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  • 2.00 Credits

    Lecture, 1 hour; discussion, 1 hour; laboratory, 1 hour. An introduction of properties and applications of different types of materials essential for various areas of engineering. Explores the relationship between structure and properties as well as processing of the materials. Illustrates a wide range of properties required for different types of applications. Graded Satisfactory (S) or No Credit (NC).
  • 4.00 Credits

    Lecture, 3 hours; laboratory, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): ME 114. Covers structure of materials at the nanoscale, including semiconductors, ceramics, metals, and carbon nanotubes. Explores relationships among morphology, properties, and processing. Addresses primary methods of characterization, including scanning electron microscopy, scanning probe microscopy, X-ray diffraction, and transmission electron microscopy. Also covers elementary discussions of X-ray, vibrational, and electron waves in solids and introductory diffraction theory.
  • 4.00 Credits

    Lecture, 3 hours; laboratory, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): MSE 160. Analysis of the surfaces of materials via ion, electron, and photon spectroscopies. Includes Rutherford back scattering; secondary ion mass spectroscopy; electron energy loss spectroscopy; Auger electron spectroscopy; X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy; photoluminescence; extended X-ray absorption fine structure; Fourier transfrom infrared spectroscopy; and Raman spectroscopy. Also covers sputtering, high-vacuum generation, and focused ion beam milling.
  • 4.00 Credits

    Lecture, 2 hours; discussion, 1 hour; practicum, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): CHE 116 or ME 116A; EE 139; senior standing in Materials Science and Engineering. Covers preparation of formal engineering reports and statistical analysis on a series of problems illustrating methodology from various branches of applied materials science and engineering. Addresses the entire design process: design problem definition; generation of a design specification; documentation; design review process; prototype fabrication; testing and calibration; cost estimation; and federal guidelines. Requires a term project and oral presentation. Graded In-Progress (IP) until MSE 175A and MSE 175B are completed, at which time a final, letter grades is assigned.
  • 4.00 Credits

    Lecture, 1 hour; discussion, 1 hour; practicum, 6 hours. Prerequisite(s): MSE 175A; senior standing in Materials Science and Engineering. Covers preparation of formal engineering reports and statistical analysis on a series of problems illustrating methodology from various branches of applied materials science and engineering. Addresses the entire design process: design problem definition; generation of a design specification; documentation; design review process; prototype fabrication; testing and calibration; cost estimation; and federal guidelines. Requires a term project and oral presentation. Satisfactory (S) or No Credit (NC) grading is not available. Mathematics advisory examinations are scheduled before each quarter. The UCR Mathematics Advisory Exam is a prerequisite for students who wish to enroll in math courses but have not received course equivalence in MATH 005, MATH 008A, MATH 008B, MATH 009A, MATH 015, MATH 022, or MATH 023.
  • 4.00 Credits

    Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): BIOL 005A, BIOL 05LA, BIOL 005B, BIOL 005C, CHEM 001C or CHEM 01HC, CHEM 112C, MATH 009B or MATH 09HB, PHYS 002C, PHYS 02LC, BCH 100 or BCH 110A, one course in statistics; or consent of instructor. Introduces principles of insect ecology with examples emphasizing the Arthropoda. Topics include factors governing population growth; ecological and evolutionary interactions with hosts, competitors, and natural enemies; structure of ecological communities; and adaptations to different environments. Cross-listed with BIOL 127. Bellows, Jr., Walton
  • 4.00 Credits

    Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour. Fundamentals of music, including notation, rhythm, major and minor scales, intervals, tonality, triads. Includes ear training, sight singing, and elementary analysis. Designed for students who need basic musical literacy. Open to nonmajors and those with no previous musical background.
  • 4.00 Credits

    Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): none. A survey of the major styles and genres of Western music. Emphasis on creative and analytical listening without the use of musical notation. Designed for the general student with an interest in music and cultural practice. No previous musical background required.
  • 4.00 Credits

    Seminar, 3 hours; assigned listening, 3 hours. Explores social, political, gender-related, and moral issues represented in 10 major operas between the seventeenth and twentieth centuries. Introduces dramatic and musical structures of opera, value of performance, and operatic conventions shared by composers, singers, and audience.
  • 4.00 Credits

    Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): none. A survey course designed primarily for nonmajors. Examines representative works by women composers from antiquity to the present.
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