MAT SCI 132 · MSE 132Structure and Properties of Metallic Alloys
Materials Science and Engineering · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Physical metallurgy of steels, lightweight alloys (Al and Ti), and superalloys. Strengthening mechanisms, microstructural control methods for strength and toughness improvement. Grain boundary segregation.
Letter grading.
When it runs
- Spring 2026
- Spring 2027
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Enforced requisite: course 131.
BruinTree reads · Prerequisite
confidence 1.00 · from textRequires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
MAT SCI 132
- MAT SCI 131Diffusion and Diffusion-Controlled Reactions
- MAT SCI 130Phase Relations in Solids
- PHYSICS 1BPhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Oscillations, Waves, Electric and Magnetic Fields2 more beneath
1 direct requisite. Showing 12 courses over 3 levels; the branches marked with a count carry on past it. Every course here opens its own tree.
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What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
MAT SCI 132
- MAT SCI 140AMaterials Selection and Engineering Design A
- MAT SCI 140BMaterials Selection and Engineering Design B
- MAT SCI 151Structure and Properties of Composite Materials
- MAT SCI 250BAdvanced Composite Materials
- MAT SCI M297CComposites Manufacturing
- MECH&AE M297CComposites Manufacturing
2 courses list this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 6 courses over 2 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.