At MIT, course numbers (and abbreviations) refer to courses of study leading to specific academic degrees and, by extension, to the departments or programs awarding those degrees.
Information about MIT subjects, including content, prerequisites, credit units, and instructors, is available at WebSIS, MIT's Student Information System.
Clicking on the links below will take you to the WebSIS listings:
Course 1 Civil and Environmental Engineering
Course 2 Mechanical Engineering
Course 3 Materials Science and Engineering
Course 6 Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Course 9 Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Course 10 Chemical Engineering
Course 11 Urban Studies and Planning
Course 12 Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
Course 16 Aeronautics and Astronautics
Course 20 Biological Engineering
Course 21F Foreign Languages and Literatures
Course 21M Music and Theater Arts
Course 21W Writing and Humanistic Studies
Course 24 Linguistics and Philosophy
Course CMS Comparative Media Studies
Course CSB Computational and Systems Biology
Course ESD Engineering Systems
Course HST Health Sciences and Technology
Course MAS Media Arts and Sciences
ROTC ROTC Programs (Aerospace Studies | Military Science | Naval Science)