Modules are the six half-semester subjects that make up the Core Requirement of the MIT Doctoral Degree in Nuclear Science and Engineering.
Each module is listed as a 6 unit subject in the MIT Subject Listing, and has scheduled lectures, assignments, and exams during only one half of the semester.
- Three modules are offered each semester.
- The set of module subjects offered each semester is expected to remain the same every year.
- Two modules are offered during the first half of each semester.
- One module is offered during the second half of each semester.
Each module will have a final exam or paper to be completed by the end of the half semester (i.e. modules in the first half of the Fall semester will have final exams during October). These final exams or papers are the only component of the module that count directly toward the Threshold Requirements for Undertaking Doctoral Research.
NSE PhD students may choose to complete only the exam associated with the module, without registering for the module subject for official credit. Students have until the end of their 4th full length semester to complete all module exams with a satisfactory grade.
Students that take all three modules in each semester of their first year will, therefore, get a second chance to take all six module exams during their second year, if necessary. For this reason, and to ensure the student is familiar with all topics likely to appear in the Oral Examination well in advance, new NSE PhD students are strongly encouraged to take all six modules during their first year.
- 22.11 Applied Nuclear Physics
- 22.12 Radiation Interactions, Control, and Measurement
- 22.15 Essential Numerical Methods
- 22.13 Nuclear Energy Systems
- 22.14 Materials in Nuclear Engineering
- 22.16 Nuclear Technology and Society