MSC Materials Science and Engineering (MATT52) FT

2021 - 2022

Year 1

Core These are a compulsory part of your degree: you cannot change them. units (60 credits)

A student will take

Semester 1
MAT6664	Science of Materials	AUT SEM	15 credits
MAT6665 XCannot be taken with: MAT6002 MAT6005 MAT6007 MAT6675 MAT675	Materials Processing and Characterisation	AUT SEM	15 credits
MAT6669	Heat and Materials with Application	AUT SEM	15 credits
MAT6670 XCannot be taken with: MAT405	Practical, Modelling and Digital Skills	AUT SEM	15 credits

Approved These are on a restricted list of modules offered by your department(s). Normally you will need to select a minimum number of credits from the list. units (15 credits)

A student will take 15 credits from this group.

Semester 2
CPE6290	Nuclear Reactor Engineering	SPR SEM	15 credits
MAT4111 XCannot be taken with: MAT3332 MAT6390	Functional and Structural Ceramics	SPR SEM	15 credits
MAT630 XCannot be taken with: AER330 MAT333 MAT3333 MAT6333 MAT6361 MAT6362	Engineering Alloys	SPR SEM	15 credits

AND

Approved These are on a restricted list of modules offered by your department(s). Normally you will need to select a minimum number of credits from the list. units (15 credits)

A student will take 15 credits from this group.

Semester 2
MAT4442 XCannot be taken with: MAT3442	Glasses and Cements	SPR SEM	15 credits
MAT4443 XCannot be taken with: AER4443 MAT420	Metallurgical Processing	SPR SEM	15 credits
MAT6900 XCannot be taken with: MAT4900	Advanced Nuclear Systems	SPR SEM	15 credits

AND

Approved These are on a restricted list of modules offered by your department(s). Normally you will need to select a minimum number of credits from the list. units (15 credits)

A student will take 15 credits from this group.

Semester 2
MAT6327 XCannot be taken with: AER2350	Deformation, Fracture and Fatigue	SPR SEM	15 credits
MAT6514	Solid State Chemistry	SPR SEM	15 credits
MAT6516 XCannot be taken with: MAT61020 MAT61021	Materials for Energy Applications	SPR SEM	15 credits

AND

Approved These are on a restricted list of modules offered by your department(s). Normally you will need to select a minimum number of credits from the list. units (15 credits)

A student will take 15 credits from this group.

Semester 2
MAT6104 CCo-requisites: MAT6430 XCannot be taken with: AER476	Design and Manufacture of Composites	SPR SEM	15 credits
MAT6334 XCannot be taken with: MAT6374	Advanced Materials Manufacturing: Part I	SPR SEM	15 credits
MAT6720	Nanostructures and Nano-structuring	SPR SEM	15 credits

Core These are a compulsory part of your degree: you cannot change them. units (60 credits)

A student will take

Full academic year
MAT6040 + This unit is specific to the Department of Materials Science and Engineering (UoS). This unit requires significant background knowledge in many areas..	Project	ACAD YR	60 credits

The Head of Department may, if a student fails more than thirty credits in Semester One and in accordance with procedures approved by the Faculty, require a student who has taken the programme of study prescribed at 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D and 1E above to become instead a student for the Degree of Postgraduate Certificate in Materials Science and Engineering (MATT54).

A student who has been awarded one hundred and twenty credits in respect of units listed at 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, 1E and 1F above and who does not proceed to complete the requirements for the Degree of MSc will be eligible for the award of the Postgraduate Diploma in Materials Science and Engineering (MATT53).

A student who has been awarded sixty credits in respect of units listed at 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D and 1E above and who does not proceed to complete the requirements for the Degree of MSc will be eligible for the award of the Postgraduate Certificate in Materials Science and Engineering (MATT54).

In the event of failure of MAT6040 listed at 1F at the first attempt, any resubmission is subject to the approval of the Board of Examiners.

⇐P	-	This module has pre-requisite(s).
P⇒	-	This module is a pre-requisite for other modules.
C	-	This module has co-requisite(s).
X	-	Some modules cannot be studied in combination with this module.
+	-	Additional information about requirements for studying this module.

Please note that the regulations displayed on this page reflect provision in 2021/22 and may not reflect study undertaken in other academic sessions. To see regulations that applied in another academic session, please return to the Programme Regulations Finder home screen and select the appropriate session.