General Institute Requirements
(GIRs) |
Subjects |
Science Requirement |
6 |
Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
Requirement [three subjects can be satisfied by subjects
in the Departmental Program (for the field of concentration)] |
8 |
Restricted Electives in Science and
Technology (REST) Requirement |
2 |
Laboratory Requirement |
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 |
48 |
24.09
Minds and Machines, 12, HASS-D, CI-H |
|
24.241
Logic I, 12, HASS |
|
24.251
Introduction to Philosophy of Language, 12, HASS * |
|
24.900
Introduction to Linguistics, 12, HASS-D, CI-H |
|
Students choose either
a linguistics or philosophy track |
|
Required Subjects for Linguistics
Track |
48 |
24.901
Language and Its Structure I: Phonology, 12, HASS * |
|
24.902
Language and Its Structure II: Syntax, 12, HASS, CI-M
* |
|
24.903
Language and Its Structure III: Semantics and Pragmatics,
12, HASS * |
|
24.910
Topics in Linguistic Theory, 12, HASS; CI-M * |
|
Required Subjects for Philosophy
Track |
48 |
| 24.201
Topics in the History of Philosophy, 12, HASS, CI-M * 24.260 Topics in Philosophy, 12, HASS, CI-M * |
|
One of the following Knowledge
and Reality subjects: 24.111 Philosophy of Quantum Mechanics, 12, HASS 24.112 Space, Time, and Relativity, 12, HASS 24.114J A Philosophical History of Energy, 12, HASS 24.211 Theory of Knowledge, 12, HASS * 24.215 Topics in the Philosophy of Science, 12, HASS * 24.221 Metaphysics, 12, HASS * 24.253 Philosophy of Mathematics, 12, HASS * 24.280 Foundations of Probability, 12, HASS * |
|
Restricted Electives for
Both Tracks |
27–36 |
A coherent program
of three additional subjects from one or two of
the following three areas: brain and cognitive sciences,
linguistics, and philosophy. |
|
Departmental Program Units That Also Satisfy the GIRs |
(36) |
Unrestricted Electives |
84-93 |
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. |
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Notes |
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For an explanation of
credit units, or hours, please refer to the Subject
Key in Part 3 of this Bulletin. |
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