Program Description
Offered by the Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Students affiliated with all majors except Materials Science and Engineering are eligible to participate in this minor.
Additional Information
Materials properties are the foundation of many engineering disciplines including mechanical, civil, chemical, and electrical engineering. This minor provides students with a fundamental understanding of mechanisms that determine the ultimate performance, properties, and processing characteristics of modern materials.
Academic Standards
- At least C in each course in the minor.
Minor Requirements
At least six courses (≥ 18 credits), chosen as follows:
Course List Code | Title | Hours |
| 3-4 |
| Mechanical Properties of Materials: From Nanodevices to Superstructures (crosslisted) | |
| Electronic Materials for the Information Age (crosslisted) | |
| 3-4 |
| Atomic and Molecular Structure of Matter (crosslisted) | |
| Materials Chemistry | |
| Thermodynamics of Condensed Systems | |
| Kinetics, Diffusion, and Phase Transformations | |
| Electronic, Magnetic, and Dielectric Properties of Materials | |
| Mechanical Properties of Materials, Processing, and Design (crosslisted) | |
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Graduation Requirements for Engineering Minor Degree Programs
Requirements
Students may pursue minors in any department in any college that offers them, subject to limitations placed by the department offering the minor or by the students' major. Completed minors will appear on the student's transcript. Not all departments offer minors. Additional information on specific minors can be found above, in the Engineering Undergraduate Handbook, in the undergraduate major office of the department or school offering the minor, and in Engineering Advising.
An engineering minor recognizes formal study of a particular subject area in engineering normally outside the major. Students undertaking a minor are expected to complete the requirements during the time of their continuous undergraduate enrollment at Cornell. Completing the requirements for an engineering minor (along with a major) may require more than the traditional eight semesters at Cornell. However, courses that fulfill minor requirements may also satisfy other degree requirements (e.g., distribution courses, advisor-approved, or major-approved electives), and completion within eight semesters is possible.
An engineering minor requires:
- successful completion of all requirements for an undergraduate degree.
- enrollment in a major that approves participation in the minor.
- satisfactory completion of six courses (at least 18 credits) in a college-approved minor.
Students may apply for certification of a minor at any time after the required course work has been completed in accordance with published standards. An official notation of certification of a minor appears on the Cornell transcript following graduation.