Semiconductor Materials and Devices
This major is a stand-alone major and cannot be added as part of a dual major.
Semiconductor Materials and Devices Program Curriculum Requirements
| Code | Title | Credit Hours |
|---|---|---|
| First Year Experience | ||
| CILE-101 | First Year Foundations | 1 |
| General Education | ||
| COMM-101 | Rhetoric & Writing | 4 |
| ECON-201 | Economic Principles | 4 |
| 200-level Liberal Arts Elective | 4 | |
| Advanced Humanities Elective | 4 | |
| Advanced Social Science Elective | 4 | |
| LA-489 | Senior Seminar: Leadership, Ethics, and Contemporary Issues | 4 |
| Credit Hours Subtotal: | 25 | |
| Math and Science Foundation | ||
| CHEM-135 | Principles of Chemistry | 3 |
| or CHEM-137 | General Chemistry I | |
| CHEM-136 | Principles of Chemistry Lab | 1 |
| CHEM-237 | General Chemistry II | 3 |
| CHEM-238 | General Chemistry II Lab | 1 |
| CHEM-345 | Organic Chemistry I | 4 |
| CHEM-346 | Organic Chemistry I Lab | 2 |
| EP-335 | Computational Physics | 4 |
| MATH-101 | Calculus I | 4 |
| or MATH-101X | Calculus I | |
| MATH-102 | Calculus II | 4 |
| or MATH-102X | Calculus II | |
| MATH-203 | Multivariate Calculus | 4 |
| or MATH-203X | Multivariate Calculus | |
| MATH-258 | Probability and Statistics | 4 |
| PHYS-114 | Newtonian Mechanics | 3 |
| PHYS-115 | Newtonian Mechanics Laboratory | 1 |
| PHYS-224 | Electricity and Magnetism | 3 |
| PHYS-225 | Electricity and Magnetism Laboratory | 1 |
| SCI-100 | Introduction to Semiconductors | 4 |
| Credit Hours Subtotal: | 46 | |
| Program Core | ||
| CHEM-337 | Materials Synthesis | 4 |
| EE-325 | Principles of Microelectronics Processing | 4 |
| EE-427 | Semiconductor Device Fundamentals | 4 |
| EE-446 | Vector Control of AC Electric Machines | 4 |
| PHYS-366 | Quantum Physics | 4 |
| PHYS-376 | Photonics and Optoelectronics | 4 |
| PHYS-465 | Materials Characterization | 4 |
| Credit Hours Subtotal: | 28 | |
| Engineering Courses | ||
| CHME-230 | Foundations of Materials | 4 |
| EE-210 | Engineering Circuit Analysis 1 | 4 |
| EE-320 | Introduction to Microelectronic Devices and Circuits | 4 |
| Credit Hours Subtotal: | 12 | |
| Undergraduate Thesis | ||
| CILE-400 & CILE-401 | Undergraduate Thesis Initiation and Undergraduate Thesis Completion | 4 |
| Total Credit Hours | 115 | |
| Freshman I | Credit Hours | |
|---|---|---|
| CILE-101 | First Year Foundations | 1 |
| CHEM-135 | Principles of Chemistry | 3 |
| CHEM-136 | Principles of Chemistry Lab | 1 |
| SCI-100 | Introduction to Semiconductors | 4 |
| COMM-101 | Rhetoric & Writing | 4 |
| MATH-101 or MATH-101X |
Calculus I or Calculus I |
4 |
| Credit Hours | 17 | |
| Freshman II | ||
| CHEM-237 | General Chemistry II | 3 |
| CHEM-238 | General Chemistry II Lab | 1 |
| CHME-230 | Foundations of Materials | 4 |
| MATH-102 or MATH-102X |
Calculus II or Calculus II |
4 |
| PHYS-114 | Newtonian Mechanics | 3 |
| PHYS-115 | Newtonian Mechanics Laboratory | 1 |
| Credit Hours | 16 | |
| Sophomore I | ||
| 200-level Liberal Arts Elective | 4 | |
| MATH-203 | Multivariate Calculus | 4 |
| MATH-258 | Probability and Statistics | 4 |
| PHYS-224 | Electricity and Magnetism | 3 |
| PHYS-225 | Electricity and Magnetism Laboratory | 1 |
| Credit Hours | 16 | |
| Sophomore II | ||
| CHEM-345 | Organic Chemistry I | 4 |
| CHEM-346 | Organic Chemistry I Lab | 2 |
| EE-210 | Engineering Circuit Analysis 1 | 4 |
| EP-335 | Computational Physics | 4 |
| PHYS-366 | Quantum Physics | 4 |
| Credit Hours | 18 | |
| Junior I | ||
| ECON-201 | Economic Principles | 4 |
| EE-320 | Introduction to Microelectronic Devices and Circuits | 4 |
| EP-446 | Solid State Physics | 4 |
| PHYS-376 | Photonics and Optoelectronics | 4 |
| Credit Hours | 16 | |
| Junior II | ||
| CHEM-337 | Materials Synthesis | 4 |
| EE-325 | Principles of Microelectronics Processing | 4 |
| LA-489 | Senior Seminar: Leadership, Ethics, and Contemporary Issues | 4 |
| Advanced Humanities or Social Science Elective | 4 | |
| Credit Hours | 16 | |
| Senior I | ||
| EE-427 | Semiconductor Device Fundamentals | 4 |
| PHYS-465 | Materials Characterization | 4 |
| Advanced Humanities or Social Science Elective | 4 | |
| Credit Hours | 12 | |
| Any Term | ||
| CILE-400 & CILE-401 |
Undergraduate Thesis Initiation and Undergraduate Thesis Completion |
4 |
| Credit Hours | 4 | |
| Total Credit Hours | 115 | |