| General Institute Requirements (GIRs) | Subjects |
| Science Requirement [two subjects can be satisfied by 5.111, 5.112, or 3.091, and 7.012, 7.013, or 7.014 in the Departmental Program] | 6 |
| Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences Requirement | 8 |
| Restricted Electives in Science and Technology (REST) Requirement [can be satisfied from among 5.12, 5.60(1) and 7.03 or 7.05 in the Departmental Program] | 2 |
| Laboratory Requirement [can be satisfied by 7.02 in the Departmental Program](2) | 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 | 102 |
| 5.111 or
5.112
Principles of Chemical Science, 12 or 3.091 Introduction to Solid-State Chemistry, 12 |
|
| 5.12
Organic Chemistry I, 12, REST;
Chemistry (GIR) |
|
| 20.110J
Thermodynamics of Biomolecular Systems,(1) 12,
REST;
Calculus II (GIR),
Chemistry (GIR) or 20.111 Physical Chemistry of Biomolecular Systems,(1) 12; Calculus II (GIR), Chemistry (GIR), Physics I (GIR); Coreq: Physics II (GIR) or 5.60 Thermodynamics and Kinetics,(1) 12, REST; Calculus II (GIR), Chemistry (GIR) |
|
| 7.012 or
7.013 or
7.014
Introductory Biology,(3) 12 |
|
| 7.02 or
10.702
Introduction to Experimental Biology and Communication, 18, LAB, CI-M;
Biology (GIR) or 20.109 Laboratory Fundamentals in Biological Engineering, 15, LAB, CI-M; Biology (GIR), Chemistry (GIR), permission of instructor |
|
| 7.03 Genetics, 12, REST;
Biology (GIR) |
|
| 7.05
General Biochemistry, 12, REST;
5.12,
Biology (GIR), or permission of instructor or 5.07 Biological Chemistry I, 12; 5.12 |
|
| 7.06 Cell Biology, 12; 7.03, 7.05 | |
| Restricted Electives | 66 |
| Three undergraduate-level 12-unit subjects offered by the Department of Biology for which 7.03 and/or 7.05 are prerequisites. Exceptions: 7.30J is eligible as a restricted elective; 7.19 cannot be used as a restricted elective. Graduate-level subjects may not be used as restricted electives. Subjects that count as restricted electives are the following: 7.08J, 7.20J, 7.21, 7.22, 7.23, 7.24, 7.25, 7.26, 7.27, 7.28, 7.29J, 7.30J, 7.31, 7.32J, 7.35, 7.36, and 7.37J. | |
| One of the 30-unit project laboratory subjects
in the department curriculum. Those currently offered are: 7.13 Experimental Microbial Genetics, 30, CI-M; 7.02, 7.03, 7.05 7.16 Experimental Molecular Biology: Biotechnology II, 30, CI-M; 7.02, 7.03, 7.05 7.17 Experimental Molecular Biology: Biotechnology III, 30, CI-M; 7.02, 7.03, 7.05 7.18 Topics in Experimental Biology, 30, CI-M; 7.02, 7.03, 7.05 |
|
| Departmental Program Units That Also Satisfy the GIRs | (66) |
| 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 are listed in the subject description. | |
| (1) The department recommends 20.110J, 20.111, or 5.60 to fulfill the biology requirements, but will also accept 2.005, 3.012, 8.044, or 10.213 as a substitution. | |
| (2) Either 7.02 or 5.311 satisfies the Institute Laboratory Requirement. However, both or their equivalent are required in order to satisfy medical school entrance requirements. | |
| (3) 7.012/7.013/7.014 are intended to be first biology subjects and are not to be taken after other biology subjects. | |
| 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. | |