General Institute Requirements
(GIRs) |
Subjects |
Science Requirement |
6 |
Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
Requirement [three subjects can be satisfied by
9.00 and
two other HASS subjects in the Departmental Program] |
8 |
Restricted Electives in Science and
Technology (REST) Requirement [one subject can be satisfied
by 9.01 in
the Departmental Program] |
2 |
Laboratory Requirement [can be satisfied
by a laboratory in the Departmental Program] |
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 |
126-132 |
| 9.00
Introduction to Psychology, 12, HASS 9.01 Introduction to Neuroscience, 12, REST; Physics II (GIR) |
|
9.07
Statistics for Brain and Cognitive Sciences, 12;
Calculus II (GIR)* |
|
Core Subjects Choose six subjects from three areas: cognitive science, cognitive neuroscience, and neuroscience. Any combination of subjects is permitted, but at least one subject must be chosen in a second area. |
|
Cognitive Science |
|
9.34J
Sensory and Social Orders, 9;
9.00* 9.37J Anigrafs, 9; 9.34* 9.56J Abnormal Language, 12; 24.900* 9.57J Language Acquisition, 12, HASS; 24.900* 9.59J Psycholinguistics, 12, HASS; 24.900* or 9.00 9.65 Cognitive Processes, 12, HASS; 9.00 9.66J Computational Cognitive Science, 12; 9.07, 18.05, 6.041, or permission of instructor 9.85 Infant and Early Childhood Cognition, 12, CI-M; 9.00 24.900 Introduction to Linguistics, 12, HASS-D, CI-H |
|
Cognitive Neuroscience |
|
| 9.10
Cognitive Neuroscience, 12;
9.01 9.20 Animal Behavior, 12, HASS; 9.00* 9.22J A Clinical Approach to the Human Brain, 12 9.35 Sensation and Perception, 12; Physics II (GIR), Calculus II (GIR); or permission of instructor 9.71 Functional MRI of High-Level Vision, 12, CI-M; 9.07; 9.34, 9.35, 9.65, 9.66, or permission of instructor | |
Neuroscience |
|
9.03
Neural Basis of Learning and Memory, 12;
9.01 9.04 Neural Basis of Vision and Audition, 12; 9.01* 9.05 Neural Basis of Movement, 12; 9.01* 9.09J Cellular Neurobiology, 12; 7.05 9.14 Brain Structure and Its Origins, 12, 9.01 9.15 Biochemistry and Pharmacology of Synaptic Transmission, 12; 9.01, 7.05, or permission of instructor 9.18 Developmental Neurobiology, 12, CI-M; 9.01, 7.03, 7.05, or permission of instructor 9.24J Diseases of the Nervous System, 12; 9.01 9.29J Introduction to Computational Neuroscience, 12; 18.03, Physics II (GIR); or permission of instructor 9.31 Neurophysiology of Memory, 12; 9.01 |
|
Laboratory |
|
| One of the following is required: | |
| 9.02
Systems Neuroscience Laboratory, 12, LAB, CI-M;
9.01 9.12 Experimental Molecular Neurobiology, 12, LAB, CI-M; 9.01, Biology (GIR) 9.61 Laboratory in Higher-Level Cognition, 12, LAB, CI-M; 9.07; 9.35, 9.59, 9.66, 9.65, 9.85, or permission of instructor 9.63 Laboratory in Visual Cognition, 12, LAB, CI-M; 9.07; 9.00, 9.01, or permission of instructor |
|
plus one of the following: |
|
9.URG
Undergraduate Research, 12 9.02 Brain Laboratory, 12, LAB, CI-M; 9.01 9.12 Experimental Molecular Neurobiology, 12, LAB, CI-M; 9.01, Biology (GIR) 9.41 Topics in Neuroscience and Cognitive Science, 18, CI-M; 9.URG 9.50 Research in Brain and Cognitive Sciences, 12, LAB; 9.00* 9.61 Laboratory in Higher-Level Cognition, 12, LAB, CI-M; 9.07; 9.35, 9.59, 9.66, 9.65, 9.85, or permission of instructor 9.63 Laboratory in Visual Cognition, 12, LAB, CI-M; 9.07; 9.00, 9.01, or permission of instructor |
|
Restricted Electives |
21-24 |
Two relevant subjects to be arranged
with the student's advisor. |
|
Departmental Program Units
That Also Satisfy the GIRs |
(36-45) |
Unrestricted Electives(1) |
60-69 |
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 |
|
| 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. | |