Polymer Materials Engineering Advising

As with all programs in the Engineering & Design Department, it is strongly recommended new students seek early advising with Pre-major Advisor. Students must initially declare as a pre-major in order to register for courses in the Engineering & Design department. Students interested in pursuing the PME program must complete a set of prerequisite coursework (PME Admissions) before they can apply for acceptance as a full major in the program. 

 

Contacts

Lisa Ochs

Pre-major Advisor

lisa.ochs@wwu.edu
360-650-4132

John Misasi

Associate Professor and Program Director

misasij@wwu.edu

Technical Electives

2021-2022 Declaration Year

Students graduating in 2024

Students must complete 9 credits of technical electives.  Below is a list of approved courses.  For other courses, see your faculty advisor for approval. Students must complete a single course (4 or 5 credits) that is not PME 395, 495, 300, or 400.  A maximum of five may be research or independent study credits. 

2022-2023 Declaration Year

Students graduating in 2025 or later

Students must complete 13 credits of technical electives.  Below is a list of approved courses.  For other courses, see your faculty advisor for approval. Students must complete a single course (4 or 5 credits) that is not PME 395, 495, 300, or 400.  A maximum of nine may be research or independent study credits. 

*ENGR 351 Electronics for Engineers is not required to complete the degree and is approved as a technical elective. 

 

  • CHEM 300-Level (Excluding CHEM 351/352/354)
  • CHEM 400-Level
  • CSCI 300- And 400-Level
  • ENGR 352 Introduction To Automation & Control (4)
  • ID 320 ID CAD Skills (4)
  • MATH 204 Elementary Linear Algebra (4)
  • MATH 224 Multivariable Calc & Geometry I (5)
  • MATH 225 Multivariable Calc & Geometry II (4)
  • MATH 300-Level (Excluding MATH 341/345)
  • MATH 400-Level
  • MFGE 333 Design For Manufacture (4)
  • MFGE 381 Manufacturing Process Planning (4)
  • MFGE 434 Advanced CAM & CNC (4)
  • MFGE 453 Industrial Robotics (4)
  • MFGE 463 Design Of Tooling (4)
  • MFGE 464 Design & Analysis Of Mechanisms (4)
  • MFGE 465 Machine Design (4)
  • MFGE 466 CAD Automation (4)
  • MSCI 321 Materials Chemistry (1)
  • MSCI 323 Semiconductor Materials & Devices (1)
  • MSCI 330 Introduction To Materials Science II (4)
  • MSCI 410 Materials Characterization (4)
  • OPS 460 Designing & Improving Operations (4)
  • OPS 463 Enterprise Resource Plan. Sys. (4)
  • OPS 466 Supply Chain Management (4)
  • PME 300/400 Directed Independent Study (1-15)
  • PME 395 Directed Research In Plastics (1-3)*
  • PME 402 Cooperative Work/Study (1-9)
  • PME 495 Directed Research In Plastics (1-3)*
  • PME/MFGE/MSCI 397/497 (Variable)
  • PME 397A Polymer Circularity (4)
  • PHYS 300-Level And 400-Level

Materials Science Minor

The Advanced Materials Science & Engineering Center offers an academic minor for students interested in studying materials science. This minor is an interdisciplinary program that complements engineering degrees. 

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