
CourseShelf checklist
CK_214713_546c3ac3
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 59

Requirements to complete

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

Requirements for the Major

major core · 0 items

    Prescribed Courses

    11 items
    1. CHEM 202
      Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry I
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    2. IE 424
      Process Quality Engineering
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    3. MATH 231
      Calculus of Several Variables
      Not resolved to a course
      2
    4. MATH 251
      Ordinary and Partial Differential Equations
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    5. MATSE 413
      3
    6. MATSE 419
      3
    7. MATSE 436
      3
    8. MATSE 460
      1
    9. MATSE 462
      1
    10. PHYS 212
      General Physics: Electricity and Magnetism
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    11. CMPSC 200
      Programming for Engineers with MATLAB
      Not resolved to a course
      3

    Prescribed Courses: Require a grade of C or better

    16 items
    1. EMSC 100S
      Earth and Mineral Sciences First-Year Seminar
      As published: “Earth and Mineral Sciences First-Year Seminar 1”
      3
    2. ENGL 202C
      3
    3. CHEM 110
      Chemical Principles I
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    4. CHEM 111
      Experimental Chemistry I
      Not resolved to a course
      1
    5. CHEM 113
      Experimental Chemistry II
      Not resolved to a course
      1
    6. MATH 140G
      Calculus with Earth and Mineral Sciences Applications I
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    7. MATH 141G
      Calculus with Earth and Mineral Sciences Applications II
      Not resolved to a course
      4
    8. MATH 220
      Matrices
      Not resolved to a course
      2
    9. MATSE 201
      3
    10. MATSE 202
      3
    11. MATSE 400
      3
    12. MATSE 401
      3
    13. MATSE 402
      3
    14. MATSE 430
      3
    15. MATSE 492W
      3
    16. PHYS 211
      General Physics: Mechanics
      Not resolved to a course
      4

    Additional Courses

    0 items

      Synthesis and Processing

      6 items
      1. Select 3-6 credits from the following:
        Not resolved to a course
        3-6
      2. MATSE 411
        3
      3. MATSE 422
        3
      4. MATSE 425
        3
      5. MATSE 441
        3
      6. MATSE 450
        3

      Structure and Characterization

      6 items
      1. Select 3-6 credits from the following:
        Not resolved to a course
        3-6
      2. MATSE 410
        3
      3. MATSE 415
        3
      4. MATSE 421
        3
      5. MATSE 445
        3
      6. MATSE 455
        3

      Properties

      6 items
      1. Select 3-6 credits from the following:
        Not resolved to a course
        3-6
      2. MATSE 412
        3
      3. MATSE 417
        3
      4. MATSE 435
        3
      5. MATSE 446
        3
      6. MATSE 447
        3

      Processing Laboratory

      5 items
      1. Select one of the following:
        Not resolved to a course
        1
      2. MATSE 463
        1
      3. MATSE 468
        1
      4. MATSE 471
        Metallurgy Processing Laboratory
        As published: “Metallurgy Laboratory I”
        1
      5. MATSE 473
        Polymeric Materials Laboratory
        As published: “Polymeric Materials Laboratory--Synthesis”
        1

      Senior Capstone Experience

      1 item
      1. MATSE 493W
        3

      Additional Courses: Require a grade of C or better

      2 items
      1. ENGL 15
        Rhetoric and Composition
        Not resolved to a course
        or: ENGL 30H Honors Rhetoric and Composition
        3
      2. MATSE 112
        Applied Materials Chemistry for Engineers
        or: CHEM 112 Chemical Principles II
        3

      Supporting Courses and Related Areas

      1 item
      1. Select 12 credits of approved Science or Engineering Elective courses in consultation with adviser
        Not resolved to a course
        12
      Source. Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg, catalog 2026 — https://bulletins.psu.edu/undergraduate/colleges/earth-mineral-sciences/materials-science-engineering-bs/. Captured page pages/0054.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.