Computational Materials Science Center

1. Common Computational Core (12 credit hours)

• CSI 700 (Numerical Methods)
• CSI 701 (Foundations of Computational Sciences)
• CSI 703 (Scientific and Statistical Visualization)
• CSI 710 (Scientific Databases)

2. Scientific Core (15 credit hours)

• CSI 685 (Fundamentals of Materials Science) or CSI 687 (Solid State Physics)
• CSI 780 / PHYS 613 (Computational Physics and Applications)
• CSI 783 / PHYS 736 (Computational Quantum Mechanics)
• CSI 787 (Computational Materials Science)
• CSI 786 (Molecular Dynamics Modeling) orCSI 885 (Atomistic Modeling and Simulation)

3. Track electives (9 credit hours)

All students are required to take at least two of the following courses:

• CSI 612 (Physical Chemistry of Solids)
• CSI 687 / PHYS 512 (Solid State Physics)
• CSI 782 / PHYS 711 (Statistical Mechanics for Modeling and Simulation)
• CSI 786 (Molecular Dynamics Modeling)
• CSI 885 (Atomistic Modeling and Simulation)
• CSI 986 (Advanced Topics in Large Scale Physical Simulations)

4. General Electives (9 credit hours)

In agreement with their advisor, students are highly recommended to take research oriented courses that initiate the doctoral thesis work such as:

• CSI 796 (Direct Reading and Research)
• CSI 996 (Doctoral Reading and Research)(can be taken up to four times)

Other suggested courses, in addition to those already listed, are:

• ECE 584 (Solid State Device Theory)
• NANO 610 (Nanoelectronics)
• CSI 712 / CHEM 728 (Introduction to Solid Surfaces)
• PHYS 705 (Classical Mechanics)
• CSI 784 / PHYS 732 (Quantum Mechanics)
• CSI 720 (Fluids Mechanics)

5. Colloquia and Seminars (3 credits)

• CSI 898 SCS Research Colloquia: Computational materials Science

6. Thesis Hours (24 credit hours)

Information on other courses is available from the catalog descriptions.