Recent SemestersSpring 2026, Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2021Class Size32 studentsCredits4Prerequisite(CHM 001A or CHM 001AH) and PHY 004A Transfers ToCSUDescriptionThis course presents the internal structures and resulting behaviors of materials used in engineering applications, including metals, ceramics, polymers, composites, and semiconductors. The emphasis is upon developing the ability both to select appropriate materials to meet engineering design criteria and to understand the effects of heat, stress, imperfections, and chemical environments upon material properties and performance. Laboratories provide opportunities to directly observe the structures and behaviors discussed in the course, to operate testing equipment, to analyze experimental data, and to prepare reports.Usually HeldThu 2:55pm–4:45pm, Wed 2:15pm–5:25pm, Mon 2:15pm–5:25pm, Mon 9:20am–12:30pm 