Materials Engineering (B.Eng.)

148 credits · Faculty of Engineering · 2026-2027 catalogue

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Required Year 0 Courses (26 credits)

Generally, students admitted to Engineering from Quebec CEGEPs may be granted transfer credit for Year 0 courses. For information on transfer credit for French Baccalaureate, International Baccalaureate exams, Advanced Placement exams, Advanced Levels, and Science Placement Exams, see http://www.mcgill.ca/engineering/current-students/undergraduate/new-stud... and select your term of admission.

  • CHEM 110 General Chemistry 1 (4 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • CHEM 120 General Chemistry 2 (4 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • MATH 133 Linear Algebra and Geometry (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter
  • MATH 140 Calculus 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter
  • MATH 141 Calculus 2 (4 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter
  • PHYS 131 Mechanics and Waves (4 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PHYS 142 Electromagnetism and Optics (4 credits) · Offered: Winter

Required Non-Departmental Courses (33 credits)

  • CHEM 233 Topics in Physical Chemistry (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • CIVE 205 Statics (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • CIVE 207 Solid Mechanics (4 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • COMP 208 Computer Programming for Physical Sciences and Engineering (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • ECSE 209 Electrotechnology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • FACC 100 Introduction to the Engineering Profession (1 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • FACC 250 Responsibilities of the Professional Engineer (0 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • FACC 300 Engineering Economy (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter
  • FACC 400 Engineering Professional Practice (1 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • MATH 262 Intermediate Calculus (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter
  • MATH 263 Ordinary Differential Equations for Engineers (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter
  • MATH 264 Advanced Calculus for Engineers (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter
  • WCOM 206 Communication in Engineering (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter

Required Materials Engineering Courses (62 credits)

  • MIME 209 Mathematical Applications (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • MIME 212 Engineering Thermodynamics (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • MIME 250 Introduction to Extractive Metallurgy (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • MIME 251 Introduction to Process and Materials Engineering Design (1 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • MIME 256 Design Graphics (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • MIME 261 Structure of Materials (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • MIME 311 Modelling and Automatic Control (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • MIME 317 Analytical and Characterization Techniques (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • MIME 340 Applied Fluid Dynamics (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • MIME 341 Introduction to Mineral Processing (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • MIME 345 Applications of Polymers (3 credits) · Offered: Summer
  • MIME 350 Extractive Metallurgical Engineering (3 credits) · Offered: Summer
  • MIME 352 Hydrochemical Processing (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • MIME 360 Phase Transformations: Solids (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • MIME 362 Mechanical Properties (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • MIME 452 Process and Materials Design (4 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • MIME 455 Advanced Process Engineering (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • MIME 465 Metallic and Ceramic Powders Processing (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • MIME 467 Electronic Properties of Materials (3 credits) · Offered: Summer
  • MIME 470 Engineering Biomaterials (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • MIME 473 Introduction to Computational Materials Design (3 credits) · Offered: Winter

Complementary Courses (27 credits)

Technical Complementaries (18 credits)

12-18 credits from the following:

  • CHEE 515 Interface Design: Biomimetic Approach (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • CIVE 512 Advanced Civil Engineering Materials (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • MECH 530 Mechanics of Composite Materials (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • MIME 410 Materials Research Project (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter
  • MIME 442 Analysis, Modelling and Optimization in Mineral Processing (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • MIME 456 Steelmaking and Steel Processing (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • MIME 512 Corrosion and Degradation of Materials (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • MIME 515 (Bio)material Surface Analysis and Modification (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • MIME 526 Mineral Economics (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • MIME 542 Transmission Electron Microscopy (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • MIME 544 Analysis: Mineral Processing Systems 1 (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • MIME 545 Analysis: Mineral Processing Systems 2 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • MIME 556 Sustainable Materials Processing (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • MIME 559 Aluminum Physical Metallurgy (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • MIME 560 Joining Processes (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • MIME 561 Advanced Materials Design (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • MIME 563 Hot Deformation of Metals (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • MIME 565 Aerospace Metallic-Materials and Manufacturing Processes (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • MIME 568 Topics in Advanced Materials (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • MIME 569 Electron Beam Analysis of Materials (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • MIME 570 Micro- and Nano-Fabrication Fundamentals (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • MIME 571 Surface Engineering (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • MIME 572 Computational Thermodynamics (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • MIME 574 Battery Materials Engineering (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • MIME 580 Additive Manufacturing Using Metallic and Ceramic Materials (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027

