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Bachelor of Science in Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences/
Course 12

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
114-126
Introductory Material:
 
Two of the following core subjects:
12.001 Introduction to Geology, 12, REST (required for concentration Area 1 and Area 4 majors)
12.002 Physics and Chemistry of the Terrestrial Planets, 12, REST; Physics II (GIR), Calculus II (GIR) (required for concentration Area 3 majors)
12.003 Physics of the Atmosphere and Ocean, 12, REST; Physics I (GIR), Calculus II (GIR); (required for concentration Area 2 and Area 4 majors)
12.006J Nonlinear Dynamics I: Chaos, 12; Physics II (GIR), 18.03
 
One of the following mathematics subjects:
18.03 Differential Equations, 12, REST; Calculus II (GIR)
18.034 Differential Equations, 12, REST; Calculus II (GIR)
 
The following research subject:
12.TIP Thesis and Independent Study Preparation, 6
and one of the following:
12.IND Independent Study (at least 6 units), CI-M; 12.TIP
12.ThU Undergraduate Thesis (at least 6 units), CI-M; 12.TIP (required for concentration Area 3 and Area 4 majors)
 
Student must complete one of the following four concentration areas:
 
AREA 1 Geoscience
 
12.005 Applications of Continuum Mechanics to Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, 12; Physics II (GIR), Calculus II (GIR), 18.03
 
12.108 Structure of Earth Materials, 12; Chemistry (GIR)
 
12.113 Structural Geology, 12; 12.001, 12.005

 
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)
 
One of the following sets of field subjects:
12.221 Field Geophysics, 6
12.214 Environmental Geophysics, 12; 18.03
12.222 Field Geophysics Analysis, 6, CI-M; 12.221
or
12.114 Field Geology I, 6; 12.108, 12.113, or permission of instructor
12.115 Field Geology II, 18, LAB, CI-M; 12.113, 12.114
 
AREA 2 Atmospheres, Oceans, and Climate
 
5.60 Thermodynamics and Kinetics, 12, REST; Calculus II (GIR), Chemistry (GIR)
 
 
12.330J Fluid Physics, 12; 5.60*
 
12.333 Atmospheric and Ocean Circulations, 12; 12.003
 
Two of the following physics and mathematics subjects:
12.008 Classical Mechanics: A Computational Approach, 12; Physics I (GIR), 18.03, or permission of instructor
or
8.09 Classical Mechanics II, 12; Physics I (GIR)

8.04 Quantum Physics I, 12, REST; 8.03*, 18.03*
8.07 Electromagnetism II, 12; 8.03, 18.03
18.311 Principles of Applied Mathematics, 12; Calculus II (GIR), 18.03*
 
One of the following laboratory subjects:
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)
 
AREA 3 Planetary Science and Planetary Astronomy
 
 
8.04 Quantum Physics I, 12, REST; 8.03*, 18.03*
 
8.044 Statistical Physics I, 12; 8.03, 18.03
 
12.008 Classical Mechanics: A Computational Approach, 12; Physics I (GIR), 18.03
 
12.420 Physics and Chemistry of the Solar System, 12; 8.03, 12.002, or permission of instructor
 
The following laboratory subject:
12.410J Observational Techniques of Optical Astronomy, 15, LAB, CI-M; 8.282*, 8.03
 
AREA 4 Environmental Science
 
12.007 Geobiology, 12
 
12.102 Environmental Earth Science, 12, REST
 
12.103 Science and Policy of Natural Hazards, 12, CI-M
 
12.085 Seminar in Environmental Science, 9; 12.120, 12.103; or permission of instructor
 
Three subjects in one focus area:
 
Biology focus:
1.018J/7.30J Ecology I: The Earth System, 12, REST
7.03 Genetics, 12, REST; Biology (GIR)
5.12 Organic Chemistry I, 12, REST; Chemistry (GIR)
 
Chemistry focus:
5.03 Principles of Inorganic Chemistry I, 12; 5.12
5.12 Organic Chemistry I, 12, REST; Chemistry (GIR)
5.60 Thermodynamics and Kinetics, 12, REST; Calculus II (GIR), Chemistry (GIR)
 
Earth Science focus:
12.110 Sedimentary Geology, 12; 12.001
12.163 Geomorphology, 12; 12.001, Physics I (GIR), Calculus I (GIR)*
12.214 Environmental Geophysics, 12; 18.03
 
12 units from the following field or laboratory subjects:
5.310 Laboratory Chemistry, 12, LAB; 5.12
12.119 Analytical Techniques for Studying Environmental and Geologic Samples, 12, LAB
12.159 Sedimentary and Surficial Geology Investigations, 12; 12.110*
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)
 
Departmental Program Units That Also Satisfy the GIRs
(24-36)
Restricted Electives
6-27
One or two subjects selected with the approval of the faculty advisor from among EAPS concentration area electives, mathematics, and physics (24 units in Area 1, 6-12 units in Areas 2, and 24-27 units in Area 3).
AREA 1. Choose two: 12.102, 12.104, 12.109, 12.110, 12.119, 12.159, 12.163, 12.201, 12.207J, 12.214, 12.215
AREA 2. Choose one: 12.300J, 12.301, 12.306, 12.310, 12.320J
AREA 3.Choose one: 1.00 or 12.010; Choose one: 18.04, 18.05, 18.06, 18.075
AREA 4. Choose two from a focus:
Biology: 1.080, 5.07, 5.08, 5.13, 5.43, 9.20, 10.333J, 11.002J, 11.122
Chemistry: 20.104J, 1.080, 5.04, 5.07, 5.13, 5.61, 5.310, 10.333, 11.002J, 11.122, 12.300J
Earth Science: 1.606, 1.061, 1.72, 10.333J, 10.391J, 11.002J, 11.122, 12.002, 12.006J, 12.159, 12.213, 12.300J, 12.301, 12.320J, 12.330J, 12.333
 
Unrestricted Electives
78
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.

 

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