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 8.03 or 8.04, and 18.03 or 18.034 in the Departmental Program]

2

Laboratory Requirement [satisfied by 8.13 or equivalent in the Departmental Program]

1

Total GIR Subjects Required for SB Degree

17

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 are indicated in italics and subjects given only in the Independent Activities Period are indicated as IAP).

Required Subjects

75-132

8.03 Physics III, 12, REST; 8.02*, 18.02

18.03 Differential Equations, 12, REST; 18.02*
or
18.034 Differential Equations, 12, REST; 18.02*

8.04 Quantum Physics I, 12, REST; 8.03*, 18.03*

8.044 Statistical Physics I, 12; 8.03, 18.03

8.05 Quantum Physics II, 12; 8.04

8.20 Introduction to Special Relativity, 9, REST, IAP; 8.01, 18.01

8.033 Relativity, 12; 8.01, 18.02

8.033 Relativity, 12; 8.01, 18.02

8.05 Quantum Physics II, 12; 8.04

8.06 Quantum Physics III, 12, CI-M; 8.05

8.13 Experimental Physics I, 18, LAB, CI-M; 8.04

8.14 Experimental Physics II, 18, LAB; 8.05, 8.13

8.ThU Thesis (12 units)⁽¹⁾

Restricted Electives

36-48

Physics: Flexible Option

At least one subject in the Department of Physics in addition to those listed above (12 units)⁽²⁾

Three subjects forming one intellectually coherent unit in some area, not necessarily physics, subject to the approval of the department (36 units)

Physics: Focused Option

One subject in the Department of Mathematics beyond 18.03 (12 units)

Two subjects in the Department of Physics in addition to those listed
above⁽²⁾, including at least one of the following: 8.07, 8.08, and 8.09 (24 units)

Departmental Program Units That also Satisfy the GIRs

(24-36)

Unrestricted Electives

48-93

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.

*Alternate prerequisites are listed in the subject description.

⁽¹⁾ A thesis of 12 units is required. Not more than 30 units of thesis credit may be included in the minimum of 180 units beyond the General Institute Requirements required for the SB degree.

⁽²⁾ Subject descriptions identify subjects that cannot be used for this purpose.

For an explanation of credit units, or hours, please refer to the Subject Key in Part 3 of this Bulletin.