S.B. in 1A Civil and Environmental Eng. Degree Requirements

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 1.018J and 18.03 in the departmental program): 2
Laboratory requirement (can be satisfied by 1.101 or 1.102 in the departmental program): 1
Total GIR subjects required for S.B. 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).

Departmental Program

Subject names below are followed by credit units and prerequisites (co-requisites in italics).

Required subjects:     84

Core subjects
1.018J Ecology I: The Earth System, 12 (REST, CI-M); 7.012/7.013/7.014 recommended
1.020 Ecology II: Engineering for Sustainability, 12
1.050 Engineering Mechanics I, 12; 8.01, 18.02
1.060 Engineering Mechanics II, 12; 18.03
18.03 Differential Equations, 12 (REST); 18.02
One of the following two subjects:
1.00 Introduction to Computers and Engineering Problem Solving, 12 (REST); 18.01
1.010 Uncertainty in Engineering, 12; 18.02

Laboratory
1.101 Introduction to Civil and Environmental Engineering Design I, 6, 1/2 LAB; 1.018J, 1.050
1.102 Introduction to Civil and Environmental Engineering Design II, 6, 1/2 LAB; 1.060

Restricted electives: 84

Students are required to take a coherent set of 7 full subjects that meet a well-defined educational goal. These may be from within or outside the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. The electives must be approved by the student's academic advisor and the undergraduate officer of the department.

Departmental program units that also satisfy the GIRs: 36
Unrestricted electives: 48
Total units beyond the GIRs required for S.B. 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.

For an explanation of credit units, or hours, please refer to the subject key in Part 3 of the MIT Bulletin course catalog. [http://student.mit.edu/catalog/help.html#units]

* To satisfy the CI-M component of the communication requirement, students must take the department's two CI-M subjects (1.013 and 1.018J) or, if appropriate, take one Course 1 CI-M subject and petition to substitute one CI-M from another science or engineering field. The outside CI-M must fit into the coherent program of electives approved by the student's academic advisor. Classes of 2009 and 2010 can satisfy the CI-M requirement with 1.020 instead of 1.018J, if 1.020 was taken in spring 2008 or earlier.

Grades for Prerequisite Subjects
Effective fall term 2008, the CEE Department Undergraduate Committee set a policy for grades in prerequisite subjects for all undergraduate programs in CEE.

A student who receives a D in a subject that is part of his/her departmental program and is also a prerequisite for another more advanced subject in the program has two options. Option 1: The student may proceed to take the more advanced subject; he or she will not be required to retake the prerequisite subject if the more advanced subject is passed with a C or better. However, if the student does not receive a C or better in the more advanced subject both this subject and the prerequisite subject must be repeated. Option 2: The student may retake the prerequisite subject and pass it with a C or better before enrolling in the more advanced subject.