MIT OpenCourseWare has set a goal of publishing virtually
all of MIT's courses, whether or not they fall inside the traditional
academic departments.
Thus, in the interest of providing OCW users
a view of MIT's entire curriculum, we now offer users access to a
collection of "Special Program" or "SP" courses.
MIT is organized into five schools - Architecture and Planning,
Engineering, Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, Management, and
Science - and the Whitaker College of Health Sciences and Technology.
Within these are 33 degree-granting departments, programs, and
divisions.
In addition, a great deal of teaching and learning takes place in
interdisciplinary programs, laboratories, and centers whose course work
extends beyond traditional departmental boundaries. The MIT School of
Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, for example, offers a number of
undergraduate academic programs embracing several disciplines. In
general, these programs are staffed collaboratively by faculty members
from various departments and fields in the School of Humanities, Arts,
and Social Sciences and, in some cases, from MIT's other four schools
as well.
A number of fields in science, engineering, architecture, and the
humanities, arts, and social sciences offer minor programs. These
minors are cohesive programs providing significant experience in their
disciplines.
Many students augment their scheduled classes with individually
planned academic activities. These activities include undergraduate
research, special projects, internships, fieldwork, and co-op programs,
and MIT offers a variety of course numbers for these activities. MIT
also offers undergraduate seminars, in both the fall and spring terms,
giving undergraduates an opportunity to interact closely with faculty
on topics of current interest.