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Bachelor of Science in Brain and Cognitive Sciences/Course 9

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
138-144
9.00 Introduction to Psychological Science, 12, HASS-S  
9.01 Introduction to Neuroscience, 12, REST; Physics II (GIR)*  
9.06 Quantitative Methods for Brain and Cognitive Sciences, 12; 9.01, Calculus II (GIR)*

  
9.07 Statistics for Brain and Cognitive Science, 12; 9.06*
or
18.05 Introduction to Probability and Statistics, 12, REST; Calculus II (GIR)

  
6.00 Introduction to Computer Science and Programming, 12, REST  
Core Subjects
Choose five 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; 9.35*
9.56J Abnormal Language, 12; 24.900*
9.57J Language Acquisition, 12, HASS-S; 24.900*
9.65 Cognitive Processes, 12, HASS-S; 9.00
9.66J Computational Cognitive Science, 12; 9.07*
9.85 Infant and Early Childhood Cognition, 12, HASS-S, CI-M; 9.00
24.900 Introduction to Linguistics, 12, HASS-S†, CI-H
  
Cognitive Neuroscience
  
9.10 Behavioral Neuroscience, 12; 9.01
9.20 Animal Behavior, 12, HASS-S; 9.00*
9.35 Sensation and Perception, 12; 9.00, 9.07*
9.71 Functional MRI Investigations of the Human Brain, 12, CI-M; 9.07; 9.34* 		 
Neuroscience
  
9.03 Neural Basis of Learning and Memory, 12; 9.01
9.04 Neural Basis of Vision and Audition, 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*
9.18J Developmental Neurobiology, 12, CI-M; 9.01*
9.29J Introduction to Computational Neuroscience, 12; 18.03, Physics II (GIR); or permission of instructor
9.31 Cell and Systems Neurophysiology, 12; 9.01
 
Laboratory
 
One of the following is required:
9.02 Systems Neuroscience Laboratory, 12, LAB, CI-M; 9.01, 18.05*
9.12 Experimental Molecular Neurobiology, 12, LAB, CI-M; 9.01, Biology (GIR)
9.59J Laboratory in Psycholinguistics, 12, LAB, CI-M; 9.00*
9.61 Laboratory in Higher-Level Cognition, 12, LAB, CI-M; 9.07, 9.35*
  
plus one of the following:
  
9.URG Undergraduate Research, 12
9.02 Systems Neuroscience Laboratory, 12, LAB, CI-M; 9.01, 18.05*
9.12 Experimental Molecular Neurobiology, 12, LAB, CI-M; 9.01, Biology (GIR)
9.41 Research and Communication in Neuroscience and Cognitive Science, 18, CI-M; 9.URG, permission of instructor
9.50 Research in Brain and Cognitive Sciences, 12, LAB; 9.00*
9.59J Laboratory in Psycholinguistics, 12, LAB, CI-M; 9.00*
9.61 Laboratory in Higher-Level Cognition, 12, LAB, CI-M; 9.07; 9.35*
 
Restricted Elective
12
One relevant subject to be arranged with the student's advisor.
  
Departmental Program Units That Also Satisfy the GIRs
(48-72)
Unrestricted Electives(1)
72-102
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
† Students who entered prior to fall 2010 may use this subject to satisfy the HASS-D requirement.
(1) Additional elective units may be available to the extent the General Institute Requirements are fulfilled by subjects taken in the department program. 
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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