Program Learning Outcomes - Materials Science, PhD

By the end of the program, students graduating will be able to:

• Demonstrate specialized knowledge and understanding of essential facts, concepts, principles, and theories in a specific area of advanced study.
• Recognize and be guided by social, professional, and ethical expectations and concerns involved in advanced education and research.
• Effectively use advanced tools for research.
• Apply the principles of effective data management, information organization, and information-retrieval skills to data of various types.
• Utilize analytical, methodological, interpretive and expository skills in conducting projects and research.
• Expand and enhance the application of specific and well-concentrated research to problems and practice in the field of Materials Science.
• Critically evaluate advanced information and knowledge and examine their application in Materials Science.
• Understand, explain, and solve problems using quantitative and qualitative methods.
• Design and conduct experiments, and analyze and interpret experimental data and/or develop theories and design computational algorithms to predict and explain materials properties.
• Demonstrate effective oral and written communication skills.
• Appreciate the importance of, and develop the strategies for, further education and lifelong learning.