MAT SCI 161L · MSE 161LLaboratory in Ceramics
Materials Science and Engineering · 2 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Processing of common ceramics and glasses. Attainment of specific properties through process control for engineering applications. Quantitative characterization and selection of raw materials. Slip casting and extrusion of clay bodies. Sintering of powders. Glass melting and fabrication. Determination of chemical and physical properties.
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
Requisite: course 160. Recommended corequisite: course 161.
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MAT SCI 161L
- MAT SCI 160Introduction to Ceramics and Glasses
- MAT SCI 104Science of Engineering Materials
- PHYSICS 1BPhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Oscillations, Waves, Electric and Magnetic Fields3 more beneath
- MAT SCI 130Phase Relations in Solids
- MAT SCI 161Processing of Ceramics and Glasses
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