MATERIALS SCIENCE STUDIES

Advisory Faculty: Professors: S. BOLTON, KARABINOS, D. LYNCH, L. PARK**, STRAIT. Associate Professor: AALBERTS*. Assistant Professors: S. GOH, W. LOPES.

Materials Science is an interdisciplinary field which combines microscopic physics and chemistry in order to understand and control the properties of materials such as plastics, semiconductors, metals, liquid crystals, and biomaterials. Williams students with an interest in the properties of materials or in pursuing careers in materials science or a variety of engineering disciplines would benefit from following the courses in this program.

Core Course in Materials Science:

  • Chemistry/Physics 332 Materials Science: The Chemistry and Physics of Materials
  • Chemistry 336 Materials Chemistry

    • Related Courses:

  • Biology 101 The Cell
  • Chemistry 016 Glass and Glassblowing
  • Chemistry 156 Organic Chemistry
    and Chemistry 251 Organic Chemistry
  • Chemistry 155 Current Topics in Chemistry
    or Chemistry 256 Foundations of Physical and Inorganic Chemistry
  • Chemistry 335 Inorganic/Organometallic Chemistry
  • Chemistry 361 Physical Chemistry: Structure and Dynamics
  • Chemistry/Environmental Studies 364 Instrumental Methods of Analysis
  • Chemistry 366 Physical Chemistry: Thermodynamics
  • Geosciences 202 Mineralogy and Geochemistry
  • Mathematics 209 Differential Equations and Vector Calculus
  • Mathematics 315 Groups and Characters
  • Physics 015 Electronics
  • Physics 201 Electricity and Magnetism
  • Physics 202 Waves and Optics
  • Physics/Mathematics 210 Mathematical Methods for Scientists
  • Physics 301 Quantum Physics
  • Physics 405T Electromagnetic Theory
  • Physics 411T Classical Mechanics
  • Physics 451 Solid State Physics