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MIT Course Catalogue 2007-2008

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Bachelor of Science in Science, Technology, and Society/Dual Degree/Course STS (1)

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]
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
39
One STS HASS-D subject of at least 12 units
 
STS.091 Capstone Seminar in STS Studies I, 9*, HASS
or
STS.092 Capstone Seminar in STS Studies II, 9*, HASS, CI-M
 
STS.ThT Undergraduate Thesis Tutorial, 6
 
STS.ThU Undergraduate Thesis in Humanities, 12, CI-M; STS.ThT
 
Restricted Electives
90-120
A coherent group of six elective subjects in STS.
 
Four related subjects in humanities, arts, and social sciences (3 of which can be satisfied by HASS GIRs).
 
Departmental Program Units That also Satisfy the GIRs
(30)
Unrestricted Electives
48-81
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
 
*Prerequisites are listed in the subject description. 
(1) The full major in Science, Technology, and Society (STS) may be pursued only as a second degree program in conjunction with another degree program in a field of engineering or science.
For an explanation of credit units, or hours, please refer to the Subject Key in Part 3 of this Bulletin.

 

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