Minimum Credits for a B.S. Degree in Metallurgical & Materials Engineering: 128
WRIT 121 is preferred but can be replaced with WRIT 101.
M&ME students must complete 6 credits of humanities and 6 credits of social sciences. See General Education Requirements.
ECNS 203 satisfies 3 of the 6 credits of the social sciences. ECNS 203 is preferred but can be replaced with ECNS 201 or ECNS 202. BGEN 363 also satisfies 3 of the 6 credits of social science.
M&ME majors are required to take 9 credits of Science or Technical Electives. Acceptable courses include all EMAT and EMET elective courses numbered 300 or higher or any STEM courses offered at MTU that have a course number of 200 or higher. NOTE: students planning to take EMAT 360 - Polymeric Materials and EMAT 361 - Polymers Processing Laboratory must also take CHMY 210 - Survey of Organic Chemistry or CHMY 321 - Organic Chemistry I as a prerequisite.
M&ME majors are not required to pursue a track. However, students interested in a career in Mineral Processing and/or Extractive Metallurgy should consider taking 6 to 9 credits of the Track I courses listed below, while students interested in Materials Processing and Physical Metallurgy should consider taking 6 to 9 credits of the listed Track II courses.
Some EMAT and EMET elective courses are cross-listed as 400- and 500-level courses. Undergraduate students opting to take courses at the 500-level will be held to graduate-level standards, which will involve additional or more challenging assignments, examination problems, and/or presentations than those assigned to students taking the courses at the 400-level. Students are advised to refer to the course syllabi and consult with the course instructors for details.
