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Course Descriptions/Materials Science and Engineering 489682. Seminar in Marketing Strategy Research. (3-0). Credit 3. Review of research on marketing strategycontent; formulation process and implementation related issues; includes antecedents, outcomes,mediators and moderators of the relationship between marketing strategy and performance; strategicmarketing alliances; market pioneering; multimarket competition; global competitive strategy; interdependenciesbetween marketing, business and corporate strategy. Classification 6 students may not enrollin this course. Prerequisite: Doctoral classification.684. Professional Internship. Credit 1 to 6. Directed internship in an organization to provide studentswith on-the-job training with professionals in organizational settings appropriate to the students’ professionalobjectives. Classification 6 students may not enroll in this course. Prerequisite: Approval ofcommittee chair and department head.685. Directed Studies. Credit 1 to 4 each semester. Directed study of selected problems using recentdevelopments in business research methods. Classification 6 students may not enroll in this course.Prerequisite: Approval of instructor.687. Seminar in Marketing Models. (3-0). Credit 3. Review and discussion of the foundations of modelingand recent developments in research using marketing models. The seminar is designed to provideparticipants with new ways to think about modeling marketing phenomena and enable them to generatenew ideas, research topics, and modeling applications for marketing problems. Prerequisite: Doctoralclassification.688. Doctoral Seminar. (3-0). Credit 3. Historical development of the conceptual framework of marketingtheory and practices; analysis of current research and controversial issues in the field. May be repeatedfor credit three times. Students may take up to two sections of this course in the same semester. Classification6 students may not enroll in this course. Prerequisite: Doctoral classification.689. Special Topics in... Credit 1 to 4. Selected topics in an identified area of marketing. Classification 6students may not enroll in this course. May be repeated for credit.690. Theory of Research in Marketing. (3-0). Credit 3. Design of research in the various subfields ofmarketing and the evaluation of research results using examples from the current research literature.Classification 6 students may not enroll in this course. May be repeated for credit. Students may take upto two sections of this course in the same semester. Prerequisite: Graduate classification in marketing.691. Research. Credit 1 or more each semester. Research for thesis or dissertation. Classification 6 studentsmay not enroll in this course.Department of Materials Science and Engineeringmsen.tamu.eduChair: I. Karaman; Graduate Advisor: M. RadovicThe Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MSEN) has faculty primarily in the Collegeof Science and the Dwight Look College of Engineering. Degree programs are available leading toMEng, MS, and PhD degrees in Materials Science and Engineering. At the MS level, both thesis andnonthesis options are offered. Faculty members have appointments in the Departments of AerospaceEngineering, Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering,Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Nuclear Engineering, and Physics. Graduate trainingin Materials Science and Engineering is designed to provide advanced training for careers in the rapidlygrowing materials industry, national laboratories and academic (research and teaching) environments.Degree programs for students are prepared by the students’ graduate committee in consultationwith the student. Courses for the degree program are selected from various departments and collegeswhich serve the needs of the materials scientist and engineers. Degree programs generally consist oftwo to four core courses (MSEN 601, MSEN 602, MSEN 603 and MSEN 604) plus other courses chosento strengthen the specific interest of individual students.Materials Science and Engineering(MSEN)601. Fundamental Materials Science and Engineering. (4-0). Credit 4. Fundamentals of microstructureproperties and relationship of materials. Topics will include: electronic and atomic structure ofsolids, structure of crystalline materials, imperfections in crystalline materials, introduction to dislocationtheory, mechanical properties, fundamental thermodynamics of materials, phase equilibria anddiagrams, diffusion, and kinetics of phase transformations. Prerequisite: Graduate classification.