| General Institute Requirements (GIRs) | Subjects |
| Science Requirement | 6 |
| Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences Requirement [one subject can be satisfied by a subject in the Departmental Program]‡ | 8 |
| Restricted Electives in Science and Technology (REST) Requirement | 2 |
| Laboratory Requirement | 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). |
|
| PLUS Departmental Program | Units |
| Subject names below are followed by
credit units, and by prerequisites, if any (corequisites in italics) |
|
| Required Subjects | 57-60 |
| 4.111 Introduction to
Architecture and Environmental Design, 12, HASS-A or 4.11A Introduction to Architecture and Environmental Design Intensive, 9, HASS-A |
|
| 4.112 Architecture Design Fundamentals I, 12 | |
| 4.302 Foundations in the Visual Arts and Design for Majors, 12, CI-M | |
| 4.401 Architectural Building Systems, 12 | |
| 4.500 Introduction to Design Computing, 12 | |
| Discipline Stream Subjects By the beginning of their junior year, students are expected to begin concentrating in one of the five discipline streams. |
|
| —Architectural Design Discipline Stream | 114-117 |
| 4.113 Architecture Design Fundamentals II, 15; 4.111*, 4.112 | |
| 4.114 Architecture Design Studio I, 21, CI-M; 4.113, 4.302, 4.401, 4.500, 4.605 | |
| 4.115 Architecture Design Studio II, 21; 4.114 | |
| 4.440J Building Structural Systems I, 12, REST; Calculus II (GIR), 4.401* | |
| 4.603 Analysis of Contemporary Architecture, 12, HASS-A | |
| 4.605 Introduction to the History and Theory of Architecture, 12, HASS-A† | |
|
4.116 Architecture Design Studio III, 21; 4.115, 4.440 or Two subjects from any one of the other four discipline streams |
|
| —Building Technology Discipline Stream | 120 |
| 4.411 Building Technology Laboratory, 12, LAB; Physics II (GIR), Calculus II (GIR) | |
| 4.440J Building Structural Systems I, 12, REST; Calculus II (GIR), 4.401* | |
| 4.605 Introduction to the History and Theory of Architecture, 12, HASS-A† | |
| 4.THTJ Thesis Research Design Seminar, 12, CI-M | |
| 4.THU Undergraduate Thesis, 12; 4.THT* | |
| Four additional subjects in Building Technology | |
| One additional subject from any of the other four discipline streams | |
| —Computation Discipline Stream | |
| 4.501 Materializing Design, 12; 4.500 | |
| 4.503 Advanced Visualization: Architecture in Motion Graphics, 12; 4.500* | |
| 4.504 Design Scripting, 12; 4.500 | |
| 4.505 Computation Design Workshop, 12; 4.501, 4.503, 4.504 | |
| 4.605 Introduction to the History and Theory of Architecture, 12, HASS-A† | |
| 4.THTJ Thesis Research Design Seminar, 12, CI-M | |
| 4.THU Undergraduate Thesis, 12; 4.THT* | |
| One additional subject in Computation | |
| —History, Theory, and Criticism of Architecture and Art Discipline Stream | 120 |
| 4.601 Introduction to Art History, 12, HASS-A† | |
| 4.605 Introduction to the History and Theory of Architecture, 12, HASS-A† | |
4.602 Modern Art and Mass Culture, 12, HASS-A†, CI-H or 4.641 19th-Century Art, 12, HASS-A or 4.651 Art Since 1940, 12, HASS-A |
|
4.613 Civic Architecture in Islamic History, 12, HASS-A or 4.614 Religious Architecture and Islamic Cultures, 12, HASS-A† |
|
4.THTJ Thesis Research Design Seminar, 12, CI-M |
|
| 4.THU Undergraduate Thesis, 12; 4.THT* | |
| Three additional subjects in History, Theory, and Criticism of Architecture and Art | |
| One additional subject in Art, Culture, and Technology | |
| —Art, Culture, and Technology Discipline Stream | 120 |
| 4.322 Introduction to Three-Dimensional Art Work, 12, HASS-A | |
| 4.341 Introduction to Photography and Related Media, 12, HASS-A | |
| 4.351 Introduction to Video and Related Media, 12, HASS-A | |
| 4.601 Introduction to Art History, 12, HASS-A† | |
| 4.THTJ Thesis Research Design Seminar, 12, CI-M | |
| 4.THU Undergraduate Thesis, 12; 4.THT* | |
| Three intermediate/advanced-level subjects in Art, Culture, and Technology | |
| One additional subject in History, Theory, and Criticism of Art | |
| Departmental Program Units That Also Satisfy the GIRs | (36) |
| Unrestricted Electives | 48-57 |
| Total Units Beyond the GIRs Required for SB Degree | 192 |
| No subject can be counted both as part of the 17-subject GIRs and as part of the 192 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 are listed in the subject description. | |
| ‡ Only three subjects required by the department may also satisfy the General Institute Requirements. Students in the Art, Culture, and Technology departmental discipline stream may not have a HASS concentration in Art, Culture, and Technology; nor may History, Theory, and Criticism of Architecture and Art discipline stream students concentrate in the HASS field of History of Architecture and Art. | |
| 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. | |