<p>I love MIT, and am an excellent math and science student, but am not too excited by the prospect of things like robotics and just engineering in general (except chemical engineering). Are certain courses in engineering required at MIT? Can they be avoided? </p>
<p>By the way (being very hypothetical here and assuming that I get in and choose to attend), I would major in either chemistry, math, or some sort of pre-business (economics or management or something).</p>
<p>Here are the general institute requirements -
<a href="http://web.mit.edu/uinfo/academics/programs/reqs/degree.html#GIRs%5B/url%5D">http://web.mit.edu/uinfo/academics/programs/reqs/degree.html#GIRs</a></p>
<p>No engineering courses are required. As far as I know, Phy, Chem, Bio and Math along with 5 other science/engineering subjects and 8 humanities subjects are required though not to mention the physical education and communications requirement and the swim test(not sure on this one).</p>
<p>There are currently no required engineering classes in the General Institute Requirements, although you can take engineering classes to fulfill some of the requirements if you want to.</p>
<p>MIT is in the process of revamping the GIRs, although I'm not sure when/if the new proposal will go into effect. The new rules would require that students take classes from five of six pre-defined areas, of which engineering is one. Of course, since students would only have to take courses from five of the six areas, engineering could be the area that you avoid.</p>