| General Institute Requirements (GIRs) | Subjects |
| Science Requirement | 6 |
| Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences Requirement [four subjects can be satisfied by subjects in the Departmental Program] | 8 |
| Restricted Electives in Science and Technology (REST) Requirement | 2 |
| Laboratory Requirement [can be satisfied by 11.188 in the Departmental Program] | 1 |
| Total GIR Subjects Required for SB Degree | 17 |
| Communication Requirement | |
| The program includes a Communication Requirement
of 4 subjects: 2 subjects designated as Communication Intensive in Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (CI-H); and 2 subjects designated as Communication Intensive in the Major (CI-M). |
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| PLUS Departmental Program | Units |
| Subject names below are
followed by credit units, and by prerequisites, if any
(corequisites in italics) |
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| Required Subjects | 57 |
| 11.001J Introduction to Urban Design and Development, 12, HASS | |
| 11.002J Making Public Policy, 12, HASS-D, CI-H | |
| 11.123 Big Plans, 9, HASS | |
| 14.01 Principles of Microeconomics, 12, HASS | |
| 11.188 Urban Planning and Social Science Laboratory, 12, LAB, CI-M; permission of instructor | |
| Planned Electives | 57 |
| Majors in Course 11 are required to formulate or select one stream of coursework for concentration. They can select from the following recommended options or create their own stream tailored to a particular set of urban, policy, or planning concerns. | |
| Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning 11.011 The Art and Science of Negotiation, 12, HASS 11.014J American Urban History II, 9, HASS 11.016J The Once and Future City, 12, HASS, CI-H 11.026J Downtown, 9, HASS 11.122 Society and Environment, 12, HASS 1.011 Project Evaluation, 9 1.041J Engineering System Design, 12; 1.011* |
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| Urban Society, History, and Politics 11.013J American Urban History I, 9, HASS 11.014J American Urban History II, 9, HASS 11.015J Riots, Strikes, and Conspiracies in American History, 12, HASS-D, CI-H 11.020 Poverty, Public Policy, and Controversy, 12, HASS 11.023 Bridging Cultural and Racial Differences, 12, HASS 11.024 Great Cities, 9, HASS 11.026J Downtown, 9, HASS 11.330J Theory of City Form, units arranged; 11.001J* |
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| Urban and Regional Public Policy 11.003J Methods of Public Policy Analysis, 12, HASS; 11.002J, 17.30J, 14.01 11.005 Introduction to International Development, 12 11.011 The Art and Science of Negotiation, 12, HASS 11.020 Poverty, Public Policy, and Controversy, 12, HASS 11.025 D-Lab: Development, 12; permission of instructor 11.126J Economics of Education, 12, HASS; 14.01 11.166 Law, Social Movements, and Public Policy, 12, HASS; permission of instructor |
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| Urban Field Experience Declared majors are encouraged to take the optional urban field experience subject. |
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| 11.027 City to City (CI-M) is taught in the spring and includes a trip during spring break. This course may be taken multiple times, as the content differs each year, but may only be counted once as a planned elective. | |
| Thesis Majors are required to write a senior thesis or complete a senior project. The thesis/project writing process is accompanied by a required undergraduate thesis preparation seminar, which meets in the fall. |
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| 11.ThT
Thesis Research Design Seminar, 12, CI-M 11.ThU Undergraduate Thesis Seminar and Thesis, 12; 11.ThT |
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| Departmental Program Units That Also Satisfy the GIRs | (57) |
| Unrestricted Electives | 105 |
| Total Units Beyond the GIRs Required for SB Degree | 180 |
| No subject can be counted both as part of the 17-subject GIRs and as part of the 180 units required beyond the GIRs. Every subject in the student's departmental program will count toward one or the other, but not both. | |
| Notes | |
* Alternate prerequisites and corequisites are listed in the subject description. |
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| Course 11 majors are not permitted to have a HASS concentration in Urban Studies. | |
| For an explanation of credit units, or hours, please refer to the online help of the MIT Subject Listing & Schedule, http://student.mit.edu/catalog/index.cgi. | |