| 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 by 2.001 and 18.03 in the Departmental Program] | 2 |
| Laboratory Requirement [can be satisfied by 2.671 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) [satisfied by 2.009 and 2.671 in the Departmental Program]. |
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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 Departmental Core Subjects | 159 |
| 2.001 Mechanics and Materials I, 12, REST; Physics I (GIR), Calculus II (GIR), 18.03 | |
| 2.002 Mechanics and Materials II, 12; 2.001, Chemistry (GIR) | |
| 2.003J Dynamics and Control I, 12, REST; Physics I (GIR), 18.03 | |
| 2.004 Dynamics and Control II, 12; 2.003J, Physics II (GIR) | |
| 2.005 Thermal-Fluids Engineering I, 12, REST; Physics II (GIR), Calculus II (GIR), 18.03 | |
| 2.006 Thermal-Fluids Engineering II, 12; 2.005, 18.03 | |
| 2.008 Design and Manufacturing II, 12, 1/2 LAB; 2.001; 2.005; 2.007 or 2.017J | |
| 2.009 The Product Engineering Process, 12, CI-M; 2.001, 2.003J, 2.005; 2.00B or 2.670; senior standing or permission of instructor | |
| 2.086 Numerical Computation for Mechanical Engineers, 12; 2.001, 2.003J; 2.005 | |
| 2.670 Mechanical Engineering Tools, 3(1) | |
| 2.671 Measurement and Instrumentation, 12, LAB, CI-M; 2.001, 2.003J, Physics II (GIR) | |
| 18.03 Differential Equations, 12, REST; Calculus II (GIR) | |
| 2.ThU
Undergraduate Thesis, 6(2) and 2.007 Design and Manufacturing I, 12; 2.001 or 2.017J Design of Electromechanical Robotic Systems, 12, 1/2 LAB; 2.003J; 2.005 or 2.016; 2.671 |
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| 2.672
Project Laboratory, 6, 1/2 LAB;
2.001,
2.003J,
2.006,
2.671 or 2.674 Micro/Nano Engineering Laboratory, 6; 2.001, 2.003J, 2.005; 2.671* |
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| Restricted Elective Subjects | 24 |
| Students are required to take two of the following elective subjects (substitutions by petition to the MechE Undergraduate Office): | |
| 2.016 Hydrodynamics, 12; Physics II (GIR), 18.03 | |
| 2.017J Design of Electromechanical Robotic Systems, 12, 1/2 LAB; 2.003J; 2.005 or 2.016; 2.671 | |
| 2.019 Design of Ocean Systems, 12, CI-M; 2.001; 2.003J; 2.005 or 2.016; senior standing or permission of instructor | |
| 2.050J Nonlinear Dynamics I: Chaos, 12; 18.03 or 18.034; Physics II (GIR) | |
| 2.092 Computer Methods in Dynamics, 12; 2.001, 2.003J | |
| 2.12 Introduction to Robotics, 12; 2.004 | |
| 2.14 Analysis and Design of Feedback Control Systems, 12; 2.004 | |
| 2.184 Biomechanics and Neural Control of Movement, 12; 2.004* | |
| 2.370 Molecular Mechanics, 12; 2.001; Chemistry (GIR) | |
| 2.51 Intermediate Heat and Mass Transfer, 12; 2.006* | |
| 2.60J Fundamentals of Advanced Energy Conversion, 12; 2.006* | |
| 2.71 Optics, 12; Physics II (GIR); 18.03; 2.004* | |
| 2.72 Elements of Mechanical Design, 12; 2.005, 2.007, 2.671 | |
| 2.793J Fields, Forces and Flows in Biological Systems, 12; 2.005* | |
| 2.797J Molecular, Cellular, and Tissue Biomechanics, 12; 18.03 or 3.016; Biology (GIR); 2.370 or 2.772J | |
| 2.813 Environmentally Benign Design and Manufacturing, 12; 2.008* | |
| 2.96 Management in Engineering, 12 | |
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Departmental Program Units That Also Satisfy the GIRs |
(36) |
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Unrestricted Electives(3) |
48 |
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Total Units Beyond the GIRs Required for SB Degree |
195 |
| No subject can be counted both as part of the 17-subject GIRs and as part of the 195 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 or corequisites are listed in the subject description. | |
| (1)Students who have completed a subject that provides equivalent experience (e.g., 2.00B) may petition to substitute; contact the MechE Undergraduate Office, Room 1-110, for information. | |
| (2)To encourage more substantial research, design, or independent study, the department permits up to 15 units of 2.ThU credit, subject to approval of the student's thesis advisor. | |
| (3) The department suggests that students elect a basic electronics subject (e.g., 6.002 or 6.071) as early as possible in their program. | |
| 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. | |