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University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The Grainger College of Engineering
Materials Science & Engineering

The courses listed have been approved by the department as topical lectures for all focus areas. 

Introductory

Biomaterials | Biomaterials Science

Science | Other areas

Introductory

     No more than 2 introductory courses can count for Topical Lecture
MSE 420 Ceramics Materials and Properties 3  
  441 Metals Processing 3  
  450 Polymer Science and Engineering 3  
  470 Design and Use of Biomaterials 3  
ECE 340 Semiconductor Electronics 3  
         

Biomaterials

      
MSE 473 Biomolecular Materials Science 3  
  474 Biomaterials and Nanomedicine 3  
ABE 446 Biological Nanoengineering 3  
BIOE 416 Biosensors 3  
  461 Cellular Biomechanics 4  
  476 Tissue Engineering 3  
  487 Stem Cell Bioengineering 3  
CHBE 473 Biomolecular Engineering 3  
ECE 380 Biomedical Imaging 3  
  414 Biomedical Instrumentation 3  
  415 Biomedical Instrumentation Lab 2  
  472 Biomedical Ultrasound Imaging 3  
ME 482 Muskuloskeletal Tissue Mechanics 3  
  483 Mechanobiology 4  

Biomaterials Science

   Can only count one science course for Topical Lecture Biomaterials
BIOC 446 Physical Biochemistry 3  
  455 Technqs Biochem & Biotech 4  
BIOP 401 Introduction to Biophysics 3  
         

All other areas

      
MSE 403 Synthesis of Materials 3  
  421 Ceramic Processing 3  
  422 Electrical Ceramics 3  
  440 Mechanical Behavior of Metals 3  
  443 Design of Engineering Alloys 3  
  445 Corrosion of Metals 3  
  453 Plastics Engineering 3  
  455 Macromolecular Solids 3  
  456 Mechanics of Composites 3  
  457 Polymer Chemistry 3  
  458 Polymer Physics 3  
  460 Electronic Materials I 3  
  461 Electronic Materials II 3  
  466 Materials in Electrochemical Systems 3  
  480 Surfaces and Colloids 3  
  481 Electron Microscopy 3  
  484 Composite Materials 3  
  485 Atomic Scale Simulations 3  
  487 Materials for Nanotechnology 3  
  488 Optical Materials 3  
  489 Materials Selection for Sustainability 3  
         
ABE 482 Package Engineering 3  
CEE 401 Concrete Materials 4  
  460 Steel Structures I 3  
CHBE 457 Microelectronics Processing 3  
ECE 441 Physics and Modeling of Semiconductor Devices 3  
  443 LEDs and Solar Cells 4  
  444 IC Device Theory & Fabrication 4  
  481 Nanotechnology 3  
  485 MEMS Devices and Systems 3  
  487 Introduction to Quantum Electronics 3  
  488 Compound Semiconductors & Devices 3  
  495 Photonic Device Laboratory 3  
IE 431 Design for Six Sigma 3  
ME 431 Mechanical Component Failure 3  
  432 Fundamentals of Photovoltaics 3  
  450 Modeling Materials Processing 3  
  472 Introduction to Tribology 3  
  487 MEMS-NEMS Theory & Fabrication 4  
NPRE 470 Fuel Cells & Hydrogen Sources 3  
SE 412 Nondestructive Evaluation 3  
TAM 427 Mechanics of Polymers 3  
  451 Intermediate Solid Mechanics 4  
  456 Experimental Stress Analysis 3  

Science

       Can only count one science course for Topical Lecture
CHEM 436 Fundamental Organic Chemistry II 3  
PHYS 485 Atomic Physics & Quantum Theory 3  
  486 Quantum Physics I 4  
  487 Quantum Physics II 4