Curriculum - MIT EECS - Massachusetts Institute of Technology

EECS introduces students to major concepts in electrical engineering and computer science in an integrated and hands-on fashion. As students progress to ... Academics Who'sTeachingWhat Subjectnumbering Undergraduateprograms Curriculum 2022curriculumtransition 6-1:ElectricalScienceandEngineering 6-2:ElectricalEngineeringandComputerScience 6-3:ComputerScienceandEngineering 6-4:ArtificialIntelligenceandDecisionMaking 6-7:ComputerScienceandMolecularBiology 6-9:ComputationandCognition 11-6:UrbanScienceandPlanningwithComputerScience 6-14:ComputerScience,Economics,andDataScience MEngprogram Requirements Application,Acceptance,andDeferral Funding ThesisProposal MEngThesis Deadlines Opportunities UROPandSuperUROP StudyAbroad StudentGroups 6-AIndustrialProgram MinorinComputerScience ResourcesforCurrentStudents Advising DegreeAuditsandDepartmentalPetitions SpaceonCampus ResourcesforInternationalStudents Tutoring ResourcesforIncomingDoubleMajors Programobjectivesandaccreditation ResourcesforAdvisors Graduateprograms Graduateprogramrequirements Admissionprocess GraduateAdmissionsFAQs GraduateAdmissionsInformationLetter Whatfacultymembersarelookingforinagradschoolapplicationessay. Degreeprograms Graduateresearch EECSGraduateFunding TAAppointments ConditionsofaTAAppointment RAAppointments FellowshipAppointments Resourcesforcurrentstudents MaterialsandFormsforGraduateStudents GraduateStudentOrientation2021 Studentprofiles SubjectUpdates SubjectUpdatesFall2022 SubjectUpdatesSpring2022 SubjectUpdatesFall2021 IAPofferings IAP2022 EECSintroducesstudentstomajorconceptsinelectricalengineeringandcomputerscienceinanintegratedandhands-onfashion.Asstudentsprogresstoincreasinglyadvancedsubjects,theygainconsiderableflexibilityinshapingtheirowneducationalexperiences. Thedepartmentoffersavarietyofdifferentmajors: 6-1:ElectricalScienceandEngineering6-2:ElectricalEngineeringandComputerScience6-3:ComputerScienceandEngineering6-4:ArtificialIntelligenceandDecisionMaking6-7:ComputerScienceandMolecularBiology6-14:ComputerScience,Economics,andDataScience Studentscanalsomajorin6-9:ComputationandCognition(administeredbytheDepartmentofBrainandCognitiveSciences)or11-6:UrbanScienceandPlanningwithComputerScience(administeredbytheDepartmentofUrbanStudiesandPlanning) CurriculumOverview ThemajorityofEECSmajorsbeginwithachoiceofanintroductorysubject,exploringelectricalengineeringandcomputersciencefundamentalsbyworkingonsuchconcretesystemsasrobots,cellphonenetworks,medicaldevices,etc. Studentsgainunderstanding,competence,andmaturitybyadvancingstep-by-stepthroughsubjectsofgreaterandgreatercomplexity: Foundationsubjects builddepthandbreadthinareasrangingfromcircuitsandelectronicstoappliedelectromagneticsandfromprinciplesofsoftwaredevelopmenttosignalsandsystems.Studentsmusttakethreeorfour,dependingontheirmajor.Headersubjects providemasterywithinEECS’ssubdisciplines:microelectronicdevicesandcircuits;communication,controlandsignalprocessing;bioelectricalscienceandengineering;computersystemsengineering;designandanalysisofalgorithms;andartificialintelligence.Studentsmusttakeatleastthreeheadersubjectsandonelab.Advancedundergraduatesubjectsenablestudentstotargettheirdegreeprogramtowardin-depthmasteryofareasmatchingtheirspecificinterests. Twoadvancedsubjectsarerequired. Throughouttheundergraduateyears,laboratorysubjects,teamwork,independentprojects,andresearchengagestudentswithprinciplesandtechniquesofanalysis,design,andexperimentationinavarietyofEECSareas.Thedepartmentalsooffersnumerousprogramsthatenablestudentstogainpracticalexperience,rangingfromcollaborativeindustrialprojectsdoneoncampustoterm-longexperiencesatpartnercompanies.