Subjects

A course is a course, of course, except when it is a subject. At MIT course numbers and abbreviations refer to courses of study leading to specific academic degrees and, by extension, to the departments or programs offering those degrees. For example, Course 6 refers to the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Subjects are what many people typically think of as courses, i.e., a series of classes offered during a given academic period.

Aeronautics and Astronautics (Course 16)

Aerospace Studies (AS)

Anthropology (Course 21A)

Architecture (Course 4)

Biological Engineering (Course 20)

Biology (Course 7)

Brain and Cognitive Sciences (Course 9)

Chemical Engineering (Course 10)

Chemistry (Course 5)

Civil and Environmental Engineering (Course 1)

Comparative Media Studies / Writing (CMS)

Comparative Media Studies / Writing (Course 21W)

Computational and Systems Biology (CSB)

Concourse (CC)

Data, Systems, and Society (IDS)

Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (Course 12)

Economics (Course 14)

Edgerton Center (EC)

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (Course 6)

Engineering Management (EM)

Experimental Study Group (ES)

Global Studies and Languages (Course 21G)

Health Sciences and Technology (HST)

History (Course 21H)

Humanities (Course 21)

Literature (Course 21L)

Management (Course 15)

Materials Science and Engineering (Course 3)

Mathematics (Course 18)

Mechanical Engineering (Course 2)

Media Arts and Sciences (MAS)

Military Science (MS)

Music and Theater Arts (Course 21M)

Naval Science (NS)

Nuclear Science and Engineering (Course 22)

Physics (Course 8)

Political Science (Course 17)

Science, Technology, and Society (STS)

Special Programs

Supply Chain Management (SCM)

Urban Studies and Planning (Course 11)

Women's and Gender Studies (WGS)