MIT Undergraduates by Major

MIT Undergraduates by Major source: http://web.mit.edu/registrar/stats/yrpts/index.html (fall 09-10). O is undeclared sophomores. Forgot to list CMS though (16 students). =/ Hahaha its actually a pretty hard to read graph, but its sequential by major number starting from the top and going clockwise. Taken from here: Sometimes, it seems like MIT people only speak in numbers. Youll hear sentences like I have 6.001 in 10-250 at 2:30, then my Course 9 UROP in Building 46. This is part of MIT-speak. Heres a primer. Each of MITs majors known as Courses, with a capital C is known by a number (sometimes given in Roman numerals). These numbers are in approximate order of the founding of MITs course in that area. For example, Courses 1 through 5 represent MITs original five majors: Course 1: Civil Environmental Engineering (founded as Civil Topographical Engineering) Course 2: Mechanical Engineering Course 3: Materials Science Engineering (founded as Geology and Mining; Geology is now a part of Course 12, Earth, Atmospheric Planetary Sciences) Course 4: Architecture (founded as Building and Architecture) Course 5: Chemistry (founded as Practical Chemistry) A full list of the Courses can be found here. Each class or course, with a lower-case c in each department also is designated by a number. Hence, the introductory calculus class in Mathematics Course 18 is known as 18.01. Similarly, an advanced astrophysics course in the Physics department Course 8 is called 8.971. Heres how the course numbers evolved. More on each major: Class of 2013 Major Advising Site Heres what all the numbers stand for! Course 1 Civil and Environmental Engineering Course 2 Mechanical Engineering Course 3 Material Science and Engineering Course 4 Architecture Course 5 Chemistry Course 6 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Course 7 Biology Course 8 Physics Course 9 Brain and Cognitive Sciences Course 10 Chemical Engineering Course 11 Urban Studies and Planning Course 12 Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences Course 14 Economics Course 15 Sloan School of Management Course 16 Aeronautics and Astronautics Course 17 Political Science Course 18 Mathematics Course 20 Biological Engineering Course 21A Anthropology Course 21F Foreign Language and Literatures Course 21H History Course 21L Literature Course 21M Music Course 21W Writing and Humanistic Studies Course 22 Nuclear Science and Engineering Course 24 Linguistics and Philosophy CMS Comparative Media Studies STS Science, Technology, and Society WGS Womens and Gender Studies If you find yourself bored at home with nothing to do this break, LEARN MULTIVARIABLE CALCULUS! If you dont know by now (and you should know), MIT has this really awesome site called OpenCourseWare, where MIT posts the course material for A HECKLOAD of its courses for students all over the world to self-study (and also serves as a great repository of past exams for us students who are taking the live lecture version of the subject during the term). Over the years, theyve been filming live lectures and putting them online, which is super cool because theyre the exact same lectures that we had here! (be sure to also check out 8.01 with the globally acclaimed Professor Lewin) During my freshman year, I took 18.02 (a requirement here for all students Multivariable Calc) with Professor Denis Auroux, who is a simply outstanding professor. I was actually IN THE SAME CLASS as this set of video lectures from Fall 2007! Sadly, Professor Auroux is on leave at UC Berkeley now, and the froshies this year didnt get to have him for 18.02, but his lectures are nothing short of legendary (how many classes have YOU been in where students gave standing ovations during the last lecture?! see the last lecture of the series). For other Auroux related fame, just youtube A Lovely Phone Call or facebook and youtube Auroux. :P I wont be blogging again till 2010, so a very happy new year to everyone! ^______^V