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Course 9 Degree Chart

General Institute Requirements (GIRs)

The General Institute Requirements include a Communication Requirement that is integrated into both the HASS Requirement and the requirements of each major; see details below.

Summary of Subject Requirements Subjects
Science Requirement 6
Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (HASS) Requirement [two subjects can be satisfied by 9.00 and one other HASS subject in the Departmental Program]; at least two of these subjects must be designated as communication-intensive (CI-H) to fulfill the Communication Requirement. 8
Restricted Electives in Science and Technology (REST) Requirement [can be satisfied by 6.0001/6.0002and 9.01 in the Departmental Program] 2
Laboratory Requirement (12 units) [can be satisfied by a laboratory in the Departmental Program] 1
Total GIR Subjects Required for SB Degree 17
Physical Education Requirement  
Swimming requirement, plus four physical education courses for eight points.  

Departmental Program

Choose at least two subjects in the major that are designated as communication-intensive (CI-M) to fulfill the Communication Requirement.

Required Subjects Units
Tier I  
6.0001 Introduction to Computer Science Programming in Python 6
6.0002 Introduction to Computational Thinking and Data Science 6
9.00 Introduction to Psychological Science 12
9.01 Introduction to Neuroscience 12
9.40 Introduction to Neural Computation 12
9.07 Statistics for Brain and Cognitive Science 12
Tier 2  
Select three of the following; up to seven may be taken: 36-84
9.09[J]
Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology  
9.13
The Human Brain  
9.18[J]
Developmental Neurobiology  
9.19
Computational Psycholinguistics  
9.21[J]
Cellular Neurophysiology and Computing  
9.26[J]
Principles and Applications of Genetic Engineering for Biotechnology and Neuroscience  
9.35
Perception  
9.49
Neural Circuits for Cognition  
9.53
Emergent Computations Within Distributed Neural Circuits  
9.66[J]
Computational Cognitive Science  
9.85
Infant and Early Childhood Cognition (CI-M)  
Tier 3  
Select up to four of the following: 0-48
9.24
Disorders and Diseases of the Nervous System  
9.28
Current Topics in Developmental Neurobiology (CI-M)  
9.32
Genes, Circuits, and Behavior  
9.42
The Brain and Its Interface with the Body  
9.46
Neuroscience of Morality (CI-M)  
Laboratory  
Select one of the following: 1 12
9.12
Experimental Molecular Neurobiology (CI-M)  
9.17
Systems Neuroscience Laboratory (CI-M)  
9.59[J]
Laboratory in Psycholinguistics (CI-M)  
9.60
Machine-Motivated Human Vision (CI-M)  
Research  
Select one of the following (Laboratory cannot also count for Research): 12-18
9.12
Experimental Molecular Neurobiology (CI-M)  
9.17
Systems Neuroscience Laboratory (CI-M)  
9.41
Research and Communication in Neuroscience and Cognitive Science (CI-M)  
9.50
Research in Brain and Cognitive Sciences  
9.59[J]
Laboratory in Psycholinguistics (CI-M)  
9.60
Machine-Motivated Human Vision (CI-M)  
9.URG
Undergraduate Research  
Restricted Electives  
Select zero to four subjects. 9.URG cannot count as a Restricted Elective 0-48
Units in Major 168-174
Unrestricted Electives 54-72
Units in Major That Also Satisfy the GIRs (48-60)
Total Units Beyond the GIRs Required for SB Degree 180

The units for any subject that counts as one of the 17 GIR subjects cannot also be counted as units required beyond the GIRs.

1

These subjects can count toward either the Laboratory or or the Research requirement, but not both.

Restricted Electives

2.003[J] Dynamics and Control I 12
2.184 Biomechanics and Neural Control of Movement 12
5.07[J] Biological Chemistry I 12
5.12 Organic Chemistry I 12
5.13 Organic Chemistry II 12
6.003 Signals and Systems 12
6.027[J] Biomolecular Feedback Systems 12
6.034 Artificial Intelligence 12
6.036 Introduction to Machine Learning 12
6.042[J] Mathematics for Computer Science 12
6.045[J] Automata, Computability, and Complexity 12
6.046[J] Design and Analysis of Algorithms 12
6.801 Machine Vision 12
6.803 The Human Intelligence Enterprise 12
6.806 Advanced Natural Language Processing 12
6.819 Advances in Computer Vision 12
7.03 Genetics 12
9.72 Vision in Art and Neuroscience 12
18.03 Differential Equations 12
18.06 Linear Algebra 12
18.404 Theory of Computation 12
24.211 Theory of Knowledge 12
24.900 Introduction to Linguistics 12
24.901 Language and Its Structure I: Phonology 12
24.902 Language and Its Structure II: Syntax 12
24.903 Language and Its Structure III: Semantics and Pragmatics 12
24.904 Language Acquisition 12

Use this Petition Form if you wish to make a substitution to fulfill a program requirement for Course 9. 

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