| General Institute Requirements
(GIRs) |
Subjects |
| Science Requirement |
6 |
| Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
Requirement [three subjects can 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 |
Communication Requirement |
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| 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 Departmental Program
|
Units |
| Subject names below
are followed by credit units, and by prerequisites, if
any (corequisites in italics). |
|
| Required Subjects |
36 |
Three seminar level subjects |
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Note: Four of the 10 subjects required
to satisfy the major (three of the eight for joint
majors) must be chosen, in consultation with a faculty
advisor,
either from four of five historical
periods (ancient/medieval; Renaissance; Restoration
and 18th century; 19th century; 20th century and contemporary)
or from four of five thematic complexes
(historical period; genre; author study; film, media,
and popular culture; gender studies, ethnic studies,
and theory). |
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| Restricted Electives |
63-84 |
| A coherent program of seven additional
subjects from the literature curriculum (see above).
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| Departmental Program Units That Also Satisfy the GIRs |
(27-36) |
| Unrestricted Electives |
87-117 |
| 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. |
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Notes |
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| 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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