Not only can you refresh your memory as to what those (zany) course numbers meant, you can be amazed at the very specific fields within your major. Don't overlook the historical trivia either. Below is a list of the MIT courses and their equivalent majors...
Course |
Time Period |
Degree Major |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1868-1991 | Civil Engineering |
| 1 | 1992- | Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| 1A | 1931-1934 | Railroad Engineering |
| 2 | 1868- | Mechanical Engineering |
| 2A | 1935-1943 | Mechanical Engineering 5-year Coop |
| 2T | 1940-1983 | Textile Technology |
| 2B | 1949- | Mechanical Engineering Internship |
| 2A | 1969- | Undesignated |
| 3 | 1868-1936 | Mining Engineering (including Metallurgy) |
| 3 | 1937-1940 | Mining Engineering (Metallurgy Course 19) |
| 3 | 1940-1966 | Metallurgy |
| 3 | 1967-1975 | Metallurgy and Materials Science |
| 3 | 1975- | Materials Science & Engineering |
| 3B | 1960-1966 | Materials Science |
| 3A | 1969- | Undesignated |
| 3B | 1975- | Materials Science & Engineering Internship |
| 3W | 1977- | Materials Science & Engineering (Woods Hole) |
| 4 | 1873-1972 | Architecture |
| 4 | 1973- | Architecture |
| 4A | 1927-1939 | Architectural Engineering |
| 4B | 1971- | Undesignated |
| 5 | 1869- | Chemistry |
| 6 | 1882-1974 | Electrical Engineering |
| 6 | 1975- | Electrical Engineering & Computer Science |
| 6A | 1917-1974 | Electrical Engineering Coop |
| 6A | 1975- | Electrical Engineering & Computer Science Internship |
| 6C | 1923-1942 | Electrical Communications |
| 6-1 | 1961-1971 | Electrical Engineering |
| 6-1 | 1972- | Electrical Science & Engineering |
| 6-2 | 1961-1971 | Electrical Science & Engineering |
| 6-2 | 1993- | Electrical Engineering & Computer Science |
| 6-3 | 1969- | Computer Science & Engineering |
| 6W | 1977- | Electrical Engineering (Woods Hole) |
| 7 | 1876- | Biology |
| 7A | 1944-1970 | Physical Biology |
| 7A | 1971- | Undesignated |
| 7B | 1876-1939 | Chemical Biology |
| 7B | 1940-1942 | Food Technology |
| 7B | 1943-1945 | Chemical Biology |
| 7B | 1946-1961 | Food Technology & Biochemical Engineering |
| 7B | 1961-1990 | Biology |
| 7W | 1961- | Biological Oceanography (Woods Hole) |
| 8 | 1875- | Physics |
| 8A | 1985- | Physics with Electrical Engineering |
| 9 | 1868-1960 | General Course |
| 9 | 1961-1985 | Psychology |
| 9 | 1986- | Brain and Cognitive Sciences |
| 9A | 1868-1960 | General Science |
| 9B | 1868-1957 | General Engineering |
| 9C | 1922-1933 | Mathematics Teaching |
| 9C | 1950-1958 | Science Teaching |
| 10 | 1891- | Chemical Engineering |
| 10A | 1922- | Chemical Engineering Practice (grad) |
| 10B | 1922-1962 | Chemical Engineering Practice (undergrad) |
| 11 | 1892-1962 | Sanitary Engineering |
| 11 | 1966-1970 | City Planning |
| 11 | 1970- | Urban Studies & Planning |
| 12 | 1891-1961 | Geology & Geophysics |
| 12 | 1961-1970 | Earth Sciences |
| 12B | 1963-1971 | Physical Sciences (later course 25) |
| 12W | 1967-1983 | Earth and Planetary Sciences (Woods Hole) |
| 12 | 1969-1983 | Earth and Planetary Sciences |
| 13 | 1895-1966 | Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering |
