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Bachelor of Science in Biological Engineering/Course 20

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).
 
PLUS Course 20 Program Units
Subject names below are followed by credit units, and by prerequisites, if any
(corequisites in italics).
Required Core Subjects 162
18.03 Differential Equations, 12, REST; Calculus II (GIR)
20.110 Thermodynamics of Biomolecular Systems, 12; Calculus II (GIR), Chemistry (GIR)
5.12 Organic Chemistry, 12, REST; Chemistry (GIR)
20.109 Laboratory Fundamentals in Biological Engineering, 15, LAB, CI-M; Biology (GIR); Chemistry (GIR); permission of instructor
7.03 Genetics, 12; Biology (GIR)
6.00 Introduction to Computer Science and Programming, 12
5.07 Biological Chemistry I, 12, REST; 5.12
or
7.05 General Biochemistry, 12, REST; 5.12 and Biology (GIR); or permission of instructor
7.06 Cell Biology, 12; 7.03, 7.05
20.310 Molecular, Cellular, and Tissue Biomechanics, 12; 18.03 or 3.016; Biology (GIR); 2.370 or 20.110J/2.772J
20.320 Analysis of Biomolecular and Cellular Systems, 12; 20.110J/2.772J; 18.03; 6.00; 5.07 or 7.05
20.330 Fields, Forces, and Flows in Biological Systems, 12; 2.005, 6.021, 20.320, or permission of instructor
20.309 Biological Engineering II: Instrumentation and Measurement, 15; 18.03
20.380 Senior Biological Engineering Design, 12, CI-M; 7.06, 20.309, 20.330
Restricted Electives (Tracks TBD) 21-24
Departmental Program Units That Also Satisfy the GIRs
(36)
Unrestricted Electives
48
Total Units Beyond the GIRs Required for SB Degree
195-198
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.
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.

 

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