Complementary Studies (9 credits)

Group A - Impact of Technology on Society (3 credits)

3 credits from the following:

  • ANTH 212 Anthropology of Development (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • ARCH 515 Sustainable Design (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • BTEC 502 Biotechnology Ethics and Society (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • COMS 200 History of Communication (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • COMS 411 Disability, Technology and Communication (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • ECON 225 Economics of the Environment (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • ECON 347 Economics of Climate Change (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • ENVR 201 Society, Environment and Sustainability (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • GEOG 203 Environmental Systems (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • GEOG 302 Environmental Management 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • GEOG 205 Global Change: Past, Present and Future (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • INSY 331 Managing and Organizing Digital Technology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • INSY 334 Design Thinking for User Experience (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • INSY 455 Technology and Innovation for Sustainability (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • LLCU 212 Understanding Digital and Social Media (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • MGPO 440 Strategies for Sustainability (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • MGPO 460 Managing Innovation (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • MGPO 485 Emerging Technologies: Organizing and Societal Stakes (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PHIL 343 Biomedical Ethics (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • SEAD 500 Foundations of Sustainability for Engineering and Design (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • SEAD 530 Economics for Sustainability in Engineering and Design (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • SOCI 235 Technology and Society (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • SOCI 312 Sociology of Work and Industry (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • SOCI 325 Sociology of Science (3 credits) · Offered: Fall

Group B - Humanities and Social Sciences, Management Studies, and Law

Generally, students admitted to Engineering from Quebec CEGEPs are granted transfer credits for 3 credits (one course) from the Complementary Studies Group B list.

Faculty of Arts

200 or 300 level courses in the following departments excluding seminars, field courses, surveys, special/selected topics courses, courses with physical, natural or medical sciences, mathematics, and statistic contents, and courses reserved for major or Honours in the relative programs: Anthropology (ANTH) Art History & Communications (ARTH and COMS) East Asian Studies (EAST) Economics (ECON) (any 200- or 300-level course excluding ECON 227D1/D2 and ECON 337)* French Language & Literature (FREN)* (excluding FREN 222 and FREN 333) French Language Center (FRSL courses 200 level or higher) History and Classical Studies (HIST and CLAS) excluding HIST 339 Inst for Gender, Sex & Fem St (GSFS) Institute for Study of Canada (CANS, and INDG) Islamic Studies (AFRI, and ISLA) Jewish Studies (JWST) Languages, Literatures, Cultures (GERM, HISP, ITAL, LLCU and RUSS) Philosophy (PHIL) (excluding PHIL 210 and PHIL 310) Political Science (POLI) (excluding POLI 311) Religious Studies (CATH and RELG) Sociology (SOCI) (excluding SOCI 211, SOCI 331, SOCI 342, SOCI 343 and SOCI 350)

Desautels Faculty of Management

Desautels Faculty of Management

  • BUSA 465 Technological Entrepreneurship (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • INDR 294 Introduction to Labour-Management Relations (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • INTG 215 Entrepreneurship Essentials for Non-Management Students (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • MGCR 222 Introduction to Organizational Behaviour (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter
  • MGCR 352 Principles of Marketing (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter
  • ORGB 420 Managing Organizational Teams (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • ORGB 423 Human Resources Management (3 credits) · Offered: Fall

Faculty of Science

Faculty of Science

  • ENVR 203 Knowledge, Ethics and Environment (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • ENVR 400 Environmental Thought (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • MATH 338 History and Philosophy of Mathematics (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • PSYC 100 Introduction to Psychology (3 credits) · Offered: Fall

Faculty of Engineering

Faculty of Engineering

  • ARCH 528 History of Housing (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • FACC 220 Law for Architects and Engineers (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • FACC 500 Technology Business Plan Design (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • FACC 501 Technology Business Plan Project (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027

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