| 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 by 18.03 or 18.034 and 6.001 in the Departmental Program] | 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). |
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| PLUS Departmental Program | Units |
| Subject names below are followed by credit units, and by prerequisites, if any (corequisites in italics). | |
| Required Subjects | 84-90 |
| 18.03 Differential Equations, 12, REST;
18.02* or 18.034 Differential Equations, 12, REST; 18.02* |
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| 6.001 Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs, 15, REST or 6.01 Introduction to EECS I, 12, 1/2 LAB |
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| 18.410J Introduction to Algorithms, 12; 6.001, 18.062J* | |
| 18.06 Linear Algebra, 12;
18.02* or 18.700 Linear Algebra, 12; 18.02 |
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| One subject from each of the following groups: 18.062J Mathematics for Computer Science, 12; 18.01 or 18.310 Principles of Applied Mathematics, 12; 18.02 or 18.310C Principles of Applied Mathematics, 12; 18.02 |
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| 18.400J Automata, Computability, and Complexity, 12;
6.042J or 18.404J Theory of Computation,(1) 12; 18.062J* |
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| 6.033 Computer System Engineering, 12;
6.004 or 6.170 Laboratory in Software Engineering, 15; 6.001 |
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| Restricted Electives | 72 |
| Four additional Course 18 subjects and two additional Course 6 subjects. | |
| The overall program must consist of subjects of essentially different content, and must include at least five Course 18 subjects with first decimal digit one or higher. | |
| To satisfy the requirements that students take two CI-M subjects, students must
take two of the following subjects:
18.096,
18.100C,
18.104,
18.304,
18.424,
18.434,
18.504,
18.704,
18.784,
18.821,
18.904, or
18.994 or one from the above list and one of the following subjects: 6.033, 6.111, 8.06, or 8.310C. |
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| Departmental Program Units That also Satisfy the GIRs | (27) |
| Unrestricted Electives | 48-51 |
| 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. | |
| (1) Recommended alternative. | |
For an explanation of
credit units, or hours, please refer to the Subject
Key in Part 3 of this Bulletin. |
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