| 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 5.12 and 18.03 in the Course 20 Program] | 2 |
| Laboratory Requirement [can be satisfied by 20.109] | 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 Course 20 Program | Units |
| Subject names below are followed by credit units, and by prerequisites, if any (corequisites in italics). |
|
| Required Core Subjects | 159 |
| 18.03 Differential Equations, 12, REST; Calculus II (GIR) | |
| 20.110J
Thermodynamics of Biomolecular Systems, 12, REST;
Calculus II (GIR),
Chemistry (GIR)
or 20.111J Physical Chemistry of Biomolecular Systems, 12; Calculus II (GIR), Chemistry (GIR), Physics I (GIR), Physics II (GIR) |
|
| 5.12 Organic Chemistry, 12, REST; Chemistry (GIR) | |
| 20.109 Laboratory Fundamentals in Biological Engineering, 15, LAB, CI-M; Biology (GIR), Chemistry (GIR), 6.00, 18.03; 20.110* | |
| 7.03 Genetics, 12, REST; Biology (GIR) | |
| 6.00 Introduction to Computer Science and Programming, 12, REST | |
| 5.07J
Biological Chemistry I, 12, REST;
5.12 or 7.05 General Biochemistry, 12, REST; 5.12* |
|
| 7.06 Cell Biology, 12; 7.03, 7.05 | |
| 20.310J Molecular, Cellular, and Tissue Biomechanics, 12; 2.370*, 18.03*, Biology (GIR) | |
| 20.320 Analysis of Biomolecular and Cellular Systems, 12; 20.110, 18.03, 6.00; 5.07 | |
| 20.330J Fields, Forces, and Flows in Biological Systems, 12; 2.005* | |
| 20.309J Instrumentation and Measurement for Biological Systems, 12; Biology (GIR), Physics II (GIR), 6.00, 18.03, 20.330; 20.310*; or permission of instructor | |
| 20.380 Biological Engineering Design, 12, CI-M; 7.06, 20.309 | |
| Restricted Electives (Tracks TBD) | 21-24 |
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Departmental Program Units That Also
Satisfy the GIRs
|
(36) |
|
Unrestricted Electives
|
48 |
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Total Units Beyond the GIRs Required for SB Degree
|
192-195 |
| 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. | |
| *Alternate prerequisites are listed in the subject description. | |
| For an explanation of credit units, or hours, please refer to the online help in the MIT Subject Listing & Schedule, http://student.mit.edu/catalog/index.cgi. | |