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Bachelor of Science in Chemical-Biological Engineering/Course 10-B

General Institute Requirements (GIRs)
Subjects
Science Requirement
6
Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences Requirement
8
Restricted Electives in Science and Technology (REST) Requirement [can be satisfied from among 5.07, 5.12, 5.60, 7.03, 7.05, 10.301, and 18.03 or 18.034 in the Departmental Program]
2
Laboratory Requirement [can be satisfied by 7.02 or 10.702]
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
186
5.12 Organic Chemistry I, 12, REST; Chemistry (GIR)
  
5.60 Thermodynamics and Kinetics, 12, REST; Calculus II (GIR), Chemistry (GIR)
  
7.02 Introduction to Experimental Biology and Communication, 18, CI-M, LAB; Biology (GIR)
or
10.702 Introduction to Experimental Biology and Communication, 18, CI-M, LAB; Biology (GIR)
  
7.03 Genetics, 12, REST; Biology (GIR)
  
7.05 General Biochemistry, 12, REST; 5.12, Biology (GIR); or permission of instructor
or
5.07 Biological Chemistry I, 12, REST; 5.12
  
7.06 Cell Biology, 12; 7.03; 7.05*
  
10.10 Introduction to Chemical Engineering, 12; Physics I (GIR), Calculus I (GIR), Chemistry (GIR)
  
10.213 Chemical and Biological Engineering Thermodynamics, 12; 5.60, 10.10
  
10.28 Chemical-Biological Engineering Laboratory, 15, CI-M; 5.310, 7.02, or 10.702; 7.05 or 5.07; or permission of instructor
or
10.29 Biological Engineering Projects Laboratory, 15, CI-M; 5.310, 7.02, or 10.702; 10.302
  
10.301 Fluid Mechanics, 12, REST; 18.03, 10.10
  
10.302 Transport Processes, 12; 10.301*
  
plus
10.37 Chemical Kinetics and Reactor Design, 9; 5.60, 10.301
  
10.490 Integrated Chemical Engineering I, 8; 10.37
  
10.491 Integrated Chemical Engineering II, 8; 10.490
  
plus two of the following three subjects:
10.492 Integrated Chemical Engineering III, 4; 10.490*
10.493 Integrated Chemical Engineering IV, 4; 10.490*
10.494 Integrated Chemical Engineering V, 4; 10.490*
 
18.03 Differential Equations, 12, REST; Calculus II (GIR)
or
18.034 Differential Equations, 12, REST; Calculus II (GIR)
  
Departmental Program units that also satisfy the GIRs
(36)
Unrestricted Electives
48
Total Units Beyond the GIRs Required for SB Degree
198
No subject can be counted both as part of the 17-subject GIRs and as part of the 198 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. 
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.

 

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