| General Institute Requirements (GIRs) | Subjects |
| Science Requirement | 6 |
| Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences Requirement | 8 |
| Restricted Electives in Science and Technology (REST) Requirement [can be satisfied from among 12.001, 12.002, 12.003, and 18.03 or 18.034 in the Departmental Program] | 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 | 60 |
| Core Material: | |
| 12.001 Introduction to Geology, 12, REST | |
| 12.003 Physics of the Atmosphere and Ocean, 12, REST; Physics I (GIR), Calculus II (GIR) | |
| 12.009
Theoretical Environmental Analysis, 12;
Physics I (GIR);
18.03
|
|
| 18.03
Differential Equations, 12, REST;
Calculus II (GIR) or 18.034 Differential Equations, 12, REST; Calculus II (GIR) |
|
| 12.TIP Thesis and Independent Study Preparation, 6 | |
| 12.ThU Undergraduate Thesis (at least 6 units), CI-M; 12.TIP | |
| Laboratory/Field Subjects: | 12-18 |
| One of the following: | |
| 12.115
Field Geology II, 18, LAB, CI-M;
12.113,
12.114 |
|
| 12.221
Field Geophysics, 6 and 12.222 Field Geophysics Analysis, 6, CI-M; 12.221 |
|
| 12.307 Weather and Climate Laboratory, 12, LAB, CI-M; Calculus II (GIR), Physics I (GIR) | |
| 12.335 Experimental Atmospheric Chemistry, 12, LAB, CI-M; Chemistry (GIR) | |
| 12.410J Observational Techniques of Optical Astronomy, 15, LAB, CI-M; 8.282*; 8.03 | |
| The remainder of the program consists of 72 units from either the Discipline or Supporting Science subjects; no more than 48 units can be from Supporting Science. The program of study must be approved by the student's academic advisor and the undergraduate committee of the department. | 72 |
| Discipline Subjects | |
| 12.002 Physics of the Terrestrial Planets, 12, REST; Physics II (GIR), Calculus II (GIR) | |
| 12.005 Applications of Continuum Mechanics to Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, 12; Physics II (GIR), Calculus II (GIR); 18.03 | |
| 12.006J Nonlinear Dynamics I: Chaos, 12; Physics II (GIR), 18.03* | |
| 12.007 Geobiology: History of Life on Earth, 12 | |
| 12.008 Classical Mechanics: A Computational Approach, 12; Physics I (GIR), 18.03, permission of instructor | |
| 12.021 Earth Science, Energy, and the Environment, 12; Physics I (GIR), Calculus I (GIR), Chemistry (GIR) | |
| 12.086 Modeling Environmental Complexity, 12; 18.03 | |
| 12.102 Environmental Earth Science, 12, REST | |
| 12.104 Geochemistry of the Earth and Planets, 12; Calculus II (GIR) | |
| 12.108 Structure of Earth Materials, 12; Chemistry (GIR) | |
| 12.109 Petrology, 15; 12.108 | |
| 12.113 Structural Geology, 12; 12.001, 12.005 | |
| 12.114 Field Geology I, 6; 12.108*, 12.113 | |
| 12.119 Analytical Techniques for Studying Environmental and Geologic Samples, 12, LAB | |
| 12.120 Environmental Earth Science Field Course, 6; permission of instructor | |
| 12.158 Molecular Biogeochemistry, 9; permission of instructor | |
| 12.163 Geomorphology, 12; 12.001, Physics I (GIR), Calculus I (GIR); or permission of instructor | |
| 12.170 Essentials of Geology, 12; Physics II (GIR), Calculus II (GIR); or permission of instructor | |
| 12.201 Essentials of Geophysics, 12; Physics II (GIR), 18.03 | |
| 12.207 Nonlinear Dynamics II: Continuum Systems, 12; 12.006J* | |
| 12.213 Alternate Energy Sources, 6 | |
| 12.214 Environmental Geophysics, 12; 18.03 | |
| 12.301 Past and Present Climate, 12; Chemistry (GIR)* | |
| 12.310 An Introduction to Weather Forecasting, 6; Physics I (GIR), Calculus I (GIR) | |
| 12.333 Atmospheric and Ocean Circulations, 12; 12.003 | |
| 12.340 Global Warming Science, 12; Physics I (GIR)*, 5.60 | |
| 12.348J Global Climate Change: Economics, Science, and Policy, 9; Calculus II (GIR), 5.60, 14.01*; or permission of instructor | |
| 12.420 Physics and Chemistry of the Solar System, 12; 12.002* | |
| 12.425 Extrasolar Planets: Physics and Detection Techniques, 12, REST; Physics I (GIR), Calculus I (GIR) | |
| 12.43J Space Systems Engineering, 12; permission of department | |
| 12.431J Space Systems Development I, 12, LAB; 16.83J | |
| Supporting Science Subjects | |
| 1.00 Introduction to Computers and Engineering Problem Solving, 12, REST; Calculus I (GIR) | |
| 1.060 Engineering Mechanics II, 12; permission of instructor* | |
| 1.061 Transport Processes in the Environment, 12; 1.060; 1.106, 1.070; or permission of instructor | |
| 1.080
Environmental Chemistry and Biology, 12;
Chemistry (GIR),
Biology (GIR) |
|
| 3.012
Fundamentals of Materials Science and Engineering, 15, REST;
18.03* or 5.60 Thermodynamics and Kinetics, 12, REST; Calculus II (GIR), Chemistry (GIR) |
|
| 5.03 Principles of Inorganic Chemistry I, 12; 5.12 | |
| 5.12 Organic Chemistry I, 12, REST; Chemistry (GIR) | |
| 5.61 Physical Chemistry, 12, REST; Physics II (GIR), Calculus II (GIR), Chemistry (GIR) | |
| 6.00 Introduction to Computer Science and Programming, 12, REST | |
| 7.03 Genetics,12, REST; Biology (GIR) | |
| 7.05 General Biochemistry, 12, REST; 5.12* | |
| 7.21 Microbial Physiology, 12; 7.03, 7.05 | |
| 8.03 Physics III, 12, REST; Physics II (GIR), Calculus II (GIR) | |
| 8.04 Quantum Physics I, 12, REST; 8.03*, 18.03* | |
| 8.044 Statistical Physics I, 12; 8.03, 18.03 | |
| 8.07 Electromagnetism II, 12; 8.03, 18.03 | |
| 8.09 Classical Mechanics III, 12; Physics I (GIR) | |
| 8.21 Physics of Energy, 12, REST; Physics II (GIR), Calculus II (GIR), Chemistry (GIR) | |
| 12.010 Computational Methods of Scientific Programming, 12; Calculus II (GIR), Physics I (GIR) | |
| 12.320J Introduction to Hydrology, 12; 1.060; 1.061, 1.106 | |
| 18.04 Complex Variables with Applications, 12; Calculus II (GIR),18.03* | |
| 18.05 Introduction to Probability and Statistics, 12, REST; Calculus I (GIR) | |
| 18.06 Linear Algebra, 12, REST; Calculus II (GIR) | |
| 18.100 Real Analysis I, 12; Calculus II (GIR), 18.03* | |
| 18.311 Principles of Applied Mathematics, 12; Calculus II (GIR), 18.03* | |
| Students with appropriate interests may substitute two subjects in urban planning, economics, policy, or management for subjects in the Supporting Science category. | |
| Departmental Program Units That Also Satisfy the GIRs | 36 |
| Unrestricted Electives | 66-72 |
| 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. | |
| 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. | |