材料科学计划的计划目标是在教室和实验室中对学生进行教育，以便通过实验室研究和教学课程来增强他们的技术技能和知识，从而使毕业生能够为从事研究或为组织做出贡献的组织做出贡献。通过教育，政策或制造来研究企业。汉斯维尔阿拉巴马大学的材料科学硕士课程是一门跨学科的硕士课程，着重于将数学和科学原理普遍应用于固体的特征和行为的分析和评估，包括内部结构，化学性质，运输能量流特性，固体热力学，应力和破坏因子，化学转化状态和过程，复合材料以及特定材料的工业应用研究。
The program objective of the Materials Science program is to educate students in the classroom and laboratory so that their technical skill set and knowledge is enhanced through laboratory research and didactic courses such that graduates have the ability to contribute to organizations that perform research or contribute to the research enterprise through education, policy or manufacturing. The Materials Science MS Program at the The University of Alabama in Huntsville is an interdisciplinary masters program that focuses on the general application of mathematical and scientific principles to the analysis and evaluation of the characteristics and behavior of solids, including internal structure, chemical properties, transport and energy flow properties, thermodynamics of solids, stress and failure factors, chemical transformation states and processes, compound materials, and research on industrial applications of specific materials.