Materials Science and Engineering (BSE)

Program Educational Objectives (PEOs)

  1. Within three to five years after graduation, in their professional careers and/or graduate programs, our alumni/ae will have progressed in responsible professional positions, pursued continual learning, and/or will have attained or will be successfully moving toward attaining post-graduate degrees.
  2. Within three to five years after graduation, in their professional careers and/or graduate programs, our alumni/ae will have earned recognition for applying and continually expanding special, in-depth competencies in materials design, selection, processing, characterization, modeling, simulations, safety and/or sustainability.
  3. Within three to five years after graduation, in their professional careers and/or graduate programs, our alumni/ae will be applying and continually expanding professional skills of critical and cooperative thinking, communication, leadership, adaptability, teamwork, including in multidisciplinary settings, knowledge of materials-related global challenges, innovation, project development, and/or management.
  4. Within three to five years after graduation, in their professional careers and/or graduate programs, our alumni/ae will be promoting appreciation of MSE and/or contributing to professional societies. Our alums will also begin to identify and promote opportunities for collaboration with the MSE department, faculty, students, and/or other alumni/ae.

The Materials Science and Engineering program is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, under the commission’s General Criteria and Program Criteria for Materials, Metallurgical, Ceramics, and similarly named Engineering Programs.

Location

  • Storrs Campus

Modality

  • In Person