| Required Core Courses (18 credits) | |
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| Course # | Course Title | Credits | Semesters Offered F,S,I,CE* |
| PLAS.5030 | Mechanical Behavior of Polymers | 3 | F,S,CE |
| PLAS.5440 | Advanced Plastic Materials | 3 | F,S,CE |
| PLAS.5780 | Advanced Plastics Processing | 3 | F,CE |
| PLAS.5060 | Polymer Structure Properties and Applications | 3 | F,S,CE |
| PLAS.5180 | Plastic Product Design | 3 | F,S,CE |
| PLAS.5730 | Graduate Polymer Lab | 3 | F,S |
| Sub Total # Core Credits Required | 18 | |
| Certificate Specialization Courses** (Total # of courses required = 4, although 2-3 overlap with core courses) |
| Certificate Specialization | See list below for summary of required and elective courses associated with each area of specialization | 12 (3-6 additional after core) |
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| Sub Total# Core Credits Required | 12 | |
| Elective Course Choices** (Choose 3-4) | |
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XXXX.XXXX | Plus an additional # of Plastics Engineering electives such that the sum of credits is 33 (see list below) | 9-12 | |
| Sub Total # SElective Credits Required | 9-12 | |
| Professional Co-op Courses | |
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| ENGN.6020 | Graduate Professional Development for Engineers | 1 | F,S |
| ENGN.6030 | Graduate Cooperative Experience | 1 | F,S,Su |
| ENGN.6040 | Workforce Development (optional) | 1 | F,S |
| Sub Total # Co-op Credits Required | 2 | |
| Curriculum Summary | |
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| Total number of courses required for the degree | 15 | |
| Total number of credit hours required for the degree | 35 | |
Prerequisites, Concentrations or Other Requirements
*Availability - F is Fall, S is Spring, I is Intermittent, Su is Summer, and CE is Continuing Education. Course availability is subject to change.
**Complete the course requirements for one or more of the department's graduate "Certificates" as an "area of specialization." Some of the certificate course requirements may also be core requirements. The course requirements are also outlined below. All courses are 3 credits unless otherwise indicated.
SpecializationsSpecializations - Choose one (including semesters offered)
Plastics Design
Required Courses:
PLAS.5030 Mechanical Behavior of Polymers F,S,CE
Elective Courses (choose any two of the following)
PLAS.5060 Polymer Structure, Properties, and Applications F, S, CE
PLAS.5410 Computer Applications in Plastics I
PLAS.5850 Computer Aided Engineering and Design I F
PLAS.6020 Medical Device Development Regulation CE
Plastics Materials
Required Courses:
PLAS.5440 Advanced Plastics Materials F, S, CE
PLAS.5060 Polymer Structure, Properties and Applications F, S, CE
Elective Courses (choose any two of the following)
PLAS.5110 Polymer Blends and Multiphase Systems I
PLAS.5330 Green Coatings Science and Technology I I,CE
PLAS.5340 Coatings Science and Technology II I
PLAS.5400 Commercial Development of Plastics S
PLAS.5420 Colloidal Nanoscience & Nanoscale Engineering I
PLAS.5470 Materials for Renewable Energy & Sustainability F
PLAS.5660 Polymeric Material Systems Solution S
PLAS.5900 Survey of Intellectual Property F,S
PLAS.5960 Plastics, Elastomers and Additives from Renewable Resources I
PLAS.6110 Coloration of Engineering Thermoplastics I,CE
PLAS.6420 Characterization of Polymers and Plastics F
Plastics Processing
Required Courses:
PLAS.5780 Advanced Plastics Process Engineering F, CE
Elective Courses (any two of the following):
PLAS.5060 Polymer Structure, Properties and Applications F,S,CE
PLAS.5240 Process Analysis, Instrumentation, and Control I
PLAS.5250 Synthetic Fibers: Processing, Structure, and Properties F
PLAS.5480 Analytical and Numerical Methods in Plastics Processing F
PLAS.5940 Additive Manufacturing Engineering Fundamentals S
PLAS.6060 Plastics Manufacturing Systems Engineering I
PLAS.6780 New Developments in Polymer Manufacturing S
Medical Plastics Design and Manufacturing
Required Courses:
Elective Courses (choose any two of the following):
PLAS.5030 Mechanical Behavior of Polymers F,S,CE
PLAS.5790 Problems in Biomaterials - Directed Study I
PLAS.6020 Medical Device Development Regulation CE
CHEN.5550 Biopharmaceutical GMP and Licensing * - Offered by the Chemical Engineering Dept. I
BMBT.5000 Introduction to Biomedical Engineering & Biotechnology **Offered by the Biomedical Engineering Dept. I - F,S
Elective Courses
PLAS.5110 Polymer Blends and Multiphase Systems I
PLAS.5240 Process Analysis, Instrumentation, and Control I
PLAS.5250 Synthetic Fibers: Processing, Structure, and Properties F
PLAS.5330 Green Coatings Science and Technology I F,CE
PLAS.5340 Coatings Science and Technology II I
PLAS.5400 Commercial Development of Polymeric Systems S
PLAS.5410 Computer Applications in Plastics I
PLAS.5420 Colloidal Nanoscience & Nanoscale Engineering I
PLAS.5470 Materials for Renewable Energy & Sustainability F
PLAS.5480 Analytical and Numerical Methods in Plastics Processing F
PLAS.5660 Polymeric Material Systems Solution S
PLAS.5850 Computer Aided Engineering and Design I F
PLAS.5900 Survey of Intellectual Property F,S
PLAS.5940 Additive Manufacturing Engineering Fundamentals S
PLAS.5960 Plastics, Elastomers and Additives from Renewable Resources I
PLAS.6020 Medical Device Development Regulation CE
PLAS.6060 Plastics Manufacturing Systems Engineering I
PLAS.6070 Supply Chain Management for Engineers I
PLAS.6110 Coloration of Engineering Thermoplastics I,CE
PLAS.6420 Characterization of Polymers and Plastics F
PLAS.6500 Nanoscale Transport Phenomena for Manufacturing Nanodevices I
PLAS.6780 New Developments in Polymer Manufacturing S,CE