Master’s Degree in Semiconductor Manufacturing Requirements
Student Affairs Officer
Lesly Navas, cbesao@seas.ucla.edu
Phone: (310) 825-1203
CBE Faculty Graduate Advisor
Jane Chang, jpchang@ucla.edu
Areas of Study
Specialization in semiconductor manufacturing. The specialization requires that the student have advanced knowledge of processing semiconductor devices on the nanoscale. This knowledge is assessed in a comprehensive examination.
Foreign Language Requirement
None.
Course Requirements
Specialization in semiconductor manufacturing: Students in this specialization are required to complete 10 courses (44 units) with a minimum 3.0 grade-point average overall and in graduate courses. A minimum of five (20 units) 200-series courses are required.
Students are required to take:
Chemical Engineering 104C and 104CL (Semiconductor Processing and Laboratory)
Chemical Engineering 270 (Principles of Reaction and Transport Phenomena)*
Chemical Engineering 270R (Advanced Research in Semiconductor Manufacturing)
Electrical Engineering 123A (Fundamentals of Solid-State I)
Materials Science and Engineering 121 (Materials Science of Semiconductors)
In addition, students must select two courses from the department’s list of electives as well as two courses from elective offerings in the Departments of Electrical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering; a minimum of two of these elective courses must be in the 200 series. Approved elective courses include: Chemical Engineering C219, C214, C218, 223, C240; Electrical Engineering 124, 221A, 221B, 223, 224; Materials Science and Engineering 210 and 223.
Students in the specialization of semiconductor manufacturing who have been undergraduates or graduates at UCLA and who have already taken some of the required courses may substitute electives for these courses. However, no courses taken while not enrolled in the semiconductor manufacturing specialization may be counted toward the 10-course requirement for the degree. A program of study encompassing the course requirements must be submitted to the research adviser for approval before the end of the student’s first quarter in residence.
All master’s degree candidates are required to enroll in Chemical Engineering 299 during each quarter of residence.
A program of study which encompasses these requirements must be submitted to the departmental Student Affairs Office for approval before the end of the student’s second quarter of residence.
Undergraduate Courses. No lower division courses may be applied toward graduate degrees. In addition, the following upper division courses are not applicable toward graduate degrees: Chemical Engineering 102A, 199; Civil Engineering 106A, 108, 199; Computer Science M152A, M152B, 199; Electrical Engineering 100, 101, 102, 103, 110L,M116L,199; Materials Science and Engineering 110, 120, 130, 131, 131L, 132, 150, 160,161L, 199; Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 102, 103, 105A, 105D, 199.
Teaching Experience
Not required.
Field Experience
Specialization in semiconductor manufacturing. Students are required to take Chemical Engineering 270R, a directed research course, in the field, working at an industrial semiconductor fabrication facility. The proposed research must be approved by the graduate adviser for semiconductor manufacturing and the industrial sponsor of the research.
Capstone Plan
This plan is only for students in the specialization in semiconductor manufacturing. Students take Chemical Engineering 597A to prepare for a comprehensive written examination. The examination tests for knowledge of the engineering principles of semiconductor manufacturing. In case of failure, the examination may be repeated once within one quarter with the consent of the graduate adviser for the specialization. Second failure of the examination leads to a recommendation to the Graduate Division for academic disqualification.
Time-to-Degree
Students in this specialization must complete the degree in two years (six quarters). The program may be completed in one calendar year (three quarters and a summer session) by enrolling in three courses per quarter and for one summer session. Students who are enrolled less than full-time must complete the degree in three years (nine quarters).