CHE 241Materials Science and Engineering

Units: 0.50
Faculty: Engineering
Subject: Chemical Engineering

When it runs

Ran in 5 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: not on the schedule. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

An introduction to the structure, properties, and processing of materials, including metals, ceramics, and polymers. Fundamentals of structure, including atomic bonding, crystalline structure, crystal defects, and non-crystalline structure. Mechanical, electrical, and thermal properties of materials. Phase diagrams of condensed materials, such as liquids, metals, alloys, and ceramics. Structural control and material processing for the engineering design of materials.

Prerequisites

Complete all of the following
- Students must be in level 2B
- Enrolled in H-Chemical Engineering

Antirequisites

None listed.

Leads to

No course lists it as a requisite.

Fall 2026 sections

Enrolment from UW Open Data, which can trail Quest by up to two days. Instructors and rooms: Schedule of Classes.
Section	Class	Enrolled	Meets
LEC 001	4700	73 / 80	M 14:30–16:20 W 14:30–15:20
TUT 101	4701	73 / 80	W 15:30–16:20

Reviewed on UW Flow

76% liked it71% easy69% useful

From 25 ratings and 4 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.

World's least interesting materials science course. High school level depth on most topics

Sep 2023 · didn’t like itOn UW Flow Remove this
The content is somewhat easy to understand once you do a good amount of studying. However, you have to do a lot of self-study since there's a lot of content especially if your professor doesn't know what they're doing.

Aug 2022 · liked itOn UW Flow Remove this
The concepts are all relatively simple, but there are just way too many. You can get a good grade in this course if you dedicate all your time to it.

Jun 2022 · didn’t like itOn UW Flow Remove this
This course is super super easy in the first half and still pretty easy in the end. You can pass doing the bare minimum. And if you actually go to lectures, follow the content and do the assignments, it can be an easy 90-soemthing.

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Spring 2021

Aug 10, 2021 Any 2B CHE students here? Need some help with ChE 241 2 points, 0 comments

u/seiko1305: “I'm retaking the ChE 241 Final this term and I need some help. DM if you're taking the course this term”

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Fall 2017

Oct 28, 2017 Any way to disable UWCourseLinker from posting? 16 points, 26 comments

“posting a reply to my comment I find the bot annoying.”

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