Fall 2026 Subjects
Explore our Fall 2026 subject offerings, and all the diverse and exciting ways your interests can lead to a HASS concentration, minor, or major.
You can also review our suggested introductory subjects.
For Interdisciplinary Programs, you can review an updated list of subject offerings during AY2026-27 (and AY2027-28).
Contact us with questions.
New Courses
Learn more about our new subject offerings.
Comparative Media Studies/Writing
- 21W.779/CMS.379 The Modern Newsroom: Principles and Practices | C. Couch, T. Levenson, S. Mnookin, A. Saini
- 21W.757 Fiction Workshop | C. Luchette
- CMS.311 Media in Weimar and Nazi Germany | J. Ruffin
- CMS.375 Reading Climate Through Media | M. Battles
- CMS.376 History of Media and Technology | T. Hu
- CMS.401 The Algorithmic Eye: Computing and Visual Media | P. Roquet
- CMS.425 Children and Culture | M. Gubar
Economics
- 14.17 Blockchain and Financial System Design | R. Townsend
Global Languages
- 21G.313 Francophone Cultures through the Arts | E. Dessein
- 21G.719 Spanish in Context: Social Movements and Cultural Change | D. Gonzalez
- 21G.907 Dynamic Korean: Exploring Korean Society through Language | H. Jeong
History
- 21H.000 History of Now | K. Mutongi
Literature
- 21L.030 A Random Walk Through Literature and Film | N. Jackson
- 21L.016 Gods and Mortals | S. Frampton
Music
- 21M.299 Studies in Global Musics: Boston Music and Oral History | J. Maurer
- 21M.369/569 Studies in Music Technology: Tuning Attention: Creative Practice Across Systems | G. Coleman, A. Huang
- 21M.389/589 Studies in Music Technology: Audio Computing: Processing Sound in Engineering, Science, and the Arts | M. Rau, P. Smaragdis
Science, Technology, and Society
- STS.031J Environment and History | V. Pugliano
Theater Arts
- 21T.100 Theater Arts Production: Beowulf | J. Higgason
- 21T.424/524 Topics in Performance Studies: What are we Building?: Culture, Methods, and Alternative Visions to Sociotechnical Futures | G. Coleman
Women’s and Gender Studies
- WGS.117 Quering Digital Humanities | C. Montague
- WGS.266 Womanhood, Gender, and Religion | H. Arain
Compass
Compass is a new initiative by MIT faculty across the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences. In the Compass class, students and faculty explore fundamental questions and how such questions relate to the everyday decisions we make about what is important to us, what is real and true, and what is right.
21.01 is a 12-unit, seminar-style CI-H and HASS-E offered for the first time in Spring 2025. It will be offered again in Fall 2026.
Learn more about the class and its flipped-classroom format.
