Undergraduate Study
Majors and minors
Disciplinary majors and minors
Students major in a SHASS subject for professional training or to explore interests that support, balance, and expand studies in a STEM field.
Minors at MIT are a great way to discover something fascinating, supplement your major, and develop creative talents. If you are able to add a few subjects to your concentration, you can build a 6-subject minor.
There’s a lot in the intersection of computer science and political science that I’m really excited about! Tech policy is growing rapidly, and it’s clear it’ll only become more consequential in the coming years. There’s also a large civic tech ecosystem in the US, where engineers are building technology that solves all sorts of difficult and politically relevant problems.”
Interdisciplinary majors and minors
Want to study a field through the lens of multiple disciplines? Earn an interdisciplinary major by special arrangement. By pursuing one of the fields below, you’ll receive an S.B. in Humanities, Course 21.
Earn an interdisciplinary minor by building a 6-subject course of study. This will let you explore a field in greater depth and earn a Minor in Humanities, Course 21.
My MIT education has shown me that in a world so filled with technology we have to make sure that we make room for humanity. From science to humanities, technology to business, and invention to exposure, every human action has a human effect. Technology — at its greatest — begins and ends at our common humanity.”
