<p>i'm quite interested in nanotechnology, particularly in nanorobotics and biological/medical applications at the moment. i know grad school is probably more important, but what majors would be best for my undergraduate study? course 2-A has an official nano-track option, and 20 is probably good if i want to commit myself to bio, but i've heard that you can get a lot of exposure in 3, 5, or 8 as well.</p>
<p>I second this question..
I've been interested in nanotech, and was wondering in particular if I could get much exposure to it in course 8.</p>
<p>I can't comment on the exposure to nanotech in any particular field, but I will say that almost all classes at MIT are open to students regardless of major, so if you major in Course X and see a cool class in Course Y, you can almost certainly feel free to take it. Most majors also leave a decent number of elective units in the program, and of course you're always free to take more classes than you're required to take.</p>
<p>2A also has a biomedical type track thingy.</p>
<p>Also, what Mollie said. Aside from that, professors are really friendly, so even if you're Course X just email a prof in Course Y and be like "hey, can you give me some tips" and they'll be glad to help you out in most cases. (If you don't know where to start, talk to your advisor or a professor you have now, they can usually point you towards a friendly colleague.)</p>
<p>Also, I'm 2-A, so if you have any questions about it, send them my way. It's best to email me at asklaura at mit dot edu, because I don't read CC very often anymore. =)</p>
<p>If you want to do nanotech things, I don't think course 8 is really the thing. Course 8, which some notable exceptions, is pretty much physics physics. You can do the 8 flexible option and then take some microengineering courses, etc, but it seems like it'd be a lot more beneficial to just do course 2 or course 6.</p>
<p>nanotechnology is pretty broad; 8 and especially 3, or some combination of those, would be great; as a guess, ideal is probably to major in 3 with heavy coursework in 6 and 8</p>
<p>Thanks for the advice so far - just one more question from me. I'll probably be doing course 6-3 (concentrates on computer science) and 8, but I'm just curious. Would 6-3 or 6-1 (concentrates on electrical engineering) be more beneficial for nanotech things?</p>
<p>6-3 could be used for modeling, etc, while 6-1 might be useful for the physical stuff.. does that make sense?</p>
<p>Thanks. :-)</p>
<p>The name of the major on your degree isn't really the important thing when applying to grad school or getting a job -- just take the course 6 classes you want to take and see which degree program you most naturally end up following.</p>