MIT Course Catalogue: Course 22

Nuclear Science and Engineering

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Bachelor of Science in Nuclear Science and Engineering/Course 22

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 8.03; 18.03 or 18.034; 22.01; 22.02; and 22.071J, in the Departmental Program]	2
Laboratory Requirement [can be satisfied by 22.09 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)
Basic Requirements	84
2.005 Thermal-Fluids Engineering I, 12, REST; 8.02, 18.03
8.03 Physics III, 12, REST; 8.02*, 18.02
12.010 Computational Methods of Scientific Programming, 12; 18.01, 18.02, 8.01.
18.03 Differential Equations, 12, REST; 18.02, 18.014 or 18.034 Differential Equations, 12, REST; 18.02, 18.014
18.085 Mathematical Methods for Engineers I, 12, 18.03
22.01 Introduction to Ionizing Radiation, 12, REST
22.071J Introduction to Electronics, 12, REST; 18.01
Required Nuclear Science and Engineering Core Subjects	72
22.02 Introduction to Applied Nuclear Physics, 12, REST; 8.02, 18.02, 22.01
22.033 Nuclear Systems Design Project, 12; 22.06
22.05 Neutron Science and Reactor Physics,12; 18.03, 22.02
22.058 Principles of Tomographic Imaging, 12; 8.02, 18.03
22.06 Engineering of Nuclear Systems, 12; 2.005, 22.02, 22.05
22.09 Principles of Nuclear Radiation Measurement and Protection, 12, LAB, CI-M; 22.02
Required Undergraduate Nuclear Science and Engineering Thesis	12
22.ThT Undergraduate Thesis Tutorial (minimum of 3 units), 22.09
22.ThU Thesis (minimum of 9 units), CI-M; 22.ThT
Restricted Electives Choose one of the following:	12
2.006 Thermal-Fluids Engineering II, 12; 2.005, 18.03
2.791 Quantitative Physiology: Cells and Tissues, 12; 2.003, 8.02, 18.03
5.12 Organic Chemistry I, 12; 5.11 or 5.111 or 5.112 or 3.091
8.04 Quantum Physics I, 12; 8.03, 18.03
22.00 Introduction to Modeling and Simulation, 12, REST; 18.03 or 3.016
22.105 Electromagnetic Interactions, 12; 8.02, 8.03, 18.02, 18.03
or any advanced NS&E course with the approval of your registration officer. The NS&E undergraduate office maintains a list of recommended courses.
Departmental Program Units That also Satisfy the GIRs	(36)
Unrestricted Electives	48
Total Units Beyond the GIRs Required for SB Degree	192
No subject can be counted both as part of the 17-subject GIRs and as part of the 192 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 Subject Key in Part 3 of this Bulletin.

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