ENMA460

Introduction to Solid State Physics

Prerequisite: PHYS271, PHYS270, and MATH241. Restriction: Junior standing or higher; and must be in the Engineering: Materials Science program or Physics program. Cross-listed with: PHYS431. Credit only granted for: ENMA460 or PHYS431. Additional information: Materials Engineering students take ENMA460 and Physics students take PHYS431. Classes of materials; introduction to basic ideal and real materials' behavior including mechanical, electrical, thermal, magnetic and optical responses of materials; importance of microstructure in behavior. One application of each property will be discussed in detail.

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During the Spring 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters, students could choose to take some of their courses pass-fail mid-semester which skews grade data aggregated across multiple semesters.

Average GPA of 3.00 between 636 students*

ENMA460 Grade Distribution+-051015202530354045% of studentsABCDFWother
A-: 13.84%
A: 14.94%
A+: 11.48%
B-: 11.48%
B: 12.42%
B+: 10.69%
C-: 4.72%
C: 7.23%
C+: 5.19%
D: 0.79%
F: 1.26%
W: 4.56%
other: 1.42%
* "W"s are considered to be 0.0 quality points. "Other" grades are not factored into GPA calculation. Grade data not guaranteed to be correct.