General Institute Requirements (GIRs)

Subjects

Science Requirement

6

Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences Requirement [three subjects may be satisfied by subjects 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

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

48

21A.00 Introduction to Anthropology: Comparing Human Cultures, 12, HASS-S†

21A.01 How Culture Works, 12, HASS-S†

21A.802 Seminar in Ethnography and Fieldwork, 12, HASS-S, CI-M *

21A.852 Seminar in Anthropological Theory, 12, HASS-S, CI-M *

Restricted Electives

90-96

A coherent program of eight anthropology subjects, which may include a pre-thesis tutorial and a thesis. The decision to write a thesis is made in consultation between the student and advisor.

Departmental Program Units That Also Satisfy the GIRs

(36)

Unrestricted Electives

72–78

Total Units Beyond the GIRs Required for SB Degree

180

No subject can be counted both as part of the 17-subject GIRs and as part of the 180 units required beyond the GIRs. Every subject in the student's departmental program will count toward one or the other, but not both.

*Prerequisites and corequisites are listed in the subject description.

† Students who entered prior to fall 2010 may use this subject to satisfy the HASS-D requirement.

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.