General Institute Requirements (GIRs)

Subjects

Science Requirement

6

Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences Requirement [three subjects can be from 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

84

21M.220 Early Music, 12, HASS-A, CI-M; 21M.301*
or
21M.260 Stravinsky to the Present, 12, HASS-A; 21M.301*

21M.235 Monteverdi to Mozart: 1600-1800, 12, HASS-A, CI-M; 21M.301*
or
21M.250 Beethoven to Mahler: 1800-1910, 12, HASS-A; 21M.301*

21M.301 Harmony and Counterpoint I, 12, HASS-A†; 21M.051*

21M.302 Harmony and Counterpoint II, 12, HASS-A; 21M.301

21M.303 Writing in Tonal Forms I, 12, HASS-A; 21M.302
or
21M.359 Studies in Musical Composition, 12, HASS-A; 21M.302*

Two terms of Performance subjects, 21M.401–21M.499 (6 units each)

21M.500 Senior Seminar in Music, 12, HASS-A, CI-M; 21M.302, two 21M.2xx subjects

Restricted Electives

36

Full majors may, with faculty approval, substitute three full years of 21M.480 Advanced Musical Performance and a senior recital for the two required terms of performance subjects and two of the four electives.

Departmental Program Units That Also Satisfy the GIRs

(36)

Unrestricted Electives

96

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.

Notes

* Alternate 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.