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    • Economics (Course 14)
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    • Women's and Gender Studies (WGS)

Schools and College

Schools and College

  • School of Architecture and Planning
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  • MIT Sloan School of Management
  • School of Science
  • MIT Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing

Departments

  • Aeronautics and Astronautics (Course 16)
  • 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, Course 21W)
  • Data, Systems, and Society (IDS)
  • Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (Course 12)
  • Economics (Course 14)
  • Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (Course 6)
  • Global Languages (Course 21G)
  • Health Sciences and Technology (HST)
  • History (Course 21H)
  • Humanities (Course 21)
  • Linguistics and Philosophy (Course 24)
  • Literature (Course 21L)
  • Management (Course 15)
  • Materials Science and Engineering (Course 3)
  • Mathematics (Course 18)
  • Mechanical Engineering (Course 2)
  • Media Arts and Sciences (MAS)
  • Music and Theater Arts (Courses 21M and 21T)
  • Nuclear Science and Engineering (Course 22)
  • Physics (Course 8)
  • Political Science (Course 17)
  • Science, Technology, and Society (STS)
  • Urban Studies and Planning (Course 11)
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