Total number of credits required: 12  

Required Courses  

• ME 5430 – Mechanics of Composite Materials (3 credits) 
• ME 5442 – Composites Design (3 credits) 

Elective Courses  

Two of the following six courses are required for the certificate program:  

• ME 5443 – Composites Manufacturing (3 credits)  

• ME 5522 – Advanced Analysis of Composite Materials & Structures (3 credits) 
• MSE 5135  – Textile Structural Composite Materials (3 credits) (previously MSE5095 Special Topics) 
• MSE 5364 – Advanced Composites (3 credits) 
• MSE 5380 – Fatigue and Fracture of Composites (3 credits) (previously MSE5095 Special Topics) 
• MSE 5787 – Behavior of Composites (3 credits) 

Your Plan of Study is determined by your catalog year. Please use your Advisement Report or Academic Requirements Report in StudentAdmin to determine your catalog year. 

Please contact engrcaee@uconn.edu for more information on the Composites Engineering Certificate pathway to the Materials Science Engineering and Mechanical Engineering M.Eng. degree.