| 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 7.02J 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 | 99–102 |
| 5.111 or
5.112
Principles of Chemical Science, 12,
Chemistry (GIR) or 3.091 Introduction to Solid-State Chemistry, 12, Chemistry (GIR) |
|
| 5.12
Organic Chemistry I, 12, REST;
Chemistry (GIR) |
|
| 20.110J
Thermodynamics of Biomolecular Systems,(1) 12,
REST;
Calculus II (GIR),
Chemistry (GIR) or 7.10J Physical Chemistry of Biomolecular Systems,(1) 12; Calculus II (GIR), Chemistry (GIR), Physics I (GIR), 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, 12,
Biology (GIR) |
|
| 7.02J
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), 6.00, 18.03, 20.110J* |
|
| 7.03 Genetics, 12, REST;
Biology (GIR) |
|
| 7.05
General Biochemistry, 12, REST;
Biology (GIR)* or 5.07 Biological Chemistry I, 12; 5.12 |
|
| 7.06 Cell Biology, 12; 7.03, 7.05 | |
| Restricted Electives2 | 48 |
| Three undergraduate-level 12-unit subjects offered by the
Department of Biology for which 7.03 and/or
7.05 are
prerequisites. 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,
7.25,
7.26,
7.27,
7.28,
7.29J,
7.30J,
7.31,
7.32J,
7.33,
7.35,
7.36,
7.37J,
7.41, and
7.49J and One of the following CI-M subjects: 3.014, 5.36, 5.38, 7.19, 7.30J, 7.49J, 8.13, 9.02, 9.12, 10.26, 10.27, 10.28, 10.29, 20.380, or 6.021J. |
|
| Departmental Program Units That Also Satisfy the GIRs | (60) |
| Unrestricted Electives | 90–93 |
| 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, 7.10J, 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) 7.30J and 7.49J may be selected from either group, but neither subject can be selected from both groups. | |
| 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. | |