MAT SCI C212 · MSE C212Cultural Materials Science II: Characterization Methods in Conservation of Materials
Materials Science and Engineering · 4 units · Graduate courses (200-299)
Principles and methods of materials characterization in conservation: optical and electron microscopy, X-ray and electron spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, infrared spectroscopy, reflectance spectroscopy and multispectral imaging spectroscopy, chromatography, design of archaeological and ethnographic materials characterization procedures. Concurrently scheduled with course C112.
Letter grading.
When it runs
Not on the schedule for any of Fall 2025 through Spring 2027. UCLA publishes only that window, so this does not mean the course is gone — check the official listing.
Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Preparation: general chemistry, inorganic and organic chemistry, materials science.
BruinTree reads · Preparation
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Requires
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Nothing — this is an entry point.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
MAT SCI C212
- MAT SCI 213LCultural Materials Science Laboratory: Technical Study
1 course lists this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 1 course over 1 level. Every course here opens its own tree.