Program Overview

Materials Engineering (MATL) Program

The Materials Engineering (MATL) program is designed to provide students with a comprehensive education in the field of materials engineering. The program is offered by the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering at Auburn University.

Program Requirements

The program requires a total of 122 hours to complete. The curriculum is divided into four years, with the following courses:

• Freshman year:
  • Fall:
    • CHEM 1030 Fundamentals Chemistry I (3 hours)
    • CHEM 1031 Fundamental Chemistry I Laboratory (1 hour)
    • MATH 1610 Calculus I (4 hours)
    • ENGL 1100 English Composition I (3 hours)
    • ENGR 1100 Engineering Orientation (0 hours)
    • Core History (3 hours)
    • ENGR 1110 Introduction to Engineering (2 hours)
  • Spring:
    • CHEM 1040 Fundamental Chemistry II (3 hours)
    • CHEM 1041 Fundamental Chemistry II Laboratory (1 hour)
    • MATH 1620 Calculus II (4 hours)
    • PHYS 1600 Engineering Physics I (4 hours)
    • ENGL 1120 English Composition II (3 hours)
• Sophomore year:
  • Fall:
    • MATH 2630 Calculus III (4 hours)
    • MATL 2100 Introduction to Materials Science (3 hours)
    • COMP 1230 Introduction to Computing with MATLAB (2 hours)
    • ENGR 2050 Statics (3 hours)
    • PHYS 1610 Engineering Physics II (4 hours)
  • Spring:
    • MATH 2650 Linear Differential Equations (3 hours)
    • STAT 3010 Statistics for Engineers and Scientists (3 hours)
    • ENGR 2070 Mechanics of Materials (3 hours)
    • ELEC 3810 Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering (3 hours)
    • ECON 2020 Principles of Microeconomics (3 hours)
• Junior year:
  • Fall:
    • MATH 2660 Topics in Linear Algebra (3 hours)
    • PHIL 1020 Introduction to Ethics (3 hours)
    • MATL 3100 Engineering Materials - Metals (3 hours)
    • MATL 3101 Metallography Laboratory (1 hour)
    • MATL 5200 Materials Characterization (2 hours)
    • MATL 5201 Materials Characterization Laboratory (1 hour)
    • Technical Elective I (3 hours)
  • Spring:
    • ENGR 2200 Introduction To Thermodynamics, Fluids And Heat Transfer (3 hours)
    • MECH 2220 Computer-Aided Engineering (3 hours)
    • MATL 3200 Engineering Materials - Polymers (3 hours)
    • MATL 3201 Polymer and Composites Laboratory (1 hour)
    • MATL 3300 Engineering Materials - Ceramics (3 hours)
    • Technical Elective II (3 hours)
• Senior year:
  • Fall:
    • Core Literature (3 hours)
    • MATL 4100 Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Materials (3 hours)
    • MATL 4500 Materials Properties and Selection (4 hours)
    • MATL 5400 Physics of Solids (3 hours)
    • Technical Electives III (3 hours)
  • Spring:
    • Core Fine Arts (3 hours)
    • Core Social Science (3 hours)
    • MATL 4980 Senior Design Project (3 hours)
    • MATL 5500 Numerical Simulation of Materials Processing (3 hours)
    • UNIV 4AA0 Achieve the Creed (0 hours)

University Core Curriculum Requirements

The AU Bulletin lists the University Core Curriculum requirements for students in the College of Engineering. Students must complete a sequence in either Literature or History. Because of the discipline-specific requirements for the Humanities courses, it is recommended that a History sequence be completed in the Social Sciences courses.

Technical Electives

Technical electives are chosen from a list of coordinated cross-disciplinary sequences. Sequences other than those specified must be approved by the Materials Engineering Curriculum Committee.