| 13 | 1967- | Ocean Engineering |
| 13A | 1904- | Naval Construction & Marine Engineering |
| 13B | 1955-1980 | Shipbuilding and Shipbuilding Management |
| 13B | 1980- | Ocean Systems Management |
| 13C | 1895-1955 | Marine Transportation |
| 13W | 1967- | Ocean Engineering (Woods Hole) |
| 14 | 1903-1940 | Electrochemical Engineering |
| 14 | 1941-1946 | Meteorology (later course 19) |
| 14 | 1946-1965 | Economics and Social Science |
| 14 | 1965- | Economics |
| 14A | 1955-1965 | Economics, Politics & Engineering |
| 14B | 1955-1965 | Economics, Politics & Science |
| 15 | 1917-1958 | Business & Engineering Administration |
| 15 | 1959-1967 | Industrial Management |
| 15 | 1965-1977 | Urban Executives Program (non-degree) |
| 15 | 1967- | Management |
| 15A | 1932- | Sloan Fellows Program (masters degree) |
| 15E | 1956- | Senior Execuitves Program (non-degree) |
| 15B | 1975- | Operations Research |
| 16 | 1915-1960 | Aeronautical Engineering (including Meteorology until 1941) |
| 16 | 1960- | Aeronautical Engineering |
| 16B | 1950-1960 | Aeronautical Engineering Coop |
| 16B | 1960- | Aeronautics & Astronautics Coop |
| 16C | 1979- | Aeronautics & Astronautics Internship |
| 17 | 1929-1964 | Building Engineering & Construction |
| 17 | 1965- | Political Science |
| 17A | 1981-1986 | Political Acience - Public Policy |
| 18 | 1919- | Mathematics |
| 18C | 1985- | Mathematics with Computer Science |
| 19 | 1937-1940 | Metallurgy (see course 3) |
| 19 | 1946-1981 | Meteorology |
| 19 | 1981-1983 | Meteorology & Physical Oceanography (later part of 12) |
| 19W | 1970-1983 | Meteorology (Woods Hole) |
| 20 | 1946-1961 | Food Technology |
| 20 | 1961-1963 | Nutrition, Food Science & Technology |
| 20 | 1963-1985 | Nutrician & Food Science |
| 20 | 1985- | Applied Biological Sciences |
| 20A | 1946-1957 | Food Technnology 5 year course |
| 20B | 1951-1963 | Biochemical Engineering |
| 21 | 1958 | Humanities |
| 21A | 1958-1981 | Humanities & Engineering |
| 21B | 1958-1981 | Humanities & Science |
| 21E | 1981- | Humanities & Engineering |
| 21S | 1981- | Humanities & Science |
| 21F | 1989- | Foreign Languages and Literature |
| 21H | 1989- | History |
| 21L | 1989- | Literature |
| 21M | 1989- | Music & Theater Arts |
| 21T | 1989- | Science, Technnology & Society |
| 21W | 1989- | Writing & Humanistic Studies |
| 21Y | 1989 | Anthropology/Archaeo-logy |
| 22 | 1958- | Nuclear Engineering |
| 22A | 1979- | Nuclear Engineering Internship |
| 23 | 1957-1969 | Modern Languages |
| 23 | 1969-1976 | Foreign Literature & Linguistics |
| 24 | 1963-1976 | Philosophy |
| 24 | 1976- | Linguistics & Philosophy |
| 25 | 1971-1982 | Interdisciplinary Science |
| PG | 1927-1964 | Fuel Gas Engineering |
| GP | 1948-1953 | Group Psychology |
| HPM | 1983-1990 | Health Policy & Management |
| HST | 1981- | Health Sciences & Technology |
| MAS | 1993- | Media Arts & Sciences |
| STS | 1988- | Science, Technology & Society |
| TOX | 1989- | Toxicology |
| TPP | 1977- | Technology & Policy Program |
Updated: [an error occurred while processing this directive] (c)1997-2001 MIT Club of San Diego
