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Fall 2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Materials Science

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Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences
 
Chair: Dilip Gersappe
Undergraduate Program Director: Gary P. Halada
Undergraduate Program Coordinator and Advisor: Samantha Riccardi
 
Office: Engineering 231
Email: esg_undergradadvising@stonybrook.edu
Phone: (631) 632-8381

The development of new materials and research into the engineering applications of materials are critical to a wide variety of industries including aerospace, automotive, energy, electronics, environmental, medical instrumentation, advanced computing, and defense-related companies. Without a clear understanding of the relationship between material structure, properties, and processing, achieving the performance necessary to meet the needs of current and future high technology applications would be impossible. For this reason, industrial and research laboratories value graduates with an understanding of materials science and engineering issues in addition to their other engineering or physical science knowledge.

Minor Requirements

The sequence of courses included in the minor in Materials Science provides a firm background for students seeking employment in materials-related industries or those who will pursue graduate study in related fields. There are two versions of the minor: one for students enrolled in B.S. degree programs (e.g., physics and chemistry) and one for those enrolled in B.E. degree programs. (B.E. students should see the faculty advisor in their engineering major for approval before declaring the materials science minor.).

All courses offered for the minor must be passed with a letter grade of C or higher.

For students with majors leading to the B.S. degree

Six courses are required:

Two of the following:

Two of the following:

One of the following:

For students with majors leading to the B.E. degree

Four of the following:

One of the following:

Notes:

No more than two non-ESM courses may count toward the minor. ESG core courses cannot be used to meet requirements for both the ESG major and the ESM minor.

Note: Students may use ESG 332  toward the minor in Materials Science only if it is not a required course in the student’s major.

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