The following is a list of the graduate subjects (aka “classes”) that are offered by each of the three academic units that make up the HASTS graduate program. Each unit also offers their own undergraduate subjects. Visit the MIT Subject Guide for the most up-to-date class schedule and room information, and our schedules pages to see which classes are offered when.
* Bolded subjects are required for first year HASTS students
| Subject | Units | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 21A.129 (meets with 21A.127J/11.045J/15.302J/17.045J) | 3-0-9 | Power: Interpersonal, Organizational, and Global Dimensions |
| 21A.319J/ STS.330J | 3-0-9 | History and Anthropology of Medicine and Biology |
| 21A.409J/ 11.238J | 3-0-9 | Ethics of Intervention |
| 21A.429J / STS.320J | 3-0-9 | Environmental Conflict |
| 21A.509J/ STS.474J (meets with 21A.501J/STS.074J) | 3-0-9 | Art, Craft, Science |
| 21A.519J/ 4.649J (meets with 21A.507J/4.648J) | 3-0-9 | Resonance: Sonic Experience, Science, and Art |
| 21A.529 (meets with 21A.550J/STS.064J) | 3-0-9 | Virtual and Other Realities |
| 21A.559 | 3-3-6 | DV Lab: Documenting Science through Video and New Media |
| 21A.809 | 3-0-9 | Designing Empirical Research in the Social Sciences |
| 21A.819 | 3-6-3 | Ethnographic Research Methods |
| 21A.859J/ STS.250J | 3-0-9 | Social Theory and Analysis |
| 21A.929, 21A.939 & 21A.949 | TBD | Graduate Independent Study |
| 21A.S10 & 21A.S11 | TBD | Special Graduate Subject in Anthropology |
| Subject | Units | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 21H.902 | 3-0-9 | Reading Seminar in American History, 1877 to the Present |
| 21H.958 | 2-0-10 | Colonialism in South Asia and Africa: Race, Gender, Resistance |
| 21H.980J/ 21A.419J | 2-0-10 | People and Other Animals |
| 21H.981 | 3-0-9 | Seminar in Nature, Environment, and Empire |
| 21H.982 | 3-0-9 | Technology and the Global Economy, 1000-2000 |
| 21H.983J/ WGS.310J | 3-0-9 | Gender: Historical Perspectives |
| 21H.984/ STS.414J | 3-0-9 | Risk, Fortune, and Futurity |
| 21H.985 | 3-0-9 | Money, Credit, and Financial Crisis, 1600-1850 |
| 21H.986 | 3-0-9 | Money, Credit, and Financial Crisis, 1850-2020 |
| 21H.988 | 3-0-9 | Global Commodities, American Dreams |
| 21H.989 | 3-0-9 | Histories of Extraction and Mining |
| 21H.991 | 3-0-9 | Theories and Methods in the Study of History |
| 21H.992 & 21H.993 | TBD | Graduate Independent Study |