MAT SCI CM180 · MSE CM180Introduction to Biomaterials
Materials Science and Engineering · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
(Same as Bioengineering CM178.) Engineering materials used in medicine and dentistry for repair and/or restoration of damaged natural tissues. Topics include relationships between material properties, suitability to task, surface chemistry, processing and treatment methods, and biocompatibility. Concurrently scheduled with course CM280.
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
Requisites: course 104, or Chemistry 20A, 20B, and 20L.
BruinTree reads · Prerequisite
needs reviewconfidence 0.75 · from text- · mixed comma-level AND/OR in "course 104, or Chemistry 20A, 20B, and 20L" — grouping is a best reading
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
MAT SCI CM180
- MAT SCI 104Science of Engineering Materials
- PHYSICS 1APhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Mechanics
- MATH 32ACalculus of Several Variables
- PHYSICS 1BPhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Oscillations, Waves, Electric and Magnetic Fields
- MATH 32BCalculus of Several Variables
- CHEM 20AChemical Structure
- CHEM 20BChemical Energetics and Change
- CHEM 20LGeneral Chemistry Laboratory
- CHEM 14AGeneral Chemistry for Life Scientists I
- LIFESCI 30AMathematics for Life Scientists
- MATH 3ACalculus for Life Sciences Students
- CHEM 14BGeneral Chemistry for Life Scientists II
- LIFESCI 30BMathematics for Life Scientists
- MATH 3BCalculus for Life Sciences Students
4 direct requisites. The whole upstream is here — 41 courses over 3 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
No course in the catalog lists this as a requisite.