COURSE: BSC IN MATERIAL SCIENCE

This learning programme is recommended for students who wish to increase their marketability for a career in materials science or in material characterisation. Knowledge and development of materials is very important for technology. For example, semiconductor materials form the basis of modern electronics and cheap steel or substitutes are necessary for the economic production of cars.

Type: undergraduate degree

Duration: 3 years full time

Compulsory Subjects

First year subjects:

• Chemistry


• Computer information systems


• Mathematics


• Physics


• End user computing

Second year subjects:

• Chemistry


• Physics


• Economics


• Business management

Third year subjects:

• Chemistry


• Physics

Careers: researcher, materials specialist.

Source: www.ufs.ac.za

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