| 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 |
| 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 Departmental Program | Units |
| Subject names below are followed by credit units, and by prerequisites, if any (corequisites in italics). | |
| Option 1: Creative Writing (fiction, nonfiction, poetry) | |
| Required Subjects | 30 |
| 21W.ThT Writing and Humanistic Studies Pre-Thesis Tutorial, 6 | |
| 21W.ThU Writing and Humanistic Studies Thesis, 12, CI-M; 21W.ThT | |
| One of the following (CI-M): 21W.757, 21W.758, 21W.759, 21W.762, 21W.770, 21W.771, or 21W.777 | |
| Restricted Electives | 81-108 |
| Six subjects centered on creative writing, of which one is normally introductory; three subjects in literature, one of which may be in CMS. | |
| Option 2: Science Writing | |
| Required Subjects | 54 |
| 21W.777 The Science Essay, 12, HASS-H, CI-M | |
| 21W.778 Science Journalism, 12, HASS-H, CI-H | |
| 21W.792 Science Writing Internship, 12, HASS-H | |
| 21W.ThT Writing and Humanistic Studies Pre-Thesis Tutorial, 6 | |
| 21W.ThU Writing and Humanistic Studies Thesis, 12, CI-M; 21W.ThT | |
| Restricted Electives | 60 |
| Four subjects in writing, of which one is normally introductory; three are writing subjects approved for this major, one of which is in digital media (48 units). | |
| One approved Science, Technology, and Society subject (12 units). | |
| Option 3: Digital Media | |
| Required Subjects | 66 |
| 21W.764J The Word Made Digital, 12, HASS-A | |
| 21W.765J Interactive and Non-Linear Narrative: Theory and Practice, 12, HASS-A | |
| 21W.785 Communicating with Web-based Media, 12, HASS-A, CI-H | |
| 21W.ThT Writing and Humanistic Studies Pre-Thesis Tutorial, 6 | |
| 21W.ThU Writing and Humanistic Studies Thesis, 12, CI-M; 21W.ThT | |
| One of the following (CI-M): 21W.757, 21W.758, 21W.759, 21W.762, 21W.770, 21W.771, or 21W.777 | |
| Restricted Electives | 54-72 |
| Three subjects in writing, which may be in digital media, creative writing, or science writing, and three related subjects from another department | |
| Departmental Program Units That Also Satisfy the GIRs | (27-36) |
| Unrestricted Electives | |
| Option 1 | 42-69 |
| Option 2 | 66 |
| Option 3 | 42-60 |
| 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 |
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. |