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Bachelor of Science in Philosophy/Course 24-1

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 (for the field of concentration)]
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).
  
PLUS Departmental Program
Units
Subject names below are followed by credit units and by prerequisites, if any (corequisites in italics).
Required Subjects(1) 72
One HASS-D philosophy subject(2)  
One History of Philosophy subject:  
24.01 Classics in Western Philosophy, 12, HASS-D, CI-H
  
24.201 Topics in the History of Philosophy, 12, HASS, CI-M *
  
One Knowledge and Reality subject:  
24.09 Minds and Machines, 12, HASS-D, CI-H  
24.111 Philosophy of Quantum Mechanics, 12, HASS  
24.112 Space, Time, and Relativity, 12, HASS  
24.114J A Philosophical History of Energy, 12, HASS  
24.211 Theory of Knowledge, 12, HASS *  
24.215 Topics in the Philosophy of Science, 12, HASS *  
24.221 Metaphysics, 12, HASS, CI-M *  
24.251 Introduction to Philosophy of Language, 12, HASS *  
24.253 Philosophy of Mathematics, 12, HASS *  
24.280 Foundations of Probability, 12, HASS *  
One Value subject:
  
24.02 Moral Problems and the Good Life, 12, HASS-D, CI-H
  
24.04J Justice, 12, HASS-D, CI-H  
24.06J Bioethics, 12, HASS-D, CI-H  
24.120 Moral Psychology, 12, HASS, CI-M  
24.209 Philosophy in Film and Other Media, 12, HASS  
24.213 Philosophy of Film, 12, HASS  
24.214 Introduction to Philosophy of the Arts, 12, HASS  
24.222 Decisions, Games and Rational Choice, 12, HASS  
24.231 Ethics, 12, HASS, CI-M *  
24.235J Philosophy of Law, 12, HASS *  
24.237 Feminist Theory, 12, HASS, CI-M *  
24.263 The Nature of Creativity, 12, HASS, CI-M *  
One Logic subject:  
24.118 Paradox and Infinity, 12, HASS  
24.241 Logic I, 12, HASS  
24.242 Logic II, 12, HASS *  
24.243 Classical Set Theory, 12, HASS *  
24.244 Modal Logic, 12, HASS *  
and
24.260 Topics in Philosophy, 12, HASS, CI-M *

  
Restricted Electives
45-60
A coherent program of five additional subjects, of which two must be in
philosophy.
  
To satisfy the requirement that students take two CI-M subjects, students must take 24.260 and one of the following: 24.120, 24.201, 24.221, 24.231, 24.237, or 24.263.  
Departmental Program Units That Also Satisfy the GIRs
(36)
Unrestricted Electives
84-99
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
  
*Prerequisites and corequisites are listed in the subject description.
(1) No more than four of the total number of philosophy subjects for the major may be HASS-D philosophy subjects. At least three of the total number of philosophy courses must be at the 200 level or above.
(2) May not also satisy the departmental distribution requirement in philosophy.
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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