The undergraduate curriculum is designed to provide students with a comprehensive knowledge and understanding of the relationships between the structure and properties of materials. Included in the required 128 semester credit hours is a series of capstone project courses where students apply materials science principles to open-ended engineering problems. This problem-solving experience is a valuable exercise in preparing students for an engineering career.

The objective of the materials engineering project is to produce graduates who are engaged in careers through which they apply materials engineering proficiency, effective communication and lifelong learning to provide technical, economic or other benefits to society.