HASS Credit by Petition
Certain courses not technically designated HASS may be counted toward the HASS Requirement by petitioning the Committee on Curricula. These include:
- Subjects taken by cross-registration at Harvard or Wellesley
- Graduate subjects, designated “G”; the petition must be signed by the instructor
- UROP, Reading Seminars, Undergraduate Seminars, and Special Topics of at least nine units; the petition must be signed by the instructor
- Two six-unit performance subjects in Music and Theater Arts, two six-unit Literature “Samplings,” or two six-unit Latin classes may be combined to form one HASS Elective. No more than two HASS Electives may be formed in this way.
The following cannot be approved for HASS credit by petition:
- AP credits
- Subjects taken under the junior-senior P/D/F option
- Managerial Psychology Laboratory (15.301)
The petition form must be signed by the faculty advisor and submitted to the HASS Education Office.
HASS Credit by Transfer
Credits transferred from other institutions, excluding AP credits and subjects not taken for a letter grade, may be applied toward the HASS Requirement as follows: nine or more units approved with the number of an MIT HASS Elective subject or approved as a block of HASS Elective units.
For questions about transferring credits, please contact the Transfer Credit Examiner (TCE) in the relevant HASS field. The HASS Education Office can help you determine the correct examiner. We suggest that you obtain unofficial written approval from the TCE before starting subjects elsewhere.
Use the folowing links for information about transfer credit in these specific HASS fields:
Economics
Literature
Science, Technology and Society
Writing and Humanistic Studies
Massachusetts Institute of Technology