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Graduate Mathematics Requirement

Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics


September 2023

The Department's policy regarding the math requirement is as follows. For SM students, 12 units
of total credit are required, and for PhD students, 24 units of total credit are required.

The following subjects may be used to fulfill the graduate math requirement:

1) Any subject offered by the Department of Mathematics designated as graduate level (or as
being graduate level for students who are not Mathematics majors). Typical classes taken
include:
18.0851: Comp Science & Engineering 1
18.0651: Matrix Methods
18.335: Intro: Numerical Methods
18.1021: Intro to Functional Analysis
18.408: Topics in Theoretical Comp Sci
18.1002: Real Analysis
18.6501: Fundamentals of Statistics
18.657: Topics in Statistics

2) Selected subjects offered by departments other than Mathematics can also be used toward
the math requirement. The list of acceptable subjects is as follows:

A. Probability and Statistics


6.7710 (6.262) Discrete Stochastic Processes
6.7720J (6.265J)/15.070J Advanced Stochastic Processes
6.3702 (6.431) Intro to Probability
6.7770J (6.436J) /15.085J Fundamentals of Probability
14.382 Econometrics I
16.391 Statistics for Engineers and Scientists (formerly co-listed with 6.434)
16.470J/ESD.756J Statistical Methods in Experimental Design
IDS.147J/15.077J Statistical Learning and Data Mining
IDS.700J/1.203J/15.073J Applied Probability and Stochastic Modeling

B. Optimization
6.7210J (6.251J/)15.081J/Intro to Mathematical Programming
6.8160 (6.881) Advanced Topics in AI, when taught as Optimization for Machine
Learning
15.083J/6.8530J (6.859J) Interactive Data Visualization
15.084J/6.7220J (6.252J) Nonlinear Optimization
15.093J/6.7200J (6.255J) Optimization Methods
15.094J/1.142J Robust Modeling, Optimization & Computation
15.095 Machine Learning under a Modern Optimization Lens

C. Numerical Methods
16.858: Intro to Discrete Math and Systems Theory for Engineers
16.920J/2.097J/6.7330J (6.339J) Numerical Methods for Partial Differential
Equations
16.940 Numerical Methods for Stochastic Modeling & Inference
The faculty acknowledge that mathematics is an integral part of all engineering curricula,
but it is our experience that taking additional math subjects can add significantly to a
student's problem-solving capabilities. Thus, the intent of this graduate math requirement
is to give students exposure to new, advanced, mathematical concepts taught at the
graduate level in a rigorous and mostly mathematical context, rather than as applied to
aeronautics and astronautics problems.

In cases where a Course 16 subject is jointly listed, AeroAstro students would register under the
Course 16 number. Also, please check the current MIT Course Catalogue for course descriptions
and years offered.

The course list given above is a living document that will be frequently updated by the Graduate
Committee. Student petitions to add courses will not be accepted. Faculty can ask to add a course
to the list through a discussion within one of the three Sectors. After approval by the Sector, the
petitions would then come to the Graduate Committee from the Sector Heads at least 2 weeks prior
to the Fall registration date.

For PhD students, the subjects used to fulfill this math requirement may also be used in the
student’s major and minor program (subject to approval by the student’s doctoral committee and,
if appropriate, minor advisor). Further, subjects from an SM earned at MIT can be used to satisfy
this PhD math requirement.